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The Kansas City Royals faced the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium for a Tuesday night game on May 1st, 1973.
In 1971, Bob Lemon had guided the Royals to their first winning season since the franchise began as an expansion team in 1969.
In 1972, however, the Royals finished below 500, and Royals owner Ewing Kaufman fired Lemon as manager, saying he wanted someone younger.
He hired assistant coach Jack McKeon, who was getting managerial offers from other clubs during the offseason.
Kaufman later admitted he fired Lemon because he did not want to lose Jack McKeon.
The Yankees were managed by Ralph Hauk, and pressure was on Hauk in 1973, as he had only managed to finish above 500 three times in his eight seasons and had never made the playoffs.
This audio recording is from the New York Radio broadcast featuring announcers Frank Messer and Bill White.
We'll be watching clients every move, especially early in this fall game.
Steve doesn't feel that that strained shoulder affects his sinker, and just threw his first pitch.
It looks like he's throwing freely.
I remember in Milwaukee after he threw the pitch and hurt the shoulder, he pushed the ball up there.
Now he finished the inning out and then had to leave.
Of course it was cool up there in Milwaukee that day. It's cool here tonight.
But Steve just broke off a good breaking ball, so it looks like he's got at least all his pitches.
I think he was a little bit worried about being able to throw the breaking ball, but he just threw a good breaking ball.
So it looks like Steve Klein's ready.
All right, the KC coaches. Harry Dunlop moves into a new position, coaching at third base.
And Charlie Lau, who is also the Kansas City batting coach, is coaching down at first base.
And if I'm not mistaken, well, I know that Charlie Lau was a catcher during his playing days,
and it seems to me that Harry Dunlop was too.
All right, here we go as Freddie Patek steps in, and we're all set for action here at Yankee Stadium,
getting underway all about 25 minutes or so past the normal starting time because of the rain.
Patek is batting 265. He's a right-hander.
Steve Klein into the windup. Here comes the first pitch. It's over for a called strike, and this game is underway.
Patek has been up 83 times with 22 hits, five doubles, one triple, one home run, and he has already stolen six bases.
The windup by Klein, the pitch coming. Popped up. Foul. A fair territory down. The third base line played on a hop by Nettles.
He throws on to first base in time. Patek is out one down.
So there's one out, and here is Cookie Rojas, the second baseman.
And between him, Patek and Rojas give this club a good double play combination. They are strong up the middle defensively.
And Rojas comes in with a hot bat, hitting 310, 27 base hits.
More than any other starter in this ballgame tonight, as far as the Royals are concerned, and eight of those hits have been doubles.
He takes long away, ball one.
Backlings say Rojas has more base hits than any other player in this game.
Thurman Munson of the Yankees leads them with 26. Rojas, the right-hand batter, the one-hole pitch.
Breaking ball just outside. Two balls and no strikes.
Rojas can also steal a base.
He is at three. We look at the top three men in the batting order. Between them, they have 12 stolen bases.
The first ball on inside makes it ball three, three and all. Rojas steps out, looks down at Dunlop, the third base coach.
Still looking down there, taking a couple of practice swings, and now with a final look, he moves back in.
Feet spread, and the three-hole pitch. Inside, ball four.
So Rojas draws a walk, and the Royals get the game's first baserunner.
The batter will be Amos Otis, the center fielder.
There's a man who can also do a lot of things.
He's got a 295 batting average, 26 base hits, six doubles, one triple, four home runs, 12 runs batted in.
This club scores a lot of runs, Bill. I'm just looking down. He seems like nearly everybody's in double figures and runs score.
They also then must drive in a lot of runs. Yep, nearly everybody's in double figures in RBIs, too.
All right, one out, a runner at first, no score. Bloomberg's holding on the runner, Rojas, and here's the pitch to Otis.
Breaking ball is outside, ball one. Amos Otis hitting 295.
Looking down the run score column, Potak 19, Rojas 15, Otis 17, Mayberry 17, Kirkpatrick 13, Penella 10.
Runs batted in. They have five men in double figures.
Rojas 14, Otis 12, Mayberry the big man, 19, Kirkpatrick 14, Penella 15.
Stretched by Klein, he stamps the left foot, checks the runner and deals.
That's a fast ball over the outside corner for a strike, and it's one and one.
One ball, one strike to the right hand hitting Amos Otis.
This club, Frank, Kansas City's averaging over four and a half runs a game.
Hmm.
All right, again, Rojas takes his lead. Throw over there, and he's back.
Bill told you the umpires tonight are Bill Holler at the plate.
Rookie Joe Brinkman at first base, Ron Luciano is at second base, and Dave Phillips at third.
It's good to see Ron Luciano again. It was here that he became ill before a game last year and missed the rest of the season.
Quick throw to first state.
Ball and a strike to count on Amos Otis.
These two clubs meet again out here tomorrow night.
Seven-thirty ball game, and then the Yankees go on the road.
The order, Chicago, and out to the Twin Cities, Minnesota, a beautiful part of the country.
Klein ready again, comes off the stretch, sets below the belt and deals, and the pitch is cut on and fouled back.
Ball and two strikes.
Otis has stepped out again. He steps out after every swing.
He can do a lot of things. He has good speed, good arm, good defensive outfielder.
He can hit for average, hit for distance.
Six doubles, one triple, four homers.
Twelve runs, but it ends. Quick throw to first, no play.
Rojas gets back.
And Otis has stepped out again.
Now Klein looks down. The throw to Munson, picks up his side.
Wide and left, Mercer in center, Matty Lowe in right, is spread out on Otis.
White, the deep man, in left field. Here comes the pitch.
Cut on, ground ball, left side. Nettles up with it, throws it second out there, back to first save.
And going in hard at second base, Rojas, and he's shaken up.
Rojas is slow getting up, and now the umpire out there at second base, Ron Luciano, is calling Charlie Lowe and Harry Dunlop out to check on Rojas.
He went in hard to the bag.
Nettles went to his left to field that ball and had a little trouble getting it out of his glove.
The trainer, Jim Dudley, comes out now to take a look, and Rojas under his own paw, and up he's limping a little bit though.
We'll have to see whether he can continue in this game or not.
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All right, right now, time is called as Munson goes out to the mound.
That was not really a good double play ball. Nettles had to go deep to his left.
Then he had a little trouble getting the ball out of the glove, and there was a lot of speed to contend with there too.
Otis gets down the line very quickly.
It's all with two outs, a runner at first. Here is John Mayberry, the big first baseman.
Mayberry is hitting 224, but he has five home runs and 19 runs let in.
He's a left-hand hitter. Now he steps out.
Now he's back in again.
Brian checks his runner and deals down low, ball one to Mayberry.
Just happened to think, Bill, what our first night game at Yankee Stadium.
Did it? No? Did it? Friday we were rained out. We didn't get to play that one, but this one is, isn't it?
By the one-hole pitch, to Mayberry. Low and outside, ball two, two balls and no strikes.
Mayberry is a big kid, 6'3", 220 pounds, 23 years old from Detroit, Michigan.
He has attended the University of Michigan.
He bounces around there on that batter's box. Up on his right toes and his left toes.
Holds the bat. Here's the pitch. Check swing and it's fouled straight back.
Two balls and one strike to Mayberry.
Mayberry was up and down with the Houston Astros.
Last year was the first time he had a chance to play a full season for a major league team.
He got 149 games and responded with a 298 batting average, 25 home runs, and even 100 runs let in.
Two balls and a strike to him. Two outs, a runner at first, no score.
There's the set by Klein. Spins, throws to first, save.
Yodas can steal a base. He has three stolen bases.
Klein keeping a close eye on him.
Adioulu couldn't get much deeper out there in right field. He's back almost to the track.
Don't blame him. Here's the next pitch. Outside to Mayberry, ball three, three and one.
That would appear that Klein is trying to keep the ball away from this big slugger.
Now Mayberry is going to think about it, walk slowly over toward the on deck circle.
And he gets the tar rag from Ed Kirkpatrick.
Now he's going to walk over there and talk to Kirkpatrick, picks up the rosin bag.
Here he comes back.
Takes a couple of practice swings.
I don't guess McKeon has told his folks, make that pitcher wait out there. Everybody stamp it out.
Three balls and a strike, two outs.
Otis leads away at first base, the set by Klein. There goes Otis. The pitcher's taking ball four outside.
So with the runner going, Mayberry draws a walk.
And the next batter will be Ed Spanky Kirkpatrick.
We see an infielder, Bobby Floyd, running down toward the bullpen, perhaps to warm up.
Could be an indication of Rojas, but his leg to the point where he will not be able to continue in this game
because Floyd has gone down to the bullpen and he will start throwing, loosening up his throwing arm down there.
We'll have to see whether Rojas can come out for the bottom half of the inning or not.
All right, two men on with two outs. Ed Kirkpatrick, left hand hitting right fielder. He can also catch.
And he can play first base.
First pitch joined. Strive gets called. Strive got it over with the knees. Kirkpatrick is hitting 375.
18 base hits, including six doubles and three home runs with 14 runs batted in.
Fine check second for Otis. And his pitch to Kirkpatrick. Cut out, hit on the ground, a clock.
He's up with a clip to Gene Michael at second base. They have the fourth on Mayberry to retire the side.
A 4-6, force out. And for the KC Royals, no runs, no hits. There were two walks and two men left.
At the end of the top half of the first inning, the straw. Kansas City nothing and New York coming to bat.
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The Yankees and the Royals will play here again tomorrow night. It will be young, hard-throwing right-hander George Koch Medich on the mound with the Yankees.
And Slitdorf, Paul Slitdorf, a left-hander, will be going for the Kansas City Royals.
Medich has won two games and lost none. Slitdorf has won three, and he's lost one.
All right, right. And Bobby Floyd has come in to play second base for Rojas, hurting his leg going in a second as a baserunner is out of the ballgame.
The pitch to Horace Clark is low ball one. Clark is hitting 274. He has 20 base hits, one double, five runs done at him.
This ball, too, had to play for low again, two balls and no strikes. Ken Wright is making his third start and sixth appearance of the season.
He's relieved three times. He comes in with a strike, two and one. Wright has won one, lost none.
He's pitched 17 innings, and Clark swings a misser.
This guy's supposed to be what you call super swift. He has all the pictures, a good hard fastball, a curve ball, and a slider.
But he relies mainly on his fastball.
Oh, there it was, and he struck Clark out with a high fastball. Wright tens of times to be a bit wild.
He so far this year has given up a walk for each inning pitch and a base hit for each inning pitch.
He struck out a man for each inning pitch.
All right, Clark down on strikes. Here is Roy White.
Third ball is in on White for a strike. Roy is batting 176, 13 hits, all of them singles, five runs let it in.
Wright finds, puts the fastball inside, spins wide away from the plate.
One ball, one strike, one out, nobody out, and no score here in the first inning.
Next pitch, fastball is in for a strike, two calls.
Wright looks over to his dugout. Six-two, 225 pounds.
These are big ones. One-two deal, fastball inside at the shoulders, two and two.
Wright last year won one and lost two in 17 games, all in relief.
Two-two pitch, low and inside, ball three.
Wright appeared in 30 games, all in relief, at Omaha last year as well, and there he won four and lost three.
This year he has won it all in his lifetime record against the Yankees, one win and two losses.
Three-two pitch to Roy White, swung on and lying out on the right field. That's going to be in for a base hit.
And on the roll by the right fielder, Ed Kirkpatrick, and Roy White is on with a one-out single.
So the Yankees get the first base hit in this ballgame, and the batter will be Matty Allou, the right fielder.
Matty is hitting 333, based on 16 for 48.
The 11 singles, four doubles, one home run, and five runs done and in.
Bobby Mercer is out on deck.
Berman Munson is the only right-hand batter in the Yankee lineup tonight.
Well, of course, the three switch hitters, Clark, White, and Michael.
Pitch to Matty, strike, one is called, over at the knees, and the third baseman, Paul Shaw, came charging in to protect against the Bunch.
