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The California Angels faced the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium for game one of a Twilight Doubleheader on Thursday, May 6th, 1971.
The Angels were looking to advance their success after finishing the 1970s season with a franchise-high 86 wins under the leadership of Lefty Phillips and his first full season as manager.
The Orioles were the defending World Series champs. Earl Weaver took over from Hank Bauer as the O's manager in the middle of 1968 and quickly escalated Baltimore to consecutive 100-plus win seasons and back-to-back appearances in the fall classic.
This audio recording of game one of the Doubleheader is from the Baltimore Radio broadcast featuring announcers Chuck Thompson and Bill O'Donnell.
Good evening everybody and welcome to Baltimore Oriole Baseball. This is Chuck Thompson along with Bill O'Donnell at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore where tonight the Orioles and the California Angels will attempt a finite doubleheader.
Weather conditions in and around the Baltimore area are still threatening and the forecast is four showers with a possibility of course among those showers a thunderstorm.
It is a little overcast as we look out to the north from our broadcasting vantage point here in the stadium and the wind that was in the west this afternoon has flung around now and it's coming straight down out of the north and it could bring a few showers.
However, perhaps they will be of a, you know, a very short duration and we will be able to get both our games in. At least that is the hope.
Tonight in game number one the Angels are starting their fine young right-hander Andy Measuresmith and the Orioles will counter with their outstanding left-hander Dave McNally.
Now for those of you who are going to score the game with us tonight here are the batting orders in game number one.
Leading off for the California Angels at second base Sandy Alomar.
Batting number two the first baseman Jim Spencer.
Batting number three hitter left fielder Alex Johnson. Batting five or batting four will be right fielder Tony Cinnigliaro.
The number five hitter shortstop Jim Fragolpi.
Number six hitter third baseman Ken McMullen.
Standing back chanting and batting number seven will be Jerry Moses. The number eight hitter is Ken Berry the center fielder and the pitcher will be Andy Measuresmith.
Now the Oriole lineup in game number one tonight is a little bit unusual. It's the first time we have seen this lineup this year.
It will start with right fielder Tommy Chalpey. Chalpey leads off place right fielder.
Batting two the left fielder Don Dupre. Batting three the first baseman Brooke Cowell.
Batting four third baseman Brooks Robinson. Batting five center fielder Merv Rettenmann.
Batting six second baseman Dave Johnson.
Batting seven the shortstop Tito Simone.
Batting eight and catching game one Andy Esterbaran and the pitcher will be Dave McNally.
And before we continue with a little bit more information on Measuresmith and McNally let's pause briefly now for station identification.
For the visiting California Angels here in game one tonight it will be Andy Measuresmith.
It is our understanding that Leslie Phillips is going to pick Jim Maloney in the nightcap tonight.
And manager Earl Weaver will come back with Pat Dobbs when he started last night's ballgame against California that was rained out at the end of an inning.
Measuresmith on the year has won two and lost two. And against the Orioles has no record this season.
His lifetime against Baltimore shows three wins and three defeats.
A year ago against the Orioles Measuresmith was able to win one ballgame in relief and was defeated twice.
And both of his losses to Baltimore a year ago his teammates were getting not a single run.
As Crayard beating two to nothing May the 29th and seven to nothing on the 11th of August.
Dave McNally who has won four and lost the ballgame is making tonight his sixth start of the season.
And his first of the year against the Angels. He has no career record against California except that.
Dave McNally had a four game winning streak extended by Kansas City last Saturday.
Five to two he was four innings allowed five hits and three runs.
His wins have been against the Senators, against Detroit, against California and against Oakland.
He beat Clyde Wright eight to two April the 23rd.
Which gives him a career mark of ten victories and eight defeats against the Angels. And this for Dave will be his seventh start of the year.
And now with pride ladies and gentlemen our national anthem.
Who would like to stand by?
For the land of the free and the home of the brave?
As long as heaven and water see in them, They will move to the night when our eyes are still clear.
For the land of the free and the home of the brave?
We'll be back with a start of tonight's first game after this message.
Well Sandy Alomar stands in to lead off for the California Angels and again a brief review on Dave McNally's record.
Intervertingly we were reading to you the information available on Pat Dodson.
McNally four and one on the year had a four game winning streak ended at Kansas City at last start Saturday five to two.
Dave wins this year against the Senators, the Tigers, California and Oakland.
He beat Clyde Wright eight to two in the 23rd and this is the seventh start of the year for Dave McNally.
Here is Sandy Alomar right hander against left handed Dave McNally.
A swing and a ground ball towards second base from Johnson.
He makes the pick up off the right foot and in one fifth Alomar has been retired and a ground ball to the second base from Dave Johnson.
Sandy is in 196th on the year.
And now the Maryland born Jim Spencer.
And this will be his third trip to the plate in the first inning of a ball game here in Baltimore.
The first time he came on Tuesday night on the first inning he homered.
Last night he came up on the first inning and homered again and the rain wiped it out and here he is once more.
McNally's breaking ball is over the outside corner of the leaves and the strike is called.
Spencer is hitting 198 and has gone one for four in the only game these two clubs have been able to play here at Baltimore.
McNally brings the on down the breaking pick missed out five this time and the count evens with one ball and one strike.
Spencer is hitting 198.
He has three doubles, five home runs and nine runs batted in.
Marty Springstead is the umpire of the plate tonight with Jim Honest at first, Larry McCoy at second and Jim Odom at third base.
Fist offering down low and away to left hand swinging Jim Spencer and the count now has two balls and one strike.
The on deck hitter for the California Angels, the American League batting champion of the year ago, Alex Johnson.
McNally ready to go, down comes the 2-1 to Spencer.
A foul ball is out of play behind the plate.
Two and two is the count.
Around the Oriole infield tonight Brooks is at third but Chico Simone is playing shortstop in the first game.
Dave Johnson cut well around to the first base side as the Oriole second baseman.
Boog is at first base and right field tonight, Tommy Sopate is at second base.
In center field Merv Rettman in left field, Don Buford.
The putt is cut out on the ground foul as outside of first so the count continues to two balls, two strikes to Jim Spencer.
Game two tonight, which we hope if the weather permits will follow our first game, will feature Maloney for the Angels and Pat Dodson for the Orioles.
McNally ready to work with a 2-2 pick for left hand hitting Jim Spencer.
Foul ball is hit up toward the upper deck and out of play.
Andy Etchevain is doing the catching here in our first game tonight.
Maybe after the rain we had last evening and certainly we needed it here in our part of the country.
And I know down in South Florida you needed a 2-2 pick for Spencer.
McNally turns and fly ball, well hit foul down the right field side.
It's going to be out of play in the upper deck.
So Spencer continues to hang tough with a count, two balls and two strikes.
Could be that perhaps the downfall of the down pour that we had last night,
looks a little bit of rain during the day here, will be the extent of it.
And we might be able to get our scheduled double header in.
Two balls and two strikes to the batter Jim Spencer.
McNally rocks and throws, he missed again.
Low and outside to fill the count three and two.
Full count to Spencer with Alex Johnson in the on deck circle, one away top of the first inning.
Game just under way in Baltimore tonight.
And the payoff hit coming down to Spencer.
Deep in the box, straight away down.
High fly foul, first base side.
If two, it's going to be out of play.
Well McNally made his first start on the 7th of April.
He beat the Senators and Caissie Cots 3-2.
Going back in the second game as a double header on the 11th of April against the Tigers and beat Mike Philkenny 9-3.
Came away with no decision against the Yankees next time out.
Here's a looping pop up outside third base.
Racing and fouls round Brooks Robinson, he's there.
And Brooks squeezes a little bit of a pop up and fouls round off the batter Spencer and we have two down.
And now Alex Johnson.
Alex is hitting 278 at this early date of the year.
And in the Orioles series, he is 0-5.
But make no mistake, the base hits will be coming for this outstanding hitter Johnson.
Right handed batter is Alex and here's McNally's first outing.
Same stuff, it was high and away, ball one.
Following an old decision outing against the Yankees at 17th of April,
Rays came back out in California in the 23rd and beat Peter Wright 8-2.
Curve ball is in and the strike is fouled to Alex Johnson.
One ball and one strike.
Then the 27th of April in Oakland, he defeated Diego Cigu 62.
And he took his first defeat spatterly against Kansas City losing to Bunker 5-2.
The pitch, ground ball hits toward second baseman Johnson.
In the glove, the throw on the pile is a 1-2-3 inning for McNally and the Orioles.
At the end of the first half inning of play, it's California nothing and of course the Orioles coming to bat.
Well, a quick check of the scoreboard.
It's not particularly good news.
We sit down here in Baltimore tonight and I'll tell you the reason why.
The Cubs and the New York Mets were scheduled to play in New York this afternoon, postponed because of rain.
The Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies were due to go in Philadelphia 80 miles to the north of this rain.
They're not going to be able to play.
Houston will be at Monterey All-Saint Natty at Los Angeles tonight.
And in the American League, the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox today 10-1.
Gary Peters the winner and Johnson is the loser.
Tonight New York will be in Minnesota.
Here is Tommy Silpe standing in against the right-handed Andy Messersmith.
And this is Tommy's first start of the year for the Orioles, he's hitting 167 left-handed batman.
Right-hander called as Messersmith, pump it right through.
Out in California in the big A, they call this fine young right-handed pitcher the Baron.
And this is the result of a right-hand contest to pick a nickname for Andy Messersmith.
The breaking pitch, Miss Hyde outside, Silpe gave indication of the bump.
Shortened up in the grip, ran up in the pitch and he was high and away.
One ball, one strike, Tommy.
Silpe, Bucer and Powell on the three batters and the bottom of the first.
Right up on the infield grass, the third is McMullen.
Here is Messersmith to the move, the one offering to Silpe inside and low and he's counting out two balls and a strike.
Center fielder, Ken Barry is just about straight away to Silpe, maybe a little bit to the right.
The two-one pitch to Tommy, line drive they pitch to right field.
Silpe rips a line drive single and in the right field to get the bird started in their half of the first inning.
And now the play will come down to Yuford.
Yuford hitting a very fine 3-11 over the year and in the only game played here in Baltimore against California, had two hits and four trips.
And California will play Yuford just about the way they played Silpe a moment ago.
Alex Johnson is giving Yuford a little bit more of a foul line down the left field side than he showed Silpe a moment ago.
McMullen still on the grass at first.
Spencer holding with a baseman at Silpe at first and Messersmith ready to deal to Don Yuford.
Quick throw to first, Silpe is back at first.
Another quick throw to first base again, Silpe is back.
Double play combo of Jim Fragoti and Sandy Alomar off the top of the steps against the left-handed Queens of Don Yuford.
Messersmith kicks and fires.
He's got the fastball over the outside portion of the letter.
Strike is called to Don Yuford.
Right fielder Tony Kniegley-Arrow gives Yuford a good little bit of a foul line down in right field.
One strike to count to Yuford.
Silpe is the runner at first.