A report is being made on the condition of Cookie Rojas, and Bill White will pass it along.
Pitch is inside, backs Allou up.
Horace Clark, when he came down in second, Frank, stepped on the ankle of Rojas, and he's been spiked.
He expects to be back within a day or so.
That's the story on Rojas, spiked in the ankle, going in to break up a possible double play.
One-one pitch here, and Allou runs up to button, takes it low, ball two, and that pitch crossed up the catcher, Fran Healy, and he goes out there now to talk to Ken Wright.
Two balls and one strike to Matty Allou.
Matty chokes out several inches on the bat handle.
Roy White takes his lead, the pitch is low and inside.
Three balls and one strike.
And we'll keep an eye on White. He's looking across the diamond, that third base coach, Dick Hauser, Elston Howard, of course, coaching him first for the Yankees.
We'll see if White is running on a three-one pitch. He does not go, and it is taken outside, ball four.
So Matty Allou draws a walk. That moves White to second, and with two on and one out, the batter is Bobby Mercer.
The Yankees' center fielder is hitting an even 300, 21 for 70.
Two doubles, three home runs, and 11 runs got it in.
Mercer leads the Yankees in runs scored with 14.
He is second in runs that had ended with 11. Greg Nettles, who comes out on deck, leads the club at RBIs with 12.
Mercer wants Bill Haller to take a look at the baseball, and Haller checks it out, and he takes it out of play.
Clips another one to Ken Wright.
Very possibly, Matty Allou noticed something on that baseball. It's all Bobby.
At any rate, without a pitch being made, Greg Mercer gets the ball thrown out. He swings on it, and it's a fly ball.
It's fairly deep left-center field. Back goes Panella, the left fielder. He's there, and he makes the catch.
And the runners were playing it halfway. They go back.
Mercer flies to Panella in deep left center. Two outs. The batter will be Greg Nettles, the Yankee third baseman, hitting 206,
but leading the club in home runs with four, and in runs got it in with 12.
Nettles, another left-hander, and Ronnie Bloomberg comes out on deck.
Nettles down on the end of the backhand. The runners again take their lead. They play Nettles as full hitter,
the infield and the outfield around to the right side. The pitch splits the plate for a called strike.
Infield is backed off.
Now the 0-1 delivery. Fastball is low, 1-1.
Panella shades over towards center. The center fielder, Amosota, is well over in the gap toward right center field.
And Kirkpatrick deep and right. The pitch, cut on, hit on the ground, a second base.
Dug up there by Bobby Floyd. He puts on the first to retire the side.
And for the Yankees, no runs, a base hit, two-manter left. At the end of one inning, the score, the Yankees nothing,
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Looking at the scoreboard, the California Angels did not score their half of the first inning in their game against Detroit and Detroit,
senior against the Primon. And one other score, Texas nothing, Boston nothing, in Boston after two innings of play and against Lee.
And the National, Houston Philadelphia, no score after two. Royce against Carlton. A couple of former Cardinal left-handers pitching against each other.
Right here, the score is nothing, nothing. We're going into the top half of second inning.
Luke Pennella's in, and here's Frank Messer.
Luke Pennella, right-hand batter.
Pennella hitting 289. He has hit only one home run, but has 15 runs battered in.
And he can't hit the long ball. He takes a pitch right in there for a call strike from Steve Klein.
Al McCray on deck, and then Paul Shaw.
No ball, one strike count to Luke Pennella.
Pretty well up front in the batter's box. Bans quite a bit at the knees. Swings on a pitch, bouncing ball hits a third.
Greg Nettles has it. Fires out across. That's all for Pennella. There's one away.
So all of the outs so far have been on ground balls, and if you're a Yankee fan and a Steve Klein fan and knowledgeable about Klein,
you know that that's an indication he has his stuff, because basically, like Scott Elmire, he is a sinker ball pitcher.
One out, nobody out, and Hal McCray in the batter. McCray, the designated hitter tonight, a right-hand batter.
And the pitch to him. Curb ball for a strike. Beautifully thrown curve. McCray is hitting 175.
Two home runs, nine runs, battered in.
No score in this game. The windup by Klein and his pitch. Another curve ball hit deep down the left field line, and it is foul.
In the seats, but foul.
He got a lot of it. Pulled it just foul.
Steve Klein's lifetime record against Kansas City, one win and two losses.
Steve, making his pitch start this year, he has pitched to one complete game. It was a two-hit shutout against Cleveland.
Steve with an earned run average of 3.86.
Into the line, the 0-2 pitch. Low and outside, a waste pitch, one and two.
The temperature at game time tonight was 60 degrees here at Yankee Stadium.
Klein has the sign, into the windup, and here's his pitch. Breaking ball. Oh, Mutsen brought that was a strike, but Haller says no.
A breaking pitch. Ball two, two and two.
Paul Shaw, the third baseman, is on deck.
Klein ready. The kick and the pitch. Low and outside, and the count is full, three and two.
Klein peers down to Mutsen and delivers. Pitch is hit on the ground foul.
Just past the third base coach, Harry Dunlop. Count Rye, three and two. At Texas at Boston game, in the third inning,
Stratus. Cleveland at Minnesota, rained out. California, Detroit, Baltimore at Chicago, and Oakland at Milwaukee, slightly later starts.
Three-two pitch again. Fastball, drill foul, just outside of third.
Again, McCray got around well on a Klein pitch. Looks like McCray is a lowball hitter, Frank.
He really rips that ball the batter around, and the ball's down low.
Quick bat. Yep.
Again, the three-two pitch. Get on the ground, just foul, again outside of third, and that ball was stung.
Again, McCray comes back. No score in this game. We're in the top half of the second inning.
If you're wondering about the lateness, we had about a 25-minute delay because of a light rain that fell before the start of the game.
To wind up, the three-two pitch again. Curbball is fouled back.
Back off the mast of Bill Haller, the plate umpire, and the count holds three and two.
One National League score. Houston at Philadelphia, nothing to nothing. They're in the third inning.
Mets are off tonight. Three-two pitch again. Get down the left field line. It is a fair ball, going for base seven, probably two.
McCray on his way to second base, and pulls in standing up with a double.
Looks like he about went right down off the bat handle, looked it down the third base line, and he, as Bill White notices, he is holding his hands down there. That one's stung.
I think his hands are a little sore. He got really jammed. Fine, you know, he's basically a thicker ball pitcher, so all his pitches will be low.
It looks like McCray's a low ball hitter. That time, he's got the ball up a little bit and in a little bit, and really jammed him,
but now, really strong enough to get enough wood on the ball just above his hands and loop it out on the left for a couple.
All right, that's the first base hit for the Royals, and the batter is Paul Schaal, third baseman, right-hand hitter. Schaal is hitting 270.
Stretched by Claw, and he checks the base runner, and the pitch to Schaal. Low ball work.
Michael over toward the hole on Schaal. The outfield is spread out, with the deep man being white in left.
Nettles does not play tight to the line. He is fairly wide. Clark shades toward second.
The right side of the infield is pretty well open, and a 1-0 pitch will be coming.
Here it is. A ball must have been just a bit inside. Two balls or no strikes.
Schaal has been up 74 times with 20 hits, four doubles, nine runs, got it in.
He came back from a very serious beating up a few years ago.
Fine, checks McCray at second. Kicks and deals. Pitch is hit in the air out toward shallow right center. Back goes Clark. In comes Mercer. Clark calls and makes the catch.
Morris Clark going back into shallow right center to retire Schaal. Two outs, and the catcher, Fran Healy, steps in.
Healy has a right hand batter hitting 158. Three hits in 19 trips. Two of his three hits have been doubles.
Fine looks back at second for Hal McCray. No score here in the top of the second inning. There's the set by the young Yankee right hander and his pitch breaking ball on the outside corner. Strike one.
On deck, Freddie Patek.
Healy straight away in the batter's box down at the end of the bat handle. Gloves on both hands. Pitch is inside, drives him back.
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Okay, Bill. One-one pitch will be coming to him. Slowing outside. Two balls and one strike. From Holyoke, Massachusetts. Fran Healy. Big kid, 6'5", 210.
Got a long way to get down there behind the plate. Like Tom Heller. Oh, giant catchers. Big fella. Alright, two-one pitch coming. Get on the ground at third. Dug up by Nettles.
He throws to first. We gotta tell you why we're laughing. The base runner McCray ran right into it. All Heller had to do was reach out and tag him for the out. He threw across instead.
And the side is retired. No runs of base hit. A man left. And at the end of the top half of the second inning, the score. Kansas City, Norfolk, and New York nothing.
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Bottom half of the second inning, Rodney Bloomberg will lead off with the Yankees to be followed by Thurman Munson and then Johnny Callison.
Bloomberg is hitting 278. Had quite a second game Sunday, four base hits.
Bloomberg left hand on her. Rodney has the deciding hit in the first game Sunday.
And he looks at the fastball outside.
And he winds again and deals. Fastball is fouled back upstairs.
Trying to get a fastball by Bloomberg. He's a good fastball hitter.
And the fastball, of course, as Bill White mentioned before, is Wright's. Big pitch.
It's going to be interesting. One-one deal. Fastball has gone out in this.
So right now is challenging Bloomberg with his fastball. A ball and two strikes.
One-two pitch. Fouled back upstairs.
He's telling quick this guy can't right, Frank, because Ron, who is a good fastball hitter, is fouling that ball off on the left side.
Fouling it off.
Wind the pitch again, and it's high. Two balls, two strikes.
Thurman Munson is on deck, and then Johnny Callison here in the bottom half of the second. No score.
Wright delivers. This time he curves him and just missed with it. Three balls, two strikes.
The second baseman, Bobby Floyd, playing back to the edge of the grass down on Bloomberg with Pup-Tex shaded toward the bag at second.
The outfield slightly to right. The pitch. High. Ball four.
He curved him and missed up high again. Bloomberg is on, and that is the second walk allowed by Ken Wright.
As we told you, Wright has averaged a walk-in inning so far this year.
He walked one man in the first.
Actually, in the first inning, he matched his yearly figures with giving up one walk, struck out one man, and allowed one base hit.
And he has averaged one of each for an inning so far.
The Yankees on the right-hand hitter now, Thurman Munson. Thurman batting 382.
Best start of his major league career, a 10-game hitting streak going. Takes low ball one.
Munson is currently second among the top ten hitters in the American League.
Matt Kelly of Chicago is the number one hitter. You know, Munson hitting 382, second to Kelly, and Kelly is about 100 points ahead of him.
Matt Kelly is off to an unbelievable start for tuning. Kelly is hitting, what, Bill, 486, you tell me?
You've got Munson by 104 points.
He takes a strike. The count evens one and one.
Runner at first, nobody out. Mayberry holding on Bloomberg. The pitch.
On the outside, corner of strike two called. Munson is arguing the call with plate umpire Bill Haller.
Thurman told him it sounded outside.
Haller's saying, not to me it didn't.
Looks like it was on the outside corner.
Thurman too. Gallison on deck.
Stretched by right is Fetch. Fast ball. It's slowly right side of the mound.
Fielded by the pitcher. Flips to Mayberry at first. In time to get Munson.
On the play, Bloomberg goes to second. Munson is out and we're going to step out.
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Here is Johnny Callison, the Yankees' designated hitter tonight.
And right starts him off with a fast ball inside. Ball one.
Callison is hitting 167. He has five base hits, three singles, two doubles, and three runs better than.
Gene Michael is on deck. The pitch. Popped up.
Right near the play. Healy looking for it. Now in foul territory. He's under it and one hands it.
He almost lost it. He had to reach back over his left shoulder and got it actually in the webbing of his catcher's mitt.
So Callison pops out to the catcher Fran Healy in foul territory.
Two outs, one bag at second. And the batter is Gene Michael, the Yankee shortstop.
Michael is hitting an even 200, 11 for 55. He has nine singles, one double, one home run, and six runs better than.