No score in the bottom of the first inning.
Messersmith rolls ground ball, base hit into right field.
Silpe going hard.
It's around second.
He will make third as Yuford and Silpe have greeted Messersmith with base hits to right field.
And the Orioles have runners at first and third.
Nobody out.
And it comes Brueg Powell.
Brueg's average is 225, but he is right up there among the leaders in home runs and RBI in the American League.
Cullibrew leads with 23 runs batted in.
And Oliva has seven home runs to stop the American League.
Powell has 22 runs batted in and six home runs.
So the Orioles have Silpe at third, Yuford at first, nobody out.
Powell at the plate.
Messersmith's pitch is cut on and Powell by the screen.
Actually came through the screen on the lead.
He must have hit a team and just flipped through.
One strike to count to Brueg Powell.
One for two in two tonight's game against the Angels.
We played one inning last night and then we're rained out.
So one strike offering to Powell.
Andy Throes, he drives him off the plate with a pitch low and inside.
One ball and one strike.
Well, I'm sure you know that Vida Blue pitched another shutout last night against the Detroit Tigers.
And to the best of our knowledge, this outstanding young left-hander will pitch here in Baltimore Sunday afternoon against our Orioles.
One-one to Powell.
Low inside.
Ball two.
Two and one now.
Two balls and a strike.
The count to Powell, nobody out.
Jolte opens with a single to right field.
Yuford followed with a single to right field.
Jolte took third.
And now the 2-1 pitch to Brueg Powell.
Just a little bit lower than the breaking ball and the count now is three balls and one strike.
Brueg snaps a quick look down third base way to coach Billy Hudders.
George Stoller is coaching first base against the Orioles.
And let's see what messages this has to offer on the 3-1.
Time is called briefly.
Powell back out.
And just as quickly he's back in again.
So Andy takes a little bit of a stroll up on the mound.
And relax.
He's got a tough pitch to make to Brueg Powell right now.
Here's his 3-1.
Ground ball, smared on the half-hop of the first base and thrown down to second for one.
Back to first.
And it is fumbled by Spencer at first base and Powell reaches.
Powell hit a scorching line drive right at the feet of Spencer.
He's fighting on the half-hop.
A great grab by the California first baseman.
Ripped to throw to second base and that's up the fourth on Buford.
The return throw to first base was in time, but Spencer could not come up with it.
And Powell reaches.
So Brueg is given a run batted in during Chaupe and reaches on the fourth for Buford.
And the Orioles have a 1-0 lead over California.
What a smash and a beautiful glove hand stop by Jim Spencer to take what might have been an extra base hit away from Buford.
The pitch to Brooks.
Lone away.
Ball one.
Brooks looking for a base hit against the Angels.
Went 0 for 3.
Tuesday night he was hitting 2.
27.
Now the 1-0 to Brooks.
Breaking pitch and it catches a corner right around the knee.
So the count is now one ball and one strike.
Brooks offered and stopped the swing.
One out, one run in.
Powell at first and the pitch is low and outside to Brooks Robbins.
He makes a count now of two balls and one strike behind Brooks.
The on back hitter now is Merv Retenmond.
Messersmith gets the sign flashed by Jerry Moses.
Goes to first base to the throw but Powell is on the bag.
And he's ready with a 2-1 offering to Brooks.
He's outside with a swing.
Three balls and a strike.
And Messersmith ready to go with a 3-1 pitch to Brooks Robinson.
Here it is.
Low and outside.
A walk to Brooks then Powell to second base and brings Merv Retenmond to the plate.
One out, a run in.
Powell the runner at second.
Brooks is first.
And here now Merv Retenmond.
He's hitting 2-5-0 on the year.
Retenmond, like many of the ball players, delights in poking fun at himself.
And he has a very keen sense of humor.
He mentioned his sense of humor in a brief address that he advertised in front of Baltimore today.
Messersmith's pitch.
Curve.
A pitch bowled down the first base side.
Out of play.
Merv said, when I had last year, when I was hitting 3-22, he said I had a rather keen sense of humor.
He said, but this season with that 2-50 batting average, you can run not quite as humorous as I was a year ago.
Said Merv Retenmond.
So one strike pitch to Merv.
Messersmith looked out each time inside with a swing fastball.
He was kind of sailing up and in on Merv.
He leaned out of the way.
One ball, one strike.
The birds have had seven of their players hit by the pitch over the last week.
That does not mean to indict, it is not said to indict any of the opposition's pitches in any way, manner, shape, or form.
The one run offering now to Retenmond.
Just missed with a curveball.
Two and one.
Ball for us, for the truth of the matter, has not been hitting as they are capable of hitting.
Some of the hitters just may be a little bit over-anxious.
Won't get in.
Two-one pitch to Retenmond.
Good curve from Messersmith and the strike is called.
Two balls, two strikes now to Merv.
Howell, the runner at second base, Brooks, the runner at first.
One out of many.
The Orioles are leading one to nothing.
Messersmith ready to go.
The 2-2 to Merv Retenmond.
Struck him out.
A swing and a miss on a good curveball.
Retenmond was trying to stop that swing.
Breaking pitch might have been a slider.
And Retenmond is strike down number one in the ball game for Messersmith.
Is 32nd on the year for Andy.
The second out of the inning and now Dave Johnson.
Well, Dave is moving around on that batting order again.
He's been just about everywhere but number four.
And of course he is hitting a very fine 333 and it's gone one to four in two semis game against California.
Howell second, Brooks first, two down now.
And Messersmith ready to work today.
Johnson, 16 throws.
Right down the pipe and it's right at call today.
Now the one strike offering to the right hand playing Johnson.
Ground ball hit toward the shortstop for Gosee.
He waits to pick up the short throw to second gets the fourth on Brooks for the final out of the inning.
But the Orioles pick off a run on a pair of day picks and leave a couple of runners.
And at the end of the inning the play of the story is Baltimore 1, California nothing.
Well, we're looking forward to our doubleheader tonight and also to the coming weekend series against the Oakland A's.
And it's naturally all of us looking forward to Mother's Day, which is Sunday.
And the Longwood Mother's Day, the Orioles and the Oakland A's are going to celebrate a fat day here at the stadium,
which means that all youngsters 14 and under accompanied by a paying adult on the afternoon will receive an official Little League baseball bat as great souvenirs.
Here is Tony Canigliaro against the South Fawdade McNally.
Tony is hitting 247 and a ball is blown inside of Canigliaro.
Tony went once before. He's tonight.
McNally's 1-0 to Canigliaro cut out and fouls with extreme and a count level to the ball and a strike.
Well, up in New York the Cubs and the Mets were rained out. Cardinals and the Phillies had been rained out in Philadelphia.
Now the 1-1-5 coming to Canigliaro.
McNally, Ross, and Fires. High fly ball, center field away. Retman is cracking it, waiting.
And the Orioles center fielder makes the catch for the first out on the top of the second inning.
Weatherman has indicated here in Baltimore that the shower activity should clear and clear this area this evening sometime.
And in truth, I must admit that it looks a lot brighter out to the north of us than it did, let's say, an hour ago.
Here's Jim Fugosi. He's batting 233 at this early date of the year.
McNally is blown outside of Jim, ball one, and he's not 100 percent.
He's got a rather sore foot.
He finds most of these colors. He finds it's possible to play when he is hurt.
Go-on nothing to Fugosi. Again is outside and a count two balls, no strikes.
Behind Fugosi, the Angels find third baseman, Karen McMullen.
McNally brings that left arm down. The pitch is high and away again. He's had three of them outside of Fugosi.
So Jim flashes a look to Rocky Bridges, the California third base coach, to see what Giver Leslie Phillips would have him do on this three-nothing pitch.
Well, what do you think you'll do? Get a take. Three-nothing. Take. Strike. It's called.
Three balls, miss, right? Two, Fugosi. One out, nobody on. The Orioles won. The Angels nothing. Top of the second.
High pop-up off the third base side. Brooks is calling for it. Says, I've got it.
Anybody want to make a bet? You've got it.
Win foul ground by about a half a step.
Two down in the California second and out here is Ken McMullen with a 2-13 batting average and two tonight at 0 for three.
Hey, it's beginning to look a little bit better. Every time I say that, I feel like I dread the thought that it might start raining in a half an hour.
A lead-up breaking ball is high inside ball one. It really is.
Those of you in the Baltimore area who are much better judges of the weather than I am, take a look.
Maybe you can come on down and spend some time with it. Here's a swing and a foul ball in the dirt behind the plate.
A ball and a strike for Ken McMullen. Would you believe it? Would you believe it?
It is raining right this instant. I know senior said that and it started to rain.
Oh, you're living right. One ball from McMullen. High for a ball two. Two and one.
It's looking better now than it has any time in the last couple of hours and it's raining.
Well, here comes a 2-1, 6-10, McMullen. McAllie deals. Ground ball hit toward Brooks at 30. Back in place of Bell High Hop.
Now the long, long throw to Powell is in time and McMullen has been retired.
Three up and three down at the end of the inning and a half. Baltimore 1, California nothing.
Against Andy Measar Smith in the bottom of the second inning, it will be Teacall Simone, Andy Echadar and Richard Dave McBarry in that order.
And just before we rolled to the commercial, we had a little bit of a shower start and now it's still sprinkling just a little bit.
And I'm afraid for an hour or so this might be what we'll have to contend with, but the weatherman promises us that it's going to clear up a little bit later on this season.
And that's about as specific as he can be a little later on this season.
Here at Teacall Simone, he's been in five ball games for the Orioles this year. He's been able to play eight times a day since he's been in 1-2-5.
And center fielder Ken Barry plays him a little bit toward the alley in right center field.
The pitch to Chico is too high, ball one, so the bigger hole in the angle outfield is between center fielder Barry and molecular Alex Johnson.
Thinfield appears to be about straight up, maybe a little bit to the third base side.
Measar Smith, one nothing to Chico, foul ball coming right up into the TV booth next door and right back out again.
One and one, the count.
Now the 1-1-5 to Chico, we've only got a peek of this one, fouled it right to the ball man, Mr. Ernie Tyler, who made a sensational, spectacular one-handed catch sitting down.
Beautiful, Ernie. One ball from two strikes to Chico.
Etchebaran leads on Jack Citty and Dave McManor waiting in the wings.
Measar Smith, kind of give it a negative shake now he's ready. Here's the one-two off in Chico.
He may have pulled the string a little bit on that pitch and he picks up his second strikeout.
Two gone. Andy Etchebaran steps, oh one gone now with Andy Etchebaran stepping in with a 1-67 batting out, which Andy didn't play.
That's it, that's it, it's a ball of honor. On the road, Andy Etchebaran.
Measar Smith first offering to Etchebaran, ground ball hit right back by the pitcher. It's on through in the center field for a base knock.
Etchebaran with a ground, single to center field for the Oriole. Their third base hit off Andy Measar Smith.
That'll bring in Dave McNally. Andy has hit pretty well in his lifetime against the Angels. He's filled his 266th lifetime out here.