Switch hitter up there batting left. Right straddles the rubber. Out throws in again and looks down to Healy for his side.
Checks Bloomberg at second and fires a fast ball on inside. Ball one.
Right looks back to second and delivers the plate. Swing and a miss. Got around late on the fast ball. One and one.
They allow Bloomberg a good lead off second. Put Pottsack over in the hole.
And Floyd backed off. The next pitch inside spins him out. Two balls and a strike.
Right checks back and comes in with a fast ball inside at the hands. Ball three.
So right behind the count now to Gene Michael, three and one. Two outs, Bloomberg at second base.
No score here in the second inning. It's a set. Three one six. Come on, pops up again and fouls round.
Back comes Healy. He may have room, may not. Back to the screen, can't get to it. Ball is on the screen.
Freeze that time, blew it away from him and back on the screen. Wolf count three and two.
These two teams play again here tomorrow night. Then the Yankees go on the road for a short spell to play the White Sox in Chicago.
And the Minnesota Twins out in Bloomington, Minnesota. Three two pitch to Michael.
Bloomberg leads at second. Michael rides a face hit into right field.
After the ball Kirkpatrick may be a play to play. Here comes Bloomberg. Here's the throw. He slides, he's straight.
Throw gets away. Change down by the pitcher right all the way to the backstop.
And on to second base goes Michael. The Yankees make the lead, learn nothing.
Kirkpatrick firing through from right field trying to shut down Bloomberg.
Rodney scores as the throw gets away from the catcher Healy.
It's a single and a run butted in for Michael. And Michael goes to second base on the throw home.
And on the throw home a frank message to catcher Fran Healy was given an error for allowing that ball to go through it.
To allow Michael to go to second base.
Alright here's Ars Clark. He's struck out his first time up and he is almost hit by the pitch.
Inside almost got in.
He really got out of there in a hurry. That's a, might have to say a tough error to say.
It is. Evidently the official scorer saw Gene Michael stop at first base.
The first base for Mayberry gave a good fake. We kept him there. Then there's the ball that's by. Gene went on to second.
Okay. Clark gets a base hit up the middle. The line put over second. Michael around third. He'll score.
And the Yankees really turn up it.
Gene Michael dropping the plate. On a base hit by Clark.
Now the Yankees break on top of the Royals 2 to nothing.
And the batter now is Roy Wy. Roy single in the first inning.
The runs about to end for Michael number seven. And for Clark number six of the year.
The fighter's now hitting 187. Swings on the first pitch. And he fouls it down off his right foot.
White fouling one straight down off his foot. Strike one.
Clark at first. Mayberry holding him on. Quick throw over there by Wright. No tag. He is back in plenty of time.
And Manny Alou is on deck. There goes Clark. The pitch is taken low. The throw to second base. He's safe.
Stolen base for Horace Clark is second of the year. White took the pitch for a ball one and one.
Set by Wright. His next pitch. Inside with a fastball. Almost hit White.
I'll tell you one thing. They're not going to dig in on Ken Wright.
Oh he's been missing inside even and away from right handers. So evidently he's got a groove in there.
When the right hand is up there he's been aiming at the inside part of the plate.
And when the left hand is up there he's still bringing a fastball inside. And when he misses inside he's further inside.
He almost hit Clark. And then Clark almost hit him with a line drive back up the middle. And he almost got White there.
Two balls in one strike. The catcher here he had gone after the mound. He's back now.
In the crotch, gives the side, sets up a target and here's the pitch. Cut on and miss.
That one got away from Healy up the third baseline. But he kept the ball in front of him. No chance for Clark to move up.
Two and two to count. Yankees in front two nothing here in the bottom half of the second inning.
Two outs. Clark at second. Two balls two strikes to White. Wright brings it and it's high. Ball three full count.
Wright ready with a three-two pitch. It's on the way and he's up high with an off-speed pitch. Ball four.
Delroy White goes down to first base. Time is called and here comes Jack McKinn.
The manager of the Kansas City Royals. That is the third walk.
Given up by Wright. The Yankees have runners at first and second.
Looks like McKinn wants a pitcher. He didn't waste much time as he got to the third base foul line. He motioned with his left hand so he must want a left-hander.
Looks like Mike Jackson, a left-hander, getting ready to get into the Dots and then come on into the ball game.
So super swift Kenny Wright is taking a super swift exit. And while they bring in the next pitcher I'll give you some scores.
The Texas Rangers picked up three runs in the top of the third and they lead the Boston Red Sox 3-0 after three full innings of play.
And against Lee in that ball game. The California Angels picked up a run in their half of the second inning.
And the Tigers are batting in the last of the second. The Angels ahead 1-0. Zinger against Primus.
And the National League, the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies putting up a lot of zeros. No score with the Phillies batting in the bottom of the fourth.
Royce against Steve Carlton, Montal and Atlanta. No score after two. More against Gentry.
So Steve Wright leaves. Kenny Wright leaves. And it's Mike Jackson, a left-hander who's from Patterson, New Jersey.
Still lives in Patterson. They call this fellow Twiggy. He's a left-hander. 6-3, 195. Fits last year at Kansas City.
Split the Cs between Kansas City and Omaha.
Well, I may have... No, they just announced over to PA, Wayne Simpson, but that's not Simpson.
Simpson's a little right-hander. That's right. You're right.
Bob Shepard shook me up there for just a second. He misread the number.
Simpson's a right-hander who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds. He's a big fella, too. He's a little chubbier than Mike Jackson.
This is a left-hander, Mike Jackson. Here's a correction. Jackson split last year with Omaha and Kansas City.
At Kansas City, he started three games for them. He was in seven total, so he relieved in four others.
He won one, and he lost two. So Mike Jackson in there now a left-hander pitching for the Kansas City Royals.
All right, first man to face him will be Matty Alou.
And the Aggie switch hitters will be swinging around and batting from the other side.
He completes his warm-up throws. The Yankees have runners at first and second.
Two outs. Matty Alou walked in the first inning. McKinney has allowed two runs, three hits. Walked three and struck out one.
And now the tall left-hander, Mike Jackson, ready to work for Matty Alou.
The runners edge away, and the pitch. Strike call to slider.
Matty Alou hitting 333. Bobby Mercer is on deck.
A look back to second, the kick and the pitch. Down low this time, one and one.
Mike Jackson's first start last year. In fact, the first major league start was against the Yankees, and he won that ballgame.
He won seven innings, gave up seven hits, and he won five to one.
Okay, Bill. He deals again, and this one is in the dirt, blocked nicely by the catcher, Fran Healy.
Well, that was his only win last year, too. He won one and lost two.
And in the dirt again, ball three.
Folks over in Patterson, New Jersey may remember Jackson. He was quite a pitcher at Patterson's Central High School.
He had two consecutive no-hitters, in which he struck out 42 batters in 20 innings.
You don't forget things like that. He misses here, ball four. Matty Alou walks, and the bases are loaded.
Clark goes on to third, white to second. Matty Alou on at first, drawing his second walk in the ballgame.
And now Bobby Mercer with the bases loaded and two outs.
Mike Jackson won game in high school, Bill, struck out 22 men in the ballgame, and lost it. That's tough.
He's ready to work the Mercer, and the pitch. He gets a breaking ball in, strike one.
Mercer is hitting 296. He flat out deep to the left fielder, Pennella, his first time up.
They play him to full, the outfield and the infield.
No balls and one strike. Bases loaded, two outs. Clark at third, white at second, Matty Alou at first.
Greg Nettles is on deck. Short stretch by Jackson. He kicks and deals, and he's low and outside,
heeling to his knees to save it, one and one.
Yankees have scored twice here in the second inning, leading the ballgame 2-0.
Next pitch, Jack swaying in a strike ball, the ball and two strikes.
Bobby started to go, changed his mind, and now Jackson has the count in his favor. One ball, two strikes.
And then when Mercer comes up, the fans sort of edge up on their seats. Here it comes, hit on the ground,
a first base, out it is a fair ball, it hits a bag. Mayberry takes it, steps on first.
Mercer is out and the side is retired. It hit the bag, took a crazy hop, but Mayberry came up with it.
So Mercer is out to Mayberry unassisted. The Yankees get two runs on two hits.
There was one error and three men are left on base. At the end of two innings of play,
the score is New York 2 and Kansas City nothing.
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All right, a quick look on the scoreboard. California 1, Detroit nothing at the end of two.
Bill Singer for the Angels and Woody Friedman for the Tigers.
Cleveland and Minnesota rained out. Texas 3, Boston nothing at the end of three and one-and-a-half innings of play.
Rich hand for Texas. Bill Lee starting that ballgame for Boston.
And those are the American League scores. Bill White will give you the National League scores as he takes over the play-by-play.
Bill?
All right, Franklin. Here's friendly Poptek against Klein. And Steve misses outside with the breaking ball.
We're going into the top half, the third inning. The Yankees ahead, two-nothing. Poptek has been up once.
He bounced the third. He bats right at it. He's only 5'4". Weighs about 145 pounds.
The next bench is inside. It's one-and-one.
Meadows enclosed at third for him. Michael is a halfway short. Clark straight away at second.
And Ron Bloomberg, a step-a-doo behind the bag and wide at first.
Here's a 2-0 pitch. Ball three outside. Three balls, no strikes.
Steve Klein so far has given up just one hit to the Royals.
Here's a 3-0 pitch to Poptek. Ball outside. Ball four.
This fellow's hard to pitch to. He's only 5'4".
Better roll it up there and hope it hits a pamphlet or something and jumps up in the strike zone.
So Poptek walks. He's on it first. And here's Bobby Floyd, the second baseman.
Floyd got into the ball game when Kukiroa slid in the second.
Kukiroa got spiked by the Yankees' second baseman, Horace Clark, and he had to leave the ball game.
Floyd came on and took his place in the bottom of the first.
So Floyd's making his first trip to the plate here tonight.
Klein stretches. Checks Poptek. A pitch. Swung on.
Wide drive. Pace in. Left field. Roy White in quickly.
He bobbles the ball and Poptek strikes it bad and he'll make it standing up.
White throws the ball in the second. And held it first. Paces Floyd.
So if Bobby Floyd had a single left field and as White bobbled that ball out there in left field,
Poptek shifted gears and went into third base. So White has given an error.
So Poptek down at third. Floyd on it first. And here's Amos Otis, the center fielder.
Otis bounced into a force out his first time up. Hits right-handed. Having a good year.
Just under 300. He has four home runs, 12 runs better than.
Swings right-handed.
Yankee Enfield looking for two with Michael playing away from second base. He's in the hole.
He'll have a long way to go if the ball's hit to the right side.
Bloomberg holding Floyd there at first. A stretch by Klein. The pitch. Swung on.
And tipped. Dropped by Munch. One strike down on Otis. Yankees ahead 2-0 here in the top half of third.
Royal threatening with runners at first and third and no outs.
Outfield plays Otis straight away. White, Mercer, and Matty Alou in the outfield.
Otis with a little more pine tar.
He gets ready to get back into the box.
On deck, John Mayberry. Yankees ahead 2-0. Royal threatening.
Now the stretch by Klein. Checks the runners. The 0-1 pitch.
Swung on. Line drive right to nettle. And he cannot make another throw, but he does grab that line drive off the bat of Otis.
I tell you, that was a large base running by Potech at third and Bobby Floyd there at first. They got back in time.
Nettle so high to his left he came down with that line drive. Usually a runner will start moving, but Potech stayed at third.
Floyd still at first. Went away. Here's John Mayberry.
Big stab there by Greg Nettles. Robbing. Amos Otis with a base hit.
The Yankees still with a chance to make two here against John Mayberry. Runners still at first and third one out.
Klein comes to the belt.
The pitch. Line drive. Mason up the middle. Potech scores. Around second to Floyd. He'll go to third.
He and John Mayberry will hold there at first. So Mayberry just picked up his 20th RBI of the year. He leads the league in that category.
And the Royals now have got the Yankee leading high-ass. The Yankees lead 2-1.