First Dave McNally, his batting average is 187. He has a run batted in.
Spencer is holding with Etchebaran to first. McNally squares to bunt and got a pitch down low for a ball one.
A little bit of a shower we had, didn't even drop him with skin in the infield. And it seems to have abated now and we find the people coming back to their feet.
And perhaps when you get through a dinner you might be able to spend a little time with it. It's a moment of myth now to McNally, no bunt in this wrapping.
So the count is one ball, one strike. The bunt was on and the first pitch off on the second.
Andy Measar Smith ready to go. The bunt is in order. He's bunted off the first base side. Looks pretty good at a space fair.
Picked up by Spencer and they'll play a second. And Spencer, the first baseman, goes back to Alomar covering the first.
He's retired the sacrifice and Dave McNally.
In the second hand, Etchebaran and up to the plate now, Tommy Soppe in his first round of the year for the Orioles.
Tonight in the first inning he's drilled a single to right field and a few moments later he's scored the long run of the ball game.
Soppe, a left-handed batter, and he stands pretty well on the front half of the box.
Picks out of a bit of a closed stance. Measar Smith ready to go. The pitch to the left hand, Swingy Soppe, is inside. Ball one.
We'll use station break. We'll try and get it for you with the earliest opportunity.
One and nothing Baltimore over California. We're in the bottom of the second inning of game number one.
Measar Smith against McNally. Pitch to Soppe. They're tying away and we pause briefly for station identification.
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Measar Smith delivers and here's a cut and a miss by Soppe to make the count now. Two balls and a strike.
And the 2-1 offering to Tommy. High fly ball right field way. Cutting to his right is Kenny Gleal setting up under it now.
The angel right fielder makes the catch and that'll be the final out of the inning.
The Orioles no runs, the base hit and the man left at the end of two complete Baltimore 1, California nothing.
While we talk about that day coming along on Sunday afternoon and some of you concerned about your tickets,
I'd like to remind you that this coming Sunday at noon, an additional 17,000 general admission and 2,000 bleacher tickets will go on sale right here at the stadium.
We not only have the Oakland A's in town, a very fine and interesting ball club to watch.
Mother's Day and a Bat Day promotion and the chances are pretty good that you'll have a chance to see truly one of the fine young left-handers
to come into the American League in some times in the person of Vita Blue.
At this moment, he has scheduled a pitch for Oakland on Sunday.
Here's captain Jerry Moses swinging a ground ball to pitch toward Brooks Robinson.
He's got it to throw on the foul at first and Moses has resigned on a ground ball the third base.
One pitch, one gone. Moses is in 2, 31.
Now the batter will be Ken Berry, the angel center fielder.
Berry's average is 1, 33 right now, but of course, he's been really fluctuating and very deceiving at this stage of the season.
And he's recognized as one of the very fine defensive center fielder from baseball.
When the Orioles were in Anaheim, he made it after the pass to home run, trying to wall and hurt his leg.
Only played one game. The pitch to Berry, low, ball one.
And now he has faced seven men and got them all in order.
Here's this one nothing to the right-hand swinging Berry, little high, two balls and no strikes.
Had to play for a little high. Berry hits out of an open stand and he's kind of soaked up on the pitch, maybe an inch or so.
But now he's not wasting any time. Delivers two nothing. Berry takes a strike over the inside portion of the knee.
Two and one now to the California center fielder.
Mesmerism beyond that theater.
A 2, 1 to Ken Berry. High top. Down the first base side and foul ground.
Etchabarren up the line, Powell coming down, and Powell is hollering, Andy, Andy, Andy. And so Etchabarren made the grab.
Two gone. Now the California pitcher, Andy Mesmerism. His average is 143.
He has not been a run, been to the plate 14 times, has two base hits. One of those went all of the way. A home run.
Here is McFaddy first offering to the right-hand-swinging Mesmerism.
The right-hand-swinging Mesmerism. Swinging a foul to the screen and he had a good cut at that first offering from McFaddy.
One strike. Young man, very, very fortunate to be playing baseball this year.
He had a most unfortunate automobile accident earlier in California.
Totaled his automobile. And he had the seat belt on fortunate later.
One strike, two measures. Little high. One and one now. And also to continue the good fortunate, unfortunate automobile accident.
The other people in the other car were OK too. One-one offering. Just missing five with a breaking pitch. Two balls and one strike.
Andy back down now. Fires with a quick look towards Rocky Bridges and Bridges reacts just like what's mattered.
Two-one foot stand. He's looked out a line drive, knocked down by McNally on the mound. He recovers throws to first base.
And wow, that was some kind of a shot. And McNally got the big leather mitt in front of it, knocked it down, recovered and threw out measures.
Missed with a final out. Three up and three down. At the end of two and a half. Orioles won California nothing.
Well, the California Angels have been forced to make a change at shortstop. Jim Fregosi is unable to continue.
He's got a just a very sore foot. And you know, when this fellow takes himself out of a ballgame, you know he's hurting you.
And so, Cibill-Blind has come in now to play shortstop for the Angels.
It's a combination of two things, as far as Fregosi is concerned. You know, the fact that he probably is most uncomfortable.
Secondly, and maybe just as important if not more, that he would not be able to help the club.
So here now for the Orioles, Don Huepford in the bottom of the third inning. Messersmith throws the breaking ball low. Wall one.
Huepford is tangled in the right field against Messersmith in the first inning.
That's when Stilte the third with a foul, knocking him in at a fourth down.
Pitch coming to Don. Outside and high to make the count, Cibill, no strikes.
Well, tomorrow night the Oakland A's will be in our ballpark.
The pitch coming down to Don Huepford is low inside the ball three.
And Mike Cuellar goes to the mound tomorrow evening at eight o'clock against Jim Capsaic-Hudders.
Saturday night at seven, it'll be Jim Palmer and Chuck Dobson.
A ball four is again inside the Buford.
So Messersmith has given up now his second walk. He walked Brooks Robinson in the first inning and Buford here in the third.
Dobson no record, and he has just been activated about a week ago.
And will start Saturday night's game against the Orioles.
Sunday afternoon, Grant Jackson is the probable for the Orioles against Vita Blues of the Oakland A's.
There's Brew Powell with Buford leading in first base.
The pitch is cut on the ground foul as not tied at first.
Strike one.
Wanderduffing the Orioles.
We're in the bottom of the third inning, again number one.
And by golly, it's getting to look better.
Last time it's had a rain, but it really is.
Maybe you might be able to spend a little time with us tonight after the inning.
Those who are not saying, we've got room for you.
So one strike, kick the foul, high and away, one ball, one strike.
Now the 1-1 offering to Brew Powell, Buford leading first.
Nobody out.
Madison Smith fires in a mist of all and two strikes for the Boog.
Now the 1-1 offering to Brew Powell, Buford leading first.
Nobody out.
Madison Smith fires in a mist of all and two strikes for the Boog.
I'm sure holding with Buford at first base.
Madison Smith leading five.
Fast side, Gary Moseley strikes the ground once.
Another lift, another strike at the ground.
We're shaking.
Powell says, well, that's enough.
I walk out of here momentarily.
So Brew backs off and Andy takes a little bit of a stroll.
Sid O'Brien is now in a short time for the Angels here in the bottom of the third.
He's also unable to continue.
The 1-2 picks to Powell, way outside, two balls, two strikes.
Buford is running to pick his cut on and a foul ball is going to be out of play behind the plate.
Buford was going on the tee-two and it was fouled out of play.
2-2 to Boog Powell, Buford at first and nobody out.
Madison Smith working on the only old first base in Powell.
Ready to go, the set and the pick.
Fly ball, well hit, deep right center, tracking with a spare in the center fielder,
cutting over the right fielder, Kanigli Aro, and they go together.
And Kanigli Aro made the grab.
Buford trying to get the second to throw.
Face.
Buford head first fly, deep to throw from Kanigli Aro.
Powell hit a towering fly ball on the alley in right center and Berry and Kanigli Aro were both there.
They bumped just a little bit.
Kanigli Aro made the catch and as soon as he made the catch, Buford, who had tagged the first base, took off for second.
And in a head-first fly, he beat the tag ever.
So Buford takes second as Powell flies to the right fielder, Tony Kanigli Aro.
And the batting hour is Brooks Robinson against Madison Smith in the first inning.
Brooks do a walk, hits the brook.
Just outside, ball one.
This is about the second doubleheader of the year for the Orioles.
They played one against Detroit and split it.
The one-nothing hits the brook.
Swing and he didn't get it, a ball and a strike.
One-and-one to Brooks Robinson.
Buford, the runner, is second, one away now.
And Madison Smith goes, spins around looking at second base, didn't follow with the throw.
So we're ready to go again with a one-one offering to Brooks.
Madison Smith picks and fires.
High ball to Junewein.
Now the Red Sox won their game this afternoon, so they are now a game and a half in front of the Orioles in the Eastern Division of the American League.
These angels are three games behind the leading Oakland A's in the Western Division.
Two on fifth, fly ball foul.
First base side is out of play.
They're down now two and two to Brooks Robinson.
Buford is second and one away.
Now two-two hits the brook.
Swing and a foul right at the plate.
Down ball, that little burst of applause you heard down below was directed toward one of the many fine Orioles who picked up that foul ball.
Some gentleman had misplayed and they handed it to Youngster.
Two and two on the way to Brooks.
Madison Smith looking at the dance and Buford is second.
Now comes to the plate, swing and another foul ball right at the plate.
And this one hits umpire Marty Springstead and he's taking a little bit of a stroll down the end.
And trying to shake off the string that that foul ball.
Alomar edging in toward the bag behind Buford just a little bit.
Hunter takes a good look and here's the pitch to Brooks.
Down ball hits toward the shortstop, Fiddle Brian.
He's got it.
Shrek Buford throws on the first in time.
And Brooks has been retired for the second out of the inning.
Buford holding second.
Two down now and Nerv Retman to strike out, victim of the first inning.
Nerv taking just a little more time getting settled in over the plate.
And Madison Smith is ready to go.
Here's that look to check Buford at second, the pitch to Retman.
Swinging the ground ball right out in front of the plate.
Swinging butt out to get it to catcher to pick up a good.
The throw to first is in the dirt and Spencer came up with it.
A fine play from Spencer and a good play from Jerry Mocens.
Retires Retman with a full swing.
He nudged it maybe ten feet in front of the plate on the third base drive and it's thrown out by Mocens.
Three innings complete score.
Baltimore one, California nothing.
Well Dave McNally has gone through the California batting order for the first time.
Three up and three down through the first inning.
McNally in pursuit of his first win of the year.
He's won four and lost one.
Now looks at Alomar for the second time around.
It'll be Alomar, Spencer, Johnson.
They are the new batters here on the top of the fourth.
McNally's pitch to Alomar.
Strike gets called.
Good breaking ball above the knees.
The right-handed batter, the Orioles play Alomar just about straight away.
The left-handed batter, they plan to hit the ball to left.