Mayberry didn't get that ball. He hit it well. But hit in the right spot. The Yankees are playing the full and they hit it up the middle.
Potech scored. Floyd went to third. Mayberry still at first. Went away. And here's Ed Kirkpatrick, the right fielder.
Kirkpatrick bouncing to a fourth. Otis first time up. He hits left-handed.
Mayberry hops off at first. Bloomberg holds him. Floyd leads in third.
The pitch to Kirkpatrick. Brown ball to short. Michael Hatton, he'll take it himself for one. The first. Double play.
The throws in the dirt for Bloomberg. So Kirkpatrick comes into a sixth to three double play.
And that's it for the Royals. They do pick up one run. On two hits. And the Eagle Man on base.
In the middle of the third, the Yankees 2-Royals 1.
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Probably so, right? And here's Nettles against Mike Jackson.
Again right, a big fireballing right-hander serving a ball game for the Royals.
First pitch is a high-breaking ball cut on by Nettles.
He hits it on the ground to the first baseman, Mayberry, who gloves it and wins the race of the bag, and is one away.
Ken Wright went one and two-thirds innings. He allowed the two runs, both earned on three hits.
Struck out one, walked three.
Mike Jackson came on in his second. He's in there now.
Here's Ron Bloomberg, the first baseman.
Pitch to Boomer is a breaking ball. It's too low.
Ron walked the first time up the score to run, so he has not been in battle patiently yet.
Jack McKeon, the manager of the Royals, going with the left-hander since the Yankees have a predominantly left-handed batting order in.
There's a fastball on the inside corner, and it's one and one on Bloomberg. One on, nobody on.
Here in the bottom half, the Yankees ahead, two to one.
Jackson winds. The left-hander deals. Down low, and in the dirt, it's two balls and a strike.
Top field plays Bloomberg to pull, so does the infield. They bury deep under the line at first.
Second baseman Floyd is playing over toward first and back on the grass.
Breaking ball is swung on and missed by Bloomberg. It's two and two.
Thurman and on deck.
The two-two pitch. Breaking ball, chopped back to the mound. Jackson has it turned, throws the first base, and Bloomberg's out. Two outs.
A little check swing by the Boomer. Chopped it back toward the mound, just on the first base side.
Jackson hustled out of the mound and threw him out.
Oh, here's Thurman Munson. Munson working with a thin game hitting streak.
Went from 219 to 382, which is second in the American League. Now he's batting at 377 since he's 0-1. Bounced back to the pitcher his first time.
The Royals play him to hit to the opposite field with the center fielder Otis over toward right center. Jackson misses outside with a fastball.
Salarino-Sanchez has moved under the on deck circle. He would evidently take Callis's place as a designated hitter.
Two outs, nobody on here in the bottom of the third. Jackson misses outside again. It's 2-0 on Munson. Yankees ahead, 5-4 up 2-1.
Yankees two runs on three hits have made one error. The Royals, one run on three hits, have also made an error.
Here's the two-hole pitch to Munson. Swung on, foul off in the upper deck on the right side. It's 2-1.
Dick Hauser coaches third for the Yankees. Ellie Howard at first.
Munson out of the batter's box. Now he's back in.
And the 2-1 pitch. Head on the ground toward short. Shaw, the third baseman, cuts in front of Popdeck, throws the first base. They've got him.
So Munson bounces out five degrees. Shaw, the Mayberry for the third out. For the Yankees, the third three up three down.
At the end of three, Yankees two, Royals one.
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He needs 35 more to tie.
Cameron Hanks still pounding. Right here the score is 2-1 Yankees. We're going to the top of the fourth and Lou Pennella will lead off with the Royals.
Pennella bounced to the third base, Pennello's his first time up so he's 0-1. Lou batting at 2-8-6.
Steve Klein over the head and the first pitch. A breaking ball that's too low.
Pennella, Hal McCrae and Paul Shaw in that order for the Royals as we go into the top of the fourth.
Pennella usually hits the ball very sharp. Doesn't run well. Good hitter. The 1-0 pitch from Klein.
Fastball hit on the ground and shortstop right at Michael. He takes it up, throws it over to Bloomberg and Pennella's out. One away.
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Here's Hal McCrae, the designated hitter. Swings on her first pitch and chops the third. Charged by Nettle's quick throw to first their two outs.
Hey, that's McCrae getting ready to fly down the line. He hustles. They just got him by half a step.
Two away now. Here's Paul Shaw, the third baseman.
Nobody on here in the fourth. The Yankees ahead 2 to 1. Shaw 0 for 1. Popped to the second baseman Clark. Back in the second inning.
They play Shaw straight away with White deep in the left. Klein over the head and the first pitch. Swung on. Chopped up and way up in the air. Klein has it.
That was the first. They've got him. Paul was chopped off to play to Baltimore chop. Went way up in the air. Steve Klein a couple of steps to his right for a third base off the mound.
Got the ball and got it over to Bloomberg and turned it over to third out. And he's getting for Klein. He kept the Royals in the infield.
Three up, three down. In the middle of the fourth. The Yankees lead the Kansas City Royals 2 to 1.
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All right, so, like Yankees make a change right now, and instead of Johnny Kellison, now the Bulls and is out there for Kansas City, Celareno Sanchez.
And Celareno takes the ball. Sanchez batting a 222. No home runs, two runs, bat it in.
The next pitch is down low. Ball two. Two balls, no strikes.
Word about Jim Rayard, the report just now is that he's not playing because his knees bothering him.
Balls too high, ball three. Mike Jackson has thrown three straight balls to the Yankees new designated hitter, Celareno Sanchez.
3-0 pitch. Call strike, it's three and one. Sanchez started the first base, but Tom Haller called him back.
Bill Haller called him back. Tom Haller selling insurance. Yes, he retired from baseball didn't he?
Here's a 3-1 pitch. Put on, foul straight back in the upper deck.
Still 3-2 on Sanchez. It'll be Sanchez, Michael, and Horace Martin.
Here's a pay-all pitch. High ball for Lutton. Sanchez walks leading off of the Yankees here in the fourth.
And here's Gene Michael. Sick heel turnaround bat right handed against Jackson.
He's got a big net back in the second goal in the Yankees first round of ball game.
With two outs he singles Sharpey to right field, scoring Ron Bloomberg.
What a ball skipped by Healy. Michael with the second base after Clark got decked by a fastball from Fin right.
Off got up and singles Sharpey to center for the second run.
The Yankees lead 2-1 here. No outs, Sanchez down at first here, here's Michael.
Jackson comes to the belt, and the pitch. Too low a ball.
They play Michael in shallow in the outfield, and Amos Otis moves three or four steps now over toward right center.
Kirk Patrick, the right fielder, moves another step or two toward the line.
The 1-0 pitch. Ball two outside, 2-0. Jackson has lost the play.
Mike came into the ball game back in the second.
And relief of Ken Wright who was knocked out. Wright went one and two thirds, gave up the Yankees two runs.
Now Jackson, 2-0 pitch, runners going, the ball's looped to center.
Amos Otis is there, he's got it. Now to throw the first, Sanchez is saved.
That was close. Mayberry got the ball in the stretch, he scooped it but bobbled it.
And Sanchez makes it back in the first base safely.
Cellarino running with his head down.
Decided better look up on a hit and run, and Otis got the ball easily, and his throw was a good throw to the first baseman in the dirt just a bit.
And Mayberry bobbled it, allowing the Sanchez to get back to first safely.
So there's one way as Michael flies off to the center fielder Otis, Sanchez still at first base, and here's Horace Clark, the second baseman.
Clark is struck out and single, and that single drove in the Yankees second run back in the second.
Hoss turns around, he bats right-handed against Jackson. The left-hander deals, ball's too high.
Yankees ahead 2-1, you're in the bottom half of the fourth, one-off Sanchez at first base.
Jackson working quickly, too quickly for Horace Clark, who steps out and time is called.
Jackson 6'3", weighs 190 pounds, over in Patterson, New Jersey.
Now he's ready, so is Clark. The pitch, pop foul, a lot of play in the upper deck on the right side, and it's 1-1.
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He'll be going up against the left-hander, ball's split to her. Medich has won two games and lost none so far this year for the Yankees.
Now the stretch by Jackson, the 1-1 pitch to Clark, outside ball two, it's 2-1.
Paul Shaw is the third baseman. Freddie Potech is the shortstop. Bobby Floyd is the second baseman, and John Mayberry holding Sanchez there at first.
It's the first baseman. Through the first, Sanchez back.
Lou Pennella, Amos Otis, and Ed Kirkpatrick, the outfield for the Royals. They're playing in shallow for Clark.
Here's the stretch, 7-2, 1 pitch, and it's part of the runners' goal, and he is out at second base.
The throw, Kirkpatrick to Floyd covering the second baseman.
Pelee, the catcher, 2-4, the second baseman covering for the second out.
And the board has 3-1, so Clark must have taken the bat back.
And there's a small strike, it's 3-2. Looks like Clark kept that bat down there, trying to protect Sanchez, but he got it back in time.
Here's a payoff pitch from Jackson. This is outside ball 4, so Clark walks, and that's the third walk, giving up by Mike Jackson.
The right walk, 3-1, and the 1-2 fairs, they were, so the Yankees have drawn 6 walks from Kansas City pitching.
Here's Roy White. Orr sparked down at first with 2 outs. Yankees ahead 2-1, bottom of the fourth.
First pitch to White is too low. Roy has single and walk, so he's got a perfect day going, a perfect night. He's 1-1.
Jackson comes to the belt, looks at Clark at first, goes there, hops back easily.
Mattie Allou is on deck. Yankees trying to put some insurance together here. They lead 2-1, but they need more runs.
1-0 pitch. Swung right on the ground hole. Paul Shaw at third base and bubbles it, and they cannot make a play.
Shaw, ball right at him, went through him for an error. Clark in his second base, White at first, here's Mattie Allou.
2 outs, Allou has been up twice, walked both times.
At third base is a huge sparkdown. I just figured that.
Here's a pitch to Mattie. Looped up in the air to the first baseman. Mayberry's under it, he's got it.
Check's swinging off the bat of Allou, and he popped the ball up to John Mayberry, the first baseman.
Over the Yankees, in the fourth, no runs, no hits. There was one error, and two men were left on base.
At the end of four, the New York Yankees, two, the Kansas City Royals, one.
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Welcome to scoreboard. The California Angels lead the Detroit Tigers 4-0 after 3. Oakland won the walk of nothing after 1.
Texas 3, Boston nothing after 3 1 half innings of play.
In the nice league, Houston 1, Philadelphia nothing after 5 1 half.
Montchal in the Atlanta Tide up 2-2.
Right here, the Yankees ahead 2-1, and here to take you through the 5th is Frank Messick.
Okay Bill, Fran Healy leads off and he bumps the first pitch. Klein stabs it, throws the first, he's got in.
Steve Klein go towards the third base tie to the pitcher's mound.
Stabbed that far and threw Healy out in a fine play by the Yankee pitcher, Klein.
One away. At the top of the order, Freddie Potec.
Bobby Floyd is out on deck.
Potec at 5-4 on 140 pounds.
Takes a breaking ball on outside, ball on.
Anvil White, to my knowledge, still the smallest man in the major leagues.
Might be the smallest man in all of baseball.
And he can do a lot of things.
1-0 pitch time, right hand batter.
Begging for a strike right across. Potec is hitting 262.
He is grounded out, walked, and scored.
The Royals only won. A run. The Yankees leading 2-1.
Let's pitch it off the end of the mound on the ground a second.
Potec digs it out, throws on the first base.
Potec is out, 2-down.
You know Frank, looking at that little fellow Potec, you mentioned he might be the smallest man in the majors.
How big was that midget that Bill Vecque used back when he was at San Luis Brown?
Do you remember?
No, 3 feet something, wasn't he?
Oh, that golf was small.
I remember that guy who created a lot of publicity back in those days.