Now the one-strike offering coming down to Sandy.
He's high and away.
One ball and one strike.
The fellows have had quite a few game-winning hits for the Angels this year.
Now McNally's one-one to Sandy Alomar high and outside. Two balls and one strike.
A two-one pitch to Sandy Alomar.
Swing and he didn't get the breaking ball.
Two and two.
He is taking a brief timeout here.
Resettling himself with the plane.
And here we go.
The two-two offering is on the way.
High top, first-base side foul.
Foul may have a chance if the wind doesn't blow it out of the way.
Brugge stays with it and Brugge makes the catch on the warning track.
A couple of steps from the Yabox seed railing down the first-base side.
Ten on the road, now going down before the left-hand flanks of Dave McNally.
And here is Jim Spencer.
He ran the count up to three and two before McNally was able to retire the left-handed swinger
and a foul popped to Brooks Robinson.
McNally's first offering to Spencer missed outside.
Ball one.
McNally looks for the sign, flashed by Andy Etchadon.
Here is the one-up and hits to Spencer.
Swing and he didn't get it.
A ball and a strike.
One ball, one strike.
Spencer.
First time up Tuesday night, he hit a home run.
The first time up last night, he hit another home run.
And then the rain came and put that home run away from him.
Now the one-one to Spencer.
McNally pitches outside and came right on to the screen.
Spencer is shortened up on the bat and moves as if he had an idea of a butt.
He just looked at it all the way, the count of two balls and a strike again.
McNally's two-one offering to Spencer.
Swing and a miss.
He just drilled a good fastball by two balls, two strikes.
One out, nobody on.
The OELs won.
The Angels nothing.
We're in the top of the fourth inning.
First of two games and I hit.
Kyle Ball coming up in front of the group and out of play.
So two-two offering.
McNally to Alex Johnson.
Here it is.
High top-up foul.
First base side is going to be out of play.
Two-and-two to Johnson.
A one-out walk has Jim Spencer at first base.
And McNally battling the tough-hitting Alex Johnson with a count two-and-two.
Dave is ready to go.
Here's that look to first.
Another look to first.
And the pitch to the plate.
Kyle Ball in the dirt behind the plate.
McNally offering once more.
The two-two offering to Alex Johnson.
The arm down the pitch.
Down ball hit off the third base side.
Brooks Robinson there, the throw to second one, on to first base.
They get the double play.
Johnson got enough on the throw to Powell to complete the double play on Alex Johnson.
It goes from Brooks to Dave Johnson to Voode Powell.
And at the end of three-and-one half-inning, the score is Baltimore 1, California nothing.
Here we go to the last half of the fourth inning at Memorial Stadium.
The first game of a finite double header.
The Orioles are sitting on a one-and-nothing lead, and it will now be Dave Johnson,
Tico Simone, and Andy Etchibarron against Andy Messersmith out of the California Angels.
Andy with a two-and-two record on the year.
This is his seventh start of the season.
He's thrown two complete games with Messersmith and pitched to a finer and got a 2.25.
His curve didn't find a strike zone for all one.
Dave Johnson forced Brooks Robinson at second base to end the first inning.
So one-nothing back to Dave.
Breaking six again high, 2-and-0.
Well, we hope a lot of you have made your plans to be at the ballpark perhaps later on tonight,
if not definitely this weekend.
A two-nothing hit.
Low ball three.
You don't have to look at the Angels very long to realize they're in improved trouble over a year ago,
and the improvement in the open A just jumps out at you.
And they're here this weekend.
Three-nothing to Dave Johnson.
Strike call.
Dave's taking three balls and a strike.
Well, what do you do with him now in the 3-1 offering?
Messersmith into the wind out of the down turn to 3-1 to Johnson.
He's got a strike two called over the outside corner for letters.
And he's got a throw count to Dave, and he had some on that, and pretty good position to up and away.
Pay off, 3-2 to Johnson.
Ground ball at the shortstop to O'Brien.
He's got it.
Now the throw to Spencer at first is in front of you trying to get Johnson.
One up, one down, and the ground ball to Short.
Seek-all come on.
Messersmith struck him out in the second inning.
And he has stand two and walked two and allowed three bird bases,
and the Orioles making for a run in the first inning.
The first offering to Seek-all to Simone outside, ball one.
Well, one-nothing to Seek-all.
He didn't get it.
One ball and one strike.
Seek-all is taking a little throw.
And now stands in, waiting the 1-1 for Messersmith.
He hasn't long to wait because here it comes.
All right, all two, two and one.
Game two tonight, Jim Maloney will pitch it to the California Angels
and Tapp Thompson for the Orioles.
Now the 2-1 offering to Simone.
Strike two, tall, as he's got the outside forcing right around the knees.
Two and two now.
One out, nobody on.
We're in the bottom of the fourth of a one-to-nothing ball game
with the Orioles leading California.
The 2-2 pitch.
High and away, we fill the count, 3-2.
And the free-two to Seek-all, walk in ball four.
That's walk number three, issued by Messersmith.
Brings out Andy Etchibar.
He banged a ground single through the middle of center field
first time on in the second inning.
The Orioles, of course, respect all of the pitchers they face
in this battle for the title in the American League.
And certainly Andy Messersmith is no exception.
The Orioles, as a ball club, have a lot of respect for this outstanding right-hander.
Throw to first base, backspacing, Seek-all.
Etchibar making sure that Billy Hunter is not giving many information.
Now looking out for the first pitch, high fly ball, shallow right.
On comes Kanigliaro, still coming on.
The right fielder is still moving in.