Oh, he was 3 feet 7 inches.
First pitch to Bobby Floyd. Hit him, he had a shallow left.
White coming on for it, and he makes the catch.
Another easy inning for Steve Klein as Roy White retires Floyd.
The Royals go down 1-2-3, nothing across.
At the end of the top half of the fifth inning, the score, Yankees 2 and Kansas City 1.
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And Bill Kane just called Bob Fischl, the Yankee Public Relations Department, the head of it.
And Bob signed that fellow, and as I mentioned, he was three feet seven inches.
Can you imagine somebody trying to cross-strike a guy three feet?
I just have to roll the ball up their underhands.
He did. He walked it.
But he didn't get a second chance. I think it was a Ford-Frix engine race there, and he couldn't play anymore.
All right, Bobby Mercer is a little bit more than three foot seven.
Going to lead off in the Yankees. Bobby's more like five-ten.
And the first pitch to him from the left-hander, Jackson Lohan outside. It's ball one.
Mercer has flied deep to left and grounded out unassisted to the first baseman, Mayberry.
Bobby wants times. He goes back to the on-deck circle and gets the far towel from Greg Nettles.
Yankees leading two to one. Both clubs have three hits.
Royals have committed two hours. The Yankees won.
Mercer, Nettles, and Bloomberg, all left-hand hitters here in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
Now right-hander Ken Wright started for Kansas City.
He did not survive the second inning.
Gave up two runs, all three hits. He walked three and struck out one.
Mike Jackson's coming on as walk-free man, but allowed no hits.
This pitch is hit deep and foul.
Get to the upper deck in right field with a foul ball.
Mercer steps away for a moment or two. Now back in.
The wide, the pitch coming. Wide drive in the right field. It is foul, just foul into the lower deck.
Frank, I just see an old buddy of yours down behind the Kansas City deck out.
It's Joe Garagiola, who's here filming some shots on the new Kansas City manager, Jack McKeon,
for future use on his Monday night baseball game of the week.
Right, okay. Pitch is low and away from Bobby. They got cameras all over the place.
Down by the Kansas City dugout, over by the Yankee dugout up here in the broadcast area.
2-2 pitch. Mercer swings and misses, and Jackson picks up his first strikeout.
Mercer out on strikes, and the batter will be Greg Nettles.
Joe does the pregame shows for those Monday night broadcasts, right?
Greg Nettles has grounded out twice. Swings on the first pitch, pops it up.
In foul territory comes Mayberry, near the thief. He leans in, and now has to lean back and makes the catch.
He was leaning in, and then the ball drifted back toward the playing area.
He reached back for it, and there were two down.
That'll drop Nettles batting average. He stayed below 200.
And Felipe Alou now comes out to bat for Ronnie Bloomberg.
Felipe Alou will bat for Bloomberg, and the winner of the ball game is first base.
Felipe, right hand hitter of course.
And the left-hander, Jackson deals a strike.
Felipe Alou is hitting 2-29.
He's had two home runs and seven runs done at it.
This one is blowing away from him, a ball, one-on-one.
Yankees out in front, 2-1. Nobody out, and 2-9 out here in the bottom half of the fifth inning.
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Well after really first two innings, both pitchers got into a little bit of trouble.
In fact, Klein hadn't been on the first three innings, they've settled down.
Of course, Kenny Wright has been knocked out by the Yankees.
He went one and two-thirds, but Mike Jackson's come in and he's settled down.
And Steve Klein, after giving up the one run on two hits and an error back in the third, has settled down.
He's gotten out, let's see, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight men in a row.
My bill, the first man to face him will be Amos Otis here in the top of the sixth inning.
Otis, the right-hand batter.
He's rounded to third and lined out to third.
He had a real bullet that was stabbed by Nettles in the third inning, and that was a big play for Steve Klein.
Game with runners at first and third and nobody out.
Well, Steve into the windup, and the first pitch down to Otis, breaking ball down low, ball one.
The line drive hit by Otis that Nettles caught was followed by a base hit by Mayberry,
and then Kirkpatrick rounded into a double play.
So Klein could have had a real rough inning and it not been for some good play in the field behind him.
He winds and delivers one and all.
Fast ball, low and inside, two balls and no strikes.
But they play a little now at first base for the Yankees, having batted for Bloomberg, stayed in the ballgame.
Clark at second, Michael at short, Nettles at third.
And they play Otis around to the left side on the infield, straight away in the outfield.
Klein looks in to windup, and here comes the pitch.
Get in the air to shuttle left.
Back goes Michael, in comes White.
It's Michael who is under it.
The shortstop makes the catch, and Otis is retired, one down.
Now John Mayberry, the first baseman, strong left-hand hitter.
Mayberry has walked and singled and driven in the one run for Kansas City.
Mayberry digs around in the batter's box, steps out.
First time he came up tonight, he was in and out over to the on-deck circle.
Now he's in there, bounces back and forth.
Toes of his right foot, and to the toes of his left foot.
Here's the pitch to him.
Changeup is high on outside, ball one.
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Get in the air to center field.
Mercer started back, now comes in.
Gets under it and Mercer makes the catch.
Retire Mayberry.
Two down.
Ed Kirkpatrick the batter.
Kirkpatrick is grounded out to Clark at second and grounded into a double play, started by Gene Michael at short.
Michael fielded the ball, going toward second base, took the play there himself, threw on to first base.
And that was a mighty big play right there for Steve Fly.
Got him out at the third inning with only one run scoring.
Two outs, the bases empty.
Fine.
Kicks and fires.
And this is low and away, ball one.
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Check it out, that's 1-0 pitch coming.
Fastball is in, strike called.
Kirkpatrick can do a lot of things.
He's playing right field tonight.
He can also play first base.
I've seen him play third.
He can catch.
And he can hit.
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Swings at a breaking pitch, ground ball right side, past Clark in the right field.
Clark runs the ball down himself.
Clark going to his left, could not come up with it.
So Kirkpatrick is on with a ground single in the right.
That will be base at number four for Kansas City, and it brings up Lou Penella.
Five retired, nine men in a row.
Penella right hand batter is grounded to third and grounded to short.
He's hitting 282 at the moment.
Yeah, he's going to wander around to play a little while.
He wears those pants pulled down as far as they'll go, doesn't he, Bill?
Doesn't have them tucked up under at all.
First pitch, get on the ground left side, dug up by Nettles, thrown on to Clark in time.
The fourth, Kirkpatrick, and that's all for the Royals in the sixth inning.
No runs, a base, and a man left.
And at the end of the top half of the sixth inning, the Yankees two and Kansas City one.
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It will be George Mettich on the mound with the Yankees against Left-Hander Falls-Plettoff with the Kansas City Royals.
The Yankees have an off day, and they go on a six-game road trip, three games in Chicago and three in Minnesota,
before returning back to New York to meet the New York Mets in the annual Mayors' Trophy game.
The game will be played on Thursday, May 10th, a night game, 8.05 at Shea Stadium.
And after that ball game, the run for the American League East title starts again,
with Baltimore coming in for a big four-game series over the weekend of May 11th,
a Friday night game through a doubleheader on Sunday, May 13th.
That's going to be a pretty important series, Frank, isn't it?
It certainly is. One to mark down.
Thurman Munson, the leadoff here for the Yankees in the bottom half of the sixth.
He swings and he misses out in front of a breaking pitch, strike one.
Munson is 0 for 2, and he's seen his batting average dip to 3.71.
Next pitch, down low, bounces off the foot of Fran Healy, the catcher.
Rolls down the third baseline.
Dick Hauser wants to be sure that plate umpire Bill Haller checks that ball for shoe polish.
And sure enough, it comes out of the game.
One ball and one strike.
Munson is bounced back to the pitcher and grounded out the third.
The Yankees have not had a base hit off Mike Jackson.
Jackson has walked three men, another reached on an error.
There's ball two inside of Munson.
Southerino Sanchez, the designated hitter, is on deck.
And then she, Michael, lower third of the batting order here in the sixth inning.
Jackson deals and Munson fouls one back upstairs.
Count evens two balls, two strikes.
They play Munson up the middle, deep and left.
Kirk Patrick, straight away on right field.
The outfield does not play Munson to full.
He pops this one up on the right side.
Coming after it is Healy, the catcher, the first baseman Mayberry,
and they let the ball drop the play to him in foul territory.
And Alphonse and Gaston, and no play.
So it will not be an error.
Ball hit over in front of the Yankee dugout.
With both Healy and Mayberry going after it, all of a sudden they both stop,
look at each other, and the ball hit directly between them.
Two balls, two strikes.
Munson stays alive.
Foul back.
Yankees leading two to one.
Rounds have been driven in by Gene Michael and Horace Clark,
both crossing in the second inning.
Munson swings on this one, fouls it back.
Got just a little piece of it.
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Jackson taking a little too much time.
The suit Munson, Berman steps out.
Now back in and here we go.
Two-two pitch coming.
It's a swing, it's just outside, ball free.
Frank Thurman changes hands a little bit there.
He's way back off the plate and he's hitting the inside face,
sharply to the left, and the outside face, he's going the right field.
And Jackson is trying to get a needle on the outside part.
He misses outside, ball four, and Munson is off.
That is the fourth walk given up by Jackson, the seventh by Kansas City pitching.
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When the left-hand pitcher Jackson was brought in in relief of right-hander Ken Wright,
Ralph Houch switched to Sanchez and Sutterino walked in the fourth inning.
Munson at first being held on by Mayberry,
and Sanchez it's a long drive to left center, but it's all can of corn.
Out there for the center fielder Otis, Munson tags up but does not go
as Otis gets a good throw in.
Both Otis and Panano were there, and they're discussing that play.
They almost collide, and I thought they both knew what they were doing,
but there's a little discussion between the two of them now.
Otis is the one who made the catch, and Munson after tagging up,
left going to second, made Otis throw and then went back to first.
One out and here is Gene Michael.
Pitch out. Munson was not going, it's ball one.
Michael taking a long look down at third base coach Dick Houser.
He swings and misses one and one, full cut.
Elston Howard was talking to the first base umpire, Joe Brinkman.
My guess would be asking him to watch Brinkman.
Well, he may think that Brinkman balks in his motion to first base.
He looks over there, the left-hander deals.
Michael takes low and outside, two balls and one strike.
On each pitch, Mutek breaks just a bit toward the bag at second.
They think that Munson will be going.
And he made.
He goes and they got him picked off.
He stops halfway, Mayberry running him toward second, and Mayberry tags him out.
Munson was picked off.
One-three, Mayberry never did throw the ball again as Munson stopped halfway.
Mayberry chased him and finally tagged him.
Left arm off, Mayberry's a little upset.
Thuram came back and almost ran through Mayberry.
Michael takes a pitch up high.
One-three, three and one.
Next offering, he's taking a strike call.
Three and two.
Two outs, nobody on.
And the three-two pitch to Michael.
Michael Jackson fouls it back upstairs on the first-base side in the upper deck.
I gather from the crowd reaction that a pretty good play was made up there.
Three-two pitch again, swing and a miss struck him out.
Mike Jackson picks up his second strikeout and for the Yankees in the sixth inning, no runs, no hits.
There were no errors and nobody left on base.
So at the end of six full innings, the score, New York two and Kansas City one.
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Montreal 4, Atlanta 2 at the end of four and a half,
Henry Aaron has hit his sixth home run.
The rest of the games later starts and no report.
Right now we go to the seventh and ready with the action, here's Bill White.
All right Franklin, Hal McCray heading against Steve Klein. Yankees ahead by a score of 2 to 1.
First pitch, line drive, base hit right field, Matty Alou and quickly he'll get the ball back in the infield.
And Hal McCray's on two for three.
So McCray leads off to seventh for the Royals by lining a single with sharply to right field.
He's there, here's Paul Schall.
Schall on the third baseman is over two, he's popped a second and bounced a third.
Looking down at Harry Dunlop for a sign, Schall bats right handed.
Schall batting at 2, 6, 3.
Yankees with the infield back looking for 2.
Steve Klein hides the ball on his right hip, now he comes set.
Chex McCray, the pitch to Schall. He swears a bunch but takes inside the ball.
Now Schall back out once again looking down at Harry Dunlop who just picked up the sign from his skipper,
Jack McKeon relays it back to Schall.
Time's call, now Greg Nettles wants to talk to Steve Klein.
Gleap that little old McCray at first, he'll release and charge quickly.
Nettles bows in on the grass now, maybe a step or two off the grass.
One ball, no strike count on Schall.
Yankees ahead 2 to 1, you're in the top of the seventh.
Royals have a man at first.
The one-hole pitch, all strike.
Schall took that, he started to swing but took it on the outside corner, it's 1 and 1.
Now the guessing game starts.
Schall back out again looking at his third-phase coach.
McCray also looking over there.
McCray leads off first. He doesn't have a big lead there.
Klein checks it.
The 1-1 pitch.
Inside, ball 2, it's 2 balls and a strike.
On deck is Fran Healy.
The Yankees picked up both their runs in the second inning.
The Kansas City Royals came back and picked up their one run in the top of the third.
Well, the Yankees are ahead 2 to 1, Royals threatening.
Stretch and the 2-1 pitch.
Line drive, base hit right field.
Malou in quickly and McCray will have to hold his second as Matty Lowe makes a strong throw there to second base.
Almost hit McCray in the head.
So the Royals, with back-to-back singles from Hal McCray and Paul Schall, have runners now at first and second.
Still no outs and here's Fran Healy, the catcher.
Now Nettles and Klein and Munchen meeting on the mound.
Nettles leads, Munchen's got there talking to Steve.
The Yankees evidently expecting a punt here.
They lead 2 to 1 over the Royals.
Kansas City threatening.
Runners at first and second and no outs.
Nettles in close at third, so is Felipe Malou at first.
Upfield straight away for Healy, who's 0 for 2 in the ball game.
He's bounced to third and bounced back to the pitcher.
That's right-handed.
Here's a pitch to him.
He squares and butts down up to Steve Klein.
Klein's up.
He'll go to first base and he gets the foot out there.
The runners advance.
Hal McCray goes to third.
Paul Schall to second.
Give Healy a sacrifice.
He was thrown out 1 to 4 as Klein threw to Horace Clark covering first base.
So there's one away.
Ralph Hauk out to the mound as the Yankees decide what they're going to do with Freddie Potech.
Nettles, Munchen, Hauk and Klein out discussing Potech.
Potech is 0 for 2 in the ball game.
He has scored a run though.
He scored the Royals' only run.
In the first inning, he bounced to third, walked and scored in the third, and bounced to second and the fifth.
Oh, the Yankees now have a big conference going out on the mound.
And it looks like we're going to get a new pitcher.
That's going to be all for Steve Klein.
You remember, Klein hurt a muscle, strained a muscle in the ball game up in Milwaukee.
And it's cool here tonight.
So Ralph Hauk evidently feels that Steve Klein has gone far enough.
And it's Markie Lyle.
Lyle in here replacing Klein.
So Steve goes sixth in one third innings.
He's given up just one run so far.
Of course, the runners at second and third are his responsibility.
Klein's given up also six hits.
He's walked three.
And he has not struck out a batter.
So it's Markie Lyle, isn't there, now relieving Steve Klein.
Lyle is making his fifth appearance for the Yankees so far this year.
He made a decision in Boston when he gave up a ninth inning home run to Orlando Cepeda.
And he lost one in Milwaukee.
Gave up a three-run home run by Johnny Vukovich in the seventh.
That's when he came in to relieve Steve Klein.
He lost that ball game.
So Markie Lyle is in.
Now this year, Spouse, Markie's given up three home runs,
and he only allowed three home runs all of last year.
So Ralph Howe getting a chance to look at Sparky Lyle as Markie makes his fifth appearance on the mound this year.
Last year, Sparky made 59 appearances, setting the American League record with 35 saves.
He'd like to get that hard slide of working here on Freddie Potec.
The Yankees were sailing along with a 2-1 lead going into this inning, a 7,
when Hal McCray singled sharply to right field.
That was followed by another sharp single to right by Paul Shaw.
McCray held at second.
Then Fran Ealy, but it sacrificed successfully, back to Klein.
Both runners advancing.
So there's one out, runners at second and third, and here's Freddie Potec and against Sparky Lyle.
Let's see how the Yankees play this.
First of all, they're going to pitch to Potec.
They're going to make him fling the bat.
Netto's enclosed at third, so is Felipe Alou at first.
Michael and Clark are at their normal position.
Sparky Lyle's over the head, and here's the first pitch.
High, a ball.
McCray at third.
Shaw down at second with one out here at the top of the seventh.
The Yankees are ahead 2-1.
Now Potec looks down at third.
John Lopp gives him the sign.
Lyle with that big char to back in his left-cheek nods agreement pumps and deals a 1-0 pitch.
All strike at 1-1.
On deck is Bobby Floyd.
Now Lyle back off the backside of the mound.
Goes to his mouth, goes to the rosin bag, to the cap.
Now he's back on.
Lyle's lead, McCray from third, Shaw from second.
Lyle looks over to McCray.
Looks back in, doesn't like the sign, wants a new one.
Gets it, likes it.
Now time's call, Potec backs up.
Bill Aller, the home plate on fire, calls time.
War of nerves going on between Lyle the pitcher and Potec the hitter.
Now we're ready. Here's the 1-1 pitch coming down to Potec.
Inside a ball, two balls and a strike.
Lyle wanted that pitch.
Back out, Bucky Lyle.
Trying to pick up his first save of the year.
He picked up 35 last year, his set a new American League record.
And this is a tough situation.
Yankees ahead 2-1, 1-0.
McCray from third.
Yankees from second. Lyle likes the sign.
He winds. It's a 2-1 pitch to Potec.
Swung on top foul outside of third, and it's 2-2.
Sparky Lyle trying to regain the form he had last year
when he was the number one pitcher in the American League,
possibly the number one pitcher, relief pitcher in all of baseball.
Cincinnati had a pretty good year.
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Carroll had 36 saves last year.
Here's a 2-2 pitch, not a Potec.
Swung on, bounce to third, Nettles has it, looks to run her back to third,
throw her first, they've got him.
Two out.
Lyle inside Potec, they hit a sharp ground ball to Nettles,
who looks McCray back to third, took his time, threw Potec out at first,
so they're two out, and we're going to get a pitch hitter for Bobby Floyd.
Kurt Savakwa, the Royals' acquire from the Cleveland Indians,
will bat for Bobby Floyd.
So Lyle now has done a job.
He's got his man out, and he did not allow the runners to score.
He's got two outs, and Savakwa now will bat for Floyd.
Savakwa bats right-handed.
Kuki Rojas started the game at second base for the Royals,
and he would normally be in this position.
Rojas was spiked as he went into second base trying to break up a double play,
or his clerk came down on him.
And Rojas is one of the RBI leaders on this ball club with 14.
Bobby Floyd went into play second base, and he's single and fly it out.
Now it's Savakwa in-pitch hitting for Floyd.
Runners at second and third, two outs, Lyle's ready, and the pitch.
A breaking ball, the jump side corner to called strike.
Yankees ahead 2-1, you're in the top of the seventh, two outs.
McCray leads from third, Shaw from second.
Lyle checks McCray.
Wines and deals.
Pull on and missed the breaking ball, no balls and two strikes.
Marky Lau going to the overhand curve ball,
found the outside corner with the first one, got the next one down and in.
And Savakwa swung over it.
So Lyle ahead, now no balls, two strikes, two outs.
The Royals threatening with runners at second and third.
Lyle looks under Munchen, he's got the sign.
Likes it, nods agreement, checks McCray, he winds.
Here's the 0-2 pitch.
Swung on and called off.
It's no balls and two strikes yet.
Lyle on the back part of the mound, gets a rosin.
Marky came in this inning with runners at second and third, one out.
He got Patek to bounce to third.
Nettles held McCray at third, threw Patek out for the second out.
Now to count, no balls and two strikes on Savakwa, batting for Floyd.
Here's the one, the 0-2 pitch.
Swung on, hit on the ground and short.
Charged by Michael, he's got it, throws to first and they've got him there for the third out.
Marky Lyle has come into the ball game and he's done a job.
Oh, that's it for the Royals.
No runs on two hits and he leaves him on base.
In the middle of the seventh, the Yankees 2, the Kansas City Royals 1.
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Well, Kurt Babacka, who batted for Bobby Floyd, stays in the ballgame to play second base.
So you can mark that defensive change down.
And we go to the bottom half of the seventh inning.
Yankees leading 2-1.
And the top of the order, here's Bill.
All right, Frank, the first pitch in to Horace Clark.
The breaking ball is a called strike.
Mike Jackson on the mound for the Royals.
Getting a right start.
He only lasted an inning and a third.
Clark lines the next pitch to left field.
It's going to be a curveball.
It bounces into the deep, profound rule of double.
Horace Clark in an 0-1 curveball and winds it down to left field line.
Just hit inside the line and bounces into the sand.
So Clark leads the Yankees 7-0-5 doubling.
And here's Roy White.
Bill, that's a first hit.
The Yankees have had off the left-hander Mike Jackson and their fourth in the ballgame.
Let's see now.
Why didn't they're batting right-handed?
Roy was expecting a punt.
Here's a stretch.
And the pitch.
Too low a ball.
White did not offer to punt.
Call.
The third baseman's in close.
And Mayberry, the first baseman, heads in.
Now he moves back a couple of steps.
Yankees 2-0.
Royals 1.
He's in the bottom of the 7th.
No outs.
Clark leading from second.
The 1-0 pitch to White.
Takes a punt, takes it back.
Back it's too low.
Ball 2.
White's been up three times, officially twice, because he's single to right field.
He's walked.
And he got on on an error.
So he is 1 for 2.
2-0 pitch to White.
Swung on and fouled off.
2-1.
On deck is Matty Lou.
Yankees ahead by a score of 2-1 here in the bottom of the 7th.
Or as Clark led, the inning off by doubling into the left field corner.
2-1 pitch.
Outside ball.
3-1.
Now time for any one to talk to Jackson.
Yankees picked up their two runs back in the second inning.
Ron Bloomberg walked.
After Munson bounced out and Kikallisen fouled out.
Gene Michael, single in a run.
And then Oras Clark, single in the Yankees' second run.
Royals picked up their run in the top of the third.
Here's the stretch foul.
3-1 pitch to White.
Breaking ball to call strike 2.
Full count.
They play White straight away with Otis at center field or a step or two over toward right center.
Roy batting at 1-8-4.
Jackson checks far and gets second.
Payoff pitch.
Pulling off the middle off Jackson's leg.
Over toward third.
And Roy White will get a base hit.
Oras Clark could not move to second base, but White's on same foot first.
Give him an infield hit.
White smashed that ball up the middle and hit Jackson on his leg.
Bounced over toward Paul Shawl at third.
Shawl was moving toward third.
Justin Blase might be going that way.
He had no chance to recover and make the play.
So the Yankees now run at first and second here in the seventh.
No outs.
And the batter is Matty Alou.
And Galen Siscoe goes out to the mound.
And he's joined there by Shawl, the third baseman.
His catcher, Fran Healy and Mike Jackson.
Galen Siscoe, the former Mets pitcher, is the pitching coach on this ball club.
Right, and he's not out there to make a pitching change.
Just to pass along some information, they're plotting a little strategy.
As to what to do with Matty Alou.
What kind of strategy can you devise around a guy like Alou who can hit the ball just about anywhere, Bill?
There is none.
Throw him down the middle and he'll be able to hit you straight away.
Now the play down by Bill Haller goes out there now to break up the conference.
Siscoe heads back toward the dugout.
McCann, Jack McCann when he came in, kept three of his coaches, three coaches that were left over.
Siscoe was the pitching coach.
Under Bob Levin, Dunlop was the first base coach and Charlie Vowell was the batting instructor.
And who was third base coach?
George Strickland, wasn't he?
Strick is gone.
They only have three coaches.
Okay, Bill.
Here's Matty Alou.
Throw to second.
Clark is back.
Horace Clark is second.
Roy White is first.
Noah out there in the bottom of the seventh.
Yankee is trying to get a few insurance runs here.
They lead two to one.
Matty batting at 3.27.
Throw to second again.
Clark is back.
This time to the shortstop Patek.
I think the Royals are trying to set up a play where Patek will really hustle to third and try to beat Clark there in case of a bunt.
If Matty Alou can really handle a bat, he sees a vacate that spot.
He'll go there.
Here's the pitch.
Hung on and miss.
Mayberry really charging from first.
He's moving back behind first looking at Alou.
And Matty can't pull the ball.
We saw that the other day when he had a two-run homer here.
Clark from second.
White from first.
No outs.
Jackson comes to the bell.
The stretch.
The pitch to Matty.
Down low, one and one.
Matty's 0 for one.
He's walked twice.
Pop to the first baseman.
Mayberry.
On deck is Bobby Mercer.
Patek holding Clark close at second.
The 1-1 pitch.
Cold strike two.
One fall and two strikes.
Jackson looking out in the outfield.
He was owed a straightaway out there in the center.
Now, Oda's backed up a couple of steps.
And the stretch.
Clark leads from second.
White from first.
The 1-1 is down the dirt.
Two balls and two strikes.
Matty Alou batting a 3-27.
Matty has a homerun five runs batted in.
Here's a 2-2 pitch to Alou.
Down in the dirt.
Ball three.
3-2.
Now, Horace Clark and Roy White look over at Dickhouser for sign.
Time's call.
Now, Paul Shaw, the third baseman, wants to talk to his pitcher.
Will the Yankees be running here on a 3-2 down on Alou?
Well, they might, Bill, because Alou doesn't strike out that often.
But we'll see.
Now, Mayberry, the first baseman, comes in.
He wants to join that conference at the mound.
And the umpires won't let him.
They say one man at a time unless the manager's out there.
And that one man is Shaw.
So Shaw goes back.
And now Mayberry is going to get his two cents worth in with the pitcher, Mike Jackson.
Matty's been up 49 times.
He struck out eight times.
Let's see what they'll do.
Horace Clark leading down from second.
Roy White takes the short lead off at first.
Jackson looking at it.
Healy has a sign.
Comes to the bell.
And he throws the first base.
But White's back there safely.
Mayberry snuck in behind White.
That's a pretty good play.
It didn't work that time, though.
Now the stretch.
Runners lead.
They're not going.
Breaking ball is looked for.
And Roy White not trying to go to third.
It goes off the bag.
And he goes to third.
So the Yankees with Matty Lou lopping the single out of the left field to drive in their
third run.
Roy White got hung up between first and second.
He really faked Penella.
And when Penella got his arm at the top, White went on in the third.
And the throw was off the back.
So White made it there safely.
Matty Lou at first base with his sixth run batted into the air.
And the Yankees lead three to one.
Yankees got a little bit of a break there on Roy White because that Penella's throw
been good.
And to the bag, I think they would have had him.
About 20 feet.
By just about 20.
Jack McKeon, the manager, is out there.
And he is there to make a pitching change.
So Jackson came up with one, two, three, four, and a third, a hitless inning.
But here in the seventh, Clark's leadoff double.
It bounced into the left field seats.
White's ground ball off Jackson's leg.
And now Matty Lou's little easy swing single out into left center field.
That's driven Jackson from the ballgame.
Let's see who it is coming in.
Donnie Bergmeyer.
He's another left-hander.
Bergmeyer.
He wastes no time.
He gets out of the dots and then runs out to the mound.
He wants that baseball.
And let's get down to business.
So he'll be facing Mercer and Nettles.
And then Felipe Alou with White now at third.
There was no air on the last play, incidentally, even though White would not have gone to third,
had the throw been good.
So the log on Jackson, four and a third innings.
So far he has allowed one run, but the two base runners are his responsibility.
Three hits.
He walked four and he struck out two.
And right now it's the left-hander Bergmeyer starts his warm-up throws.
Let's see what he's done so far this year.
Bergmeyer has been in five ballgames prior to this.
All in relief.
He has pitched only eight innings, allowed 10 hits and five runs, walked four and struck out three.
So from that he would say he has not had eight of the best innings of his career.
And an earned run average of 5.63.
That California-Detroit game is now in the bottom half of the sixth inning,
with California leading by a score of 6-1.
Cleveland and Minnesota got rained out in Minnesota.
Baltimore and Chicago are tied 1-1 in the bottom half of the fourth inning.
Dick Allen has Homer in that ballgame.
Oakland leads Milwaukee 1-0, I think, at the end of 2.
And time has been called because of rain in Milwaukee.
Texas and Boston are tied up 6-6 at the end of 7.
Okay, Bill.
All right, Frank, here's Bobby Mercer against the left-hander, Clint, and Tom Bergmeyer.
Yankees ahead 3-1 here in the bottom of the seventh.
They have runners at first and third and no outs.
Mattie Lewitt first, Roy White down at third.
White, with a bit of daring running, got to third.
Here's a stretch and the pitch to Mercer.
Down low on the knees, a called strike.
One strike count on Mercer, who's 0-3.
Bobby's flying to left field.
He's bounced to the first baseman on assistant, and he's struck out.
Jack McKeon going with a lot of left-handers.
After the Yankees got rid of his right-hander's starter, Ken Wright, the 0-1 pitch.
Plung onto the deep right center field.
Listen to that crowd as the Yankees make their first run.
All right, quite a crowd reaction.
Bobby Mercer hitting on into the right center field bleachers.
Mercer does not hit too many balls into the bleachers.
He'll hit the most his own runs from the bulls back toward the power line.
And the Yankees lead a trick-through on that was Bobby's fourth home run of the year.
Here's Greg Nettles breaking balls, taking it outside.
Yankees 6, Royals 1 here in the bottom of the seventh.
Still no outs.
Burke Barr winds a 1-0 pitch.
Plung on and foul straight back.
Nettles with a thick cut.
Here's the 1-1 pitch to Nettles.
Plucked up in the shallow center field.
The second baseman for Locke was out.
He's called off by the center field.
The Otis and Amos Otis one-handed.
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One out, nobody on.
Here's Felipe Alou.
Pitch is inside.
Backs Felipe off.
Yankees ahead 6-1.
Picked up three quick one runs this inning on Pauly Mercer's fourth home run of the year into the right center field seats.
The next pitch is hit on the ground to first.
Mayberry has it.
Takes his time.
Goes to first base.
Two is out, two outs.
Felipe Alou bounces out.
Mayberry unassisted.
Here's Thurman to the catcher.
Yankees have picked up four runs so far this inning.
Munson is 0-2.
He's got a 10-game hitting streak going and he'd like to keep it going.
He's batting at 371.
He bounced back to the pitch or he'd bounce a third and walk.
Bergmar looking in.
The left-hander's over the head and the pitch.
Swung on, chop, foul, back behind the plate.
Bobby Mercer is tied now in home runs with Greg Nettles.
They both have four.
Mercer goes ahead in RBIs.
He's got 14 now.
Nettles has 12.
Munson has 10.
The 0-1 pitch, outside ball one, one-on-one.
Yankees really mashing the ball this inning.
A double by Clark.
An infield hit by White.
RBI single by Alou.
And then a three-run home run over the auxiliary scoreboard out in right-center field by Bobby Mercer.
Yankees are ahead 6-1.
Here's the 1-1 pitch to Munson.
Outside ball two.
It's 2-1.
On deck, Estella-Renos-Centus.
They play Munson to hit to the opposite field.
The left fielder's straight away.
The 2-1 pitch.
Outside ball three, 3-1.
Left fielder, Panela, straight away.
The right fielder's near the line and in.
And Amos Otis, the center fielder, is three or four steps over toward right center.
So there's a big gap between Panela and Otis.
That's out in left center field.
Here's the 3-1 pitch to Munson.
Swung on.
It's fouled on the right side.
It'll be in the mezzanine.
It goes over the upper deck.
And it's 3-2.
Big inning here for the Yankees in the seventh.
They picked up four runs.
They go with the two they had in the second.
And they lead 6-1.
Six runs on seven hits.
Here's the payoff pitch to Munson.
Swung on.
Fouled off.
Straight back out of play.
They continue to pitch Munson outside.
Looking at the scoreboard, Chicago leads Baltimore 1-0 there in the second inning.
Boston 6, Texas 3, they're in the sixth inning.
And in the fourth inning, California 4, Detroit nothing.
Lead of Minnesota both-both.
Payoff pitch to Munson.
Swung on.
Fall back once again to the mezzanine.
In the national league, Houston and Philadelphia.
They're 3-0, Houston with Philly batting in the last of the night.
Payoff pitch to Munson.
Swung on.
Hit on the ground.
The whole Potech's got it.
The short stop with the long throw.
It's in the dirt and past the first baseman.
So Munson will be given second base as a fan grabs that ball as it got back by the screen.
So give Munson a base hit.
An infield hit.
He got that ball and the whole Potech had to go all the way over there, couldn't throw him out.
The throw was in the dirt.
Now they're going to call Munson back.
Munson gets an infield hit.
And they're going to call him back to first base.
The first base umpire, Joe Brakeman, originally sent Munson to second because a fan touched the ball.
Then Bill Haller, the home plate umpire, went down there.
I guess Haller felt that if the ball had stayed in play, John Mayberry would have held Munson in first base.
Well, Thurman's being called back to first.
But he does get his hitting streak or keeps his hitting streak intact.
He has now hit in 11 straight games.
Same play, Bill, earlier this season.
Throw over there and they did allow the runner to go to second.
But then the umpire said they felt that the ball would have bounced into the seats even if a spectator had not touched it.
This one obviously would not have.
The fan reached well over the railing and the ball would not have bounced into the seats.
So I think it has to be a fair call on the part of Bill Haller.
All right, here's Salarino's sentencing.
The stretch by Bergmeier.
The pitch is a fastball on the outside corner to call strike.
John Callison was the Yankees' original designated hitter.
He only batted once.
The sentenances went in when McKeon, the skipper of the Royals, switched to a left-hander.
And Salarino walked and he's flied out.
So he's 0 for 1.
The next pitch is swung on and missed the ball with two strikes.
Kenny Wright started the ball game for the Royals.
He only went one, two-thirds innings.
Gave up two runs.
Mike Jackson came on in the second, pitched well.
He went five and a third.
And he was responsible for three runs.
The other run is charged to Tom Bergmeier, the guy who's in there now.
Here's the 0-2 Pista Sanchez outside at 1-2.
When Mercer hit his home run off Bergmeier, the two runners on, White and Alou,
the responsibility of Mike Jackson.
Well, the Yankees are ahead 6-1 here in the bottom of the seventh, two outs, months to the first.
The next pitch is outside, ball two, 2-2.
They're playing Sanchez straight away.
Well, the White Sox have gone ahead of Baltimore.
Dick Allen has hit two home runs in that ball game, his fourth and fifth of the year.
The next pitch, swung on by Sanchez, and he strikes out.
But the Yankees have a big inning.
They pick up four runs on five hits, including a big three-run over by Bobby Mercer.
They left the man on base.
And at the end of seventh, the Yankees sixth, the Kansas City Royals, one.
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Well, Phil Rossitto is away from us for a couple of days,
but he'll be rejoining us in Chicago Friday night for the first game of the upcoming Yankee road trip
as the Yankees go to Chicago and then on to the Twin Cities,
Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota to take on the twins in their backyard.
Right now, the Yankees enjoying a five-run lead, six to one, and we go to the eighth inning.
All right, Frank, and a win by the Yankees here.
These scores keep coming in the way they've been coming in.
The Yankees can be tied for first place.
The ball game is over.
Baltimore is losing to Chicago.
Dick Allen is at two home runs, and the White Sox lead at least two to one
in the fourth inning with Chicago batting.
Dick Allen hit his fourth in the first and his fifth in the fourth.
Here's Amos Otis, and he fouls the first pitch off into the upper deck off Sparky Lyle.
So the White Sox lead Baltimore at least two to one with the White Sox still batting
in the last half of the fourth inning in their ball game in Chicago.
California's sixth, Detroit one, with Detroit batting in the bottom of the sixth.
The Tigers are playing an even 500 baseball, and Oakland leads Milwaukee one-nothing after two.
And Milwaukee's in third place with a 9-9 record, so the Yankees can jump over everybody.
Time has been called in that ball game because of rain in Milwaukee.
There are balls in in the air, right field, Matty Lewis way back, way back, up near the wall.
He's got it right in front of the scoreboard in deep right center field.
So Otis drives Matty all the way back to the board there, all in his long fly.
There's one away here in the eighth.
And in that fourth inning, the White Sox picked up a couple more runs,
and they lead Baltimore four to one after four full innings of play.
Play hard against Fisher.
Couple home runs in that ball game by Dick Allen, his fourth and fifth of the year.
The Yankees, chances of getting in the first place, improving with each inning.
Here's John Mayberry, Lyle over the head, pumps and deals.
Sidearm fastball is too low.
Mayberry batting at 231, but he leads the American League and runs batted in with 20.
He's picked up one in this ball game. He's one for two.
Lyle over the head, the one-oh pitch.
Swung on and missed it one-and-one.
Mayberry, John, hits the ball all the way out of the stadium.
On deck is Ed Kirkpatrick, who are in the top of the eighth.
The Yankees ahead, six to one.
They play Mayberry to pull.
Lyle's ready.
The one-one pitch, breaking ball, checks wing, bounce foul out in front of the play.
As it kicked up, it hit Mayberry on the arm.
So it's a ball and two strikes.
They really play Mayberry to pull.
Malu back behind the bag at first.
Horace Clark on the grass at second.
Michael, about five steps from first base on the third, from second base on the shortstop side.
And Nettle playing wide at third.
Here's the one-two pitch to Mayberry.
Inside it's two and two.
Maddie and Lue playing back up on the track in right field in front of the 344-foot side.
Horace is straight away at center.
So is White and left.
Two-two pitch.
Cold strike three got him looking.
Spocky Lyle got the outside corner with a hard fastball, tailing away from the left-hander.
And they're two outs.
And here's Ed Kirkpatrick, the right fielder.
And the way Lyle has pitched this ball game, it might be a bigger game for him than the actual win.
Lyle has given up three home runs in his previous starts.
He's making his fifth appearance.
He's only given up three home runs in 59 appearances last year.
So it looks like Lyle is back.
Breaking ball is too low.
And with Lyle pitching the way he pitched last year and with Lindy McDaniel pitching this year as well as he's pitched,
it'll be a great boon to the Yankee chances in the American League each.
Six pitches outside.
It's two balls and no strikes.
Yankees ahead by a score of 6-1.
They have six runs on eight hits.
The Kansas City Royals one run on six hits.
That's six on my mind.
Two-oh pitch coming down to Kirkpatrick.
Cold strike two and one.
And he's been up about three times.
He's one for three.
Bounce into a forced out, bounce into a double-plant single.
The next pitch is too low. It's three and one.
Two outs, nobody on.
You're at the top of the eighth.
Yankees up by five.
They lead six to one.
There's the wind by Lyle.
The pitch flung on and missed.
Stuck him out.
Up is three and two.
Full count on Kirkpatrick.
Did he say he didn't go around on that?
That counts three and two.
Here's the payoff pitch.
That's a strikeout.
If Kirkpatrick waves a double.
So Lyle strikes out the last two men, he says.
He's got to tell me, we're in Kirkpatrick, and that's it for the Royals.
Three up and three down.
In the middle of the eighth, Yankee six, the Royals one.
Miss Lena Horne.
Shaffer is the one day to have when you're having more than one.
Shaffer, there's your duck bait even when your first is done.
The most rewarding thing in this man's world for people who are having fun.
Shaffer is the one day to have when you're having more than one.
The final game on this home stand will be played here tomorrow night at 730.
The Yankees and the KC Royals and the Yankees with newfound power.
Banging away, Bill.
All right, here's J. Michael against Burt Beier, and six fouls the first pitch off,
great backing in the seats.
We're in the bottom half of the eighth inning, Yankees ahead six to one.
It'll be Michael, Clark, and White in that order.
Yankees picked up two runs in the second inning.
The Royals came back with one in the third.
The Yankees picked up four in the bottom of the seventh.
Change up, line drive, face hit left field by Michael.
Six around first base, but he'll hold there as Fenella gets the ball back into the infield.
So Michael leads off the eighth by singling sharply to left field.
He's now a two for four in the ball game with an RBI, and he's also a four to run.
Here's Horace Clark.
Clark is two for three.
He's got a stolen base and RBI, and also he's four to run.
House batting a right-handed against the left-handed Tom Bergmeier.
Mercer's three-run home run last inning, the big hit so far for the Yankees.
Pitch to Clark, outside of ball.
Michael leads from first.
Mayberry holds it, the stretch by Bergmeier.
The 1-0 pitch foul straight back into the upper deck by the Hawks, and it's 1-1.
Well, Henry Aaron just hit his 680th lifetime home run.
That's his second tonight.
It's numbers 6-7-9 and 6-8-0.
The 1-1 pitch to Clark.
Swung on, fouled off into the upper deck on the right side.
1-2.
So Aaron moves within 34 of Babe Ruth.
That's his seventh home run this year.
Here's a stretch by Bergmeier.
He checks Michael at first.
The pitch, in there in the right center field.
Davis Otis is there, and he one-hands it for the first out.
Michael goes back to first base.
One away.
Here's Roy White, the left fielder.
White's two for three.
A single to right field, then field it, and he got on in there.
He's also a walk.
Yankees six.
Royals one.
Bottom of the eighth, one out, Michael at first base.
Maddie Lou, leading on the on-deck circle.
Here's a pitch to White.
And Bergmeier misses outside with a fastball.
Royals with the infield back looking for two here.
They're down by five.
Yankees ahead, six to one.
White batting at 195.
The next pitch.
Swung on, fouled straight back.
It's one and one.
Here's a stretch.
The one-one pitch to White.
Curveball it in the air to right center.
Out there is Fitzpatrick.
He's under.
He's got it.
Kirkpatrick's over there and under.
He's got it.
He's got two outs.
Here's Maddie Lou.
Michael is still at first base.
The Lou is one for two.
He's walked White.
Pop to the first base.
Joel Ben-Aranda with a single left field.
That was a key single.
Maddie got back on the second in the seventh inning.
Yankees that runner is at the second and first.
And Alou looped the ball in the left center, scoring one of them.
The first pitch from Bergmeier finds the outside corner.
It's a strike.
Maddie hitting from a closed stance.
Chokes way up on the bat.
Bergmeier comes to the belt.
The O-one pitch.
Breaking ball popped up behind the plate.
Healy's back.
He's huffing back and he's got it.
So Alou fouls out to Fran Healy back by the screen.
And that's it for the Yankees.
Here in the eighth, no runs on one hit and they leave a base runner.
After eight full innings of play, the Yankees lead the Royals by a score of six to one.
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And as we go along here, Bill, let me cut in once a while with a few scores.
Catch everybody up to date.
Right now, California leads Detroit 6 to 1.
They're in the bottom half of the seventh inning.
Bill Singer for the Angels, Woody Flan and Tommy Timmerman.
And now, Laren Legro pitching for Detroit.
Cleveland and Minnesota get rained out.
Chicago 4, Baltimore 1 at the end of 4.
A couple of home runs by Dick Allen and Ed Herman has also homered for Chicago.
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All right, Frank, here's Lou Pennella leading off for the Royals.
We're at the top of the ninth. Yankees ahead 6 to 1.
Lyle throws a breaking ball that's too high.
Pennella's 0 for 3. He's bounced out twice and he's bounced into a fielder's choice.
That's right-handed. Hits from a closed stance.
Lyle over the head. The pitch.
Swung on at this point and won.
Milwaukee 3, Oakland 2 in the bottom half of the fourth inning.
Gene Tennesse is homered there for Oakland.
And that Texas-Boston game is in the eighth inning tied 6 to 6 at Fenway Park.
Lyle looking in at Munson.
That's down to Wyne. Pumps and deals.
Foul back. A ball and two strikes.
Quickly in the National League. The Phillies are batting in the bottom half of the ninth inning with Houston leading 3-0.
Let's see. It's Atlanta 5, Montreal 4 in the bottom half of the seventh inning with, as Bill told you,
Henry Aaron hitting two home runs in that ballgame.
And the rest of the National League games later starts.
All right, Frank. Pennella waits. Lyle's ready.
The 1-2 pitch to Pennella.
Change up is popped up. Gene Michael, the shortstop ball.
Over there in the bag. He's under it. He's got it.
That was a new pitch from Lyle. It's like a change or a knuckleball.
This floated up there and Pennella got out front, got under it, and popped it up.
So there's one away here in the ninth and here's Hal McCrae, the designated hitter.
McCrae's 2 for 3 in the ballgame. Double the left, bounce the third, and single the right.
Yankees ahead 6-1 here in the top of the ninth. One out, nobody on.
It's Pacquiao looking for his first save of the year.
In relief of Steve Klein who started.
The breaking ball is a called strike.
They play McCrae straight away.
He's a right-handed hitter.
Lyle's ready. The 0-1 pitch.
Fastball inside 1-1.
1-1 count on McCrae.
And the pitch. Fastball dribbin' deep to left wheel.
White's there though. Now he comes in and he's got it.
Ball almost full wide. It was a line drive out there.
He started back and moved in quickly and got it just deep top high for the second out.
McCrae hits the ball hard all evening.
Got robbed there by White. Two outs now. Here's Paul Shaw, the third baseman.
Shaw 1 for 3 in the ballgame. He's popped the second, bounced the third, and single the right.
And that single right field along with it back in the seventh inning along with the sacrifice by Fran Healy got Lyle into the ballgame.
As Parky did his job with runners at second and third Potech cups, he got Potech to bounce out.
The runner's holding.
The ball's too high to Shaw.
Then he got Bavacqua pinch hitting for Floyd to bounce out and go out of the inning.
There's the strike, 1-1.
And since then, Lyle has retired at seven straight batters. So it looks like Lyle of last year.
1-1 pitch. 1-1 bounce at third.
Neto's got it. Long throw the first and the ballgame is over.
A great job of relief pitching by Parky Lyle.
And an excellent job of hitting by the New York Yankees.
For the Royals in the ninth inning, 3-up and 3-down.
Final score, the New York Yankees, 6. The Kansas City Royals, 1.
What do you think a disaster sounds like?
If you live in a city, maybe it's the sound of sirens racing to a fire.
But you don't have to live in a city to know the terrible sound of a fire.
You don't have to live in the country to know the sound of a tornado.
Floods can strike anywhere too, and sometimes with very little warning.
At Red Cross, all of these sounds and many more mean disaster.
The sound of disaster is people. People homeless.
All our clothing, furniture, everything is gone.
We're just thankful we got our kids out of there safe.
People who must start building their lives all over again.
I look at everything I have. I've been working for many years.
At Red Cross, we think people are the most important sound.
We're there to help when families need help most.
Because Americans care about their neighbors, Red Cross is there to help.
There are the totals on the ballgame.
For the New York Yankees, six runs on nine hits. They committed one error.
Kansas City one run, six hits, and they committed two errors.
Steve Klein, the winner, evens his record at two wins and two losses.
And Ken Wright, who started for the Kansas City Royals, was the loser.
His record is one win and one defeat.
The Kansas City Royals are the best.
They're the best.