And Kanigliaro makes the catch but retires.
Andy Etchibar, two down.
And now the Oriole pitcher, Dave McNally, will stand in.
Dave was called upon to sacrifice in the second inning and did so perfectly.
Jimmy Palmer have a little friendly competition on their prowess with a bat
through the course of the season.
And for the most part, I guess he kind of winds up rather close each and every year.
Pitch today, strike is called.
Springstead played on fire, says strike one.
Now the one-strike hit to Noah Joseph for a space, no play on Simone.
McNally, as most of you know, I'm sure, a left-handed thrower but a right-handed batter.
The one-strike hit, and as the Smiths deliver, he's got a strike two with a breaking pitch.
0-2 to the count.
The pitcher, Dave McNally.
Bottom of the fourth, Baltimore 1, California nothing, first of a finite doubleheader.
Two strikes hit 20.
You're out, Mr. McNally.
You gave him another curve ball and picked up strikeout number three.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
The man left, four complete, Baltimore 1, California nothing.
Three, two, one.
In the top of the fifth inning, the Angels will bat, Tony Kanigliaro, Sid O'Brien, and Ken McMullen.
And before Kanigliaro steps in, we're out for a space embrace.
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Now, McNally delivered a strike call to Kanigliaro.
Down over the inner portion above the knees, the one strike hits coming.
Blown outside.
Ball and a strike.
Swing and a ground foul headed toward the Oriole dugout, and Jay Mazone makes the play on the dugout steps.
The count of the ball and two strikes to Kanigliaro.
The one, two, pitch.
Check, swing, ground ball, first base sighted is going to be a foul ball now.
One ball, two strikes to Kanigliaro.
McNally ready to work once more.
Back hander delivered, check, swing, foul, again out of play on the first base side.
One ball, two strikes to Tony C.
Just missed with a breaking pitch.
On the count now, two balls, two strikes.
Kind of a change from Dave.
The two, three, pitch.
Fly ball hit down on the left field corner.
If it's a fair, it's going to be trouble.
It's up against the wall.
Playing the count on his way for two, Kanigliaro.
Buford's throw coming to second.
He is safe at second base.
Kanigliaro with a soft line drive in the left field corner, bounced up against the wall for Tony.
His ninth two-base hit of the year.
And for the Angels, their first hit of the ball game.
Kanigliaro opens with a double to left field.
Now we look at Sid O'Brien.
O'Brien's first trip to the plate tonight, two, three, 91, 0 for four.
He is sitting 2-41 on the year.
Right hander backhander, Sid.
So Kanigliaro out of second base with nobody out here on this top of the fifth inning.
McNally working from the stretch.
That's Kanigliaro with a look delivered.
Strike over the inner portion of the hand.
One strike to O'Brien.
We'll be moving over to the CD side here momentarily.
Make way for our partner, Bill O'Donnell.
One strike to Sid O'Brien.
McNally ready to go again.
Here's his pick.
Now outside, one ball, one strike.
Now one-one to Sid O'Brien.
Down low on the ball, two and one.
Two balls and a strike.
The count to the Angels shortstop Sid O'Brien.
For those he started the game tonight and then had to leave on the third inning
his foot was giving him a good bit of trouble.
The look to check Kanigliaro at second, the tee one to O'Brien.
Ground ball slowly hit toward the charging shortstop, Simone.
He makes the pick up snap to throw the power to first in time.
And O'Brien is the first out of the inning and on the play.
Kanigliaro advances to third base.
The slow roller, by the time Simone could get to it,
it would be without any infield grass,
no chance for her to play on Kanigliaro at third and threw out the batter.
Throw is one out on the runner at third base now.
The Orioles are forced to play the infield up as Ken McMullen steps in.
It's almost tight to the grass on the first base side
and a couple of steps back on the third base side.
McMullen grounded at Brooks at third in the second.
The pitch to Ken, inside, with a big right-handed swing, ball one.
The one-hunting pitch, McNally to Ken McMullen.
Curve ball inside and a count-out to O'Brien.
One out of the inning, runner at third base to Kanigliaro.
The Orioles won, the Angels nothing,
and a king-size threat mounted here by the Angels.
And McNally, two-hunting pitch to McMullen.
Ground ball, flashed by Brooks at third at the base pit out of the left-field corner.
Here comes Kanigliaro home with a tying run,
while McMullen is on his way for two.
McMullen has doubled in the left-field corner,
scoring Kanigliaro for McMullen, his fifth two-base pit of the year.
And his eighth run batted in and a one-one ball game.
Here now is Jerry Moses.
Moses went out on his ground ball to third base from Brooks Robinson in the third inning.
McNally's first offering to Moses.
Curve ball hit right up near the booth and out of play.
Strike one.
And the one-side pitch to Moses, right-hand swinging California catcher.
McNally steps and throws, McClone away, one-and-one.
And now the one-one offering to Moses.
McNally's sixth high drive down the left-field side,
hooking it's going to be a foul ball into the deep mound of play.
One and two to Moses.
McNally reading signs flashed by Eschabourn.
He's ready now.
The one-two pitch to Jerry Moses.
Second swing in time.
The pitch is outside and the count now is even at two and two.
Alcindegra open the inning with a double to left field.
Took third as O'Brien brought it to the shortstop and then scored as McMullin
drilled a double between the diving Brooks Robinson in the bag at third.
And now the two-two pitch coming to Moses.
Foul ball on the screen.
The Orioles are on the board with a run on three hits.
The Angels are run on two hits.
They have both been doubled.
And both here in this fifth inning.
They've readied a goal, the two-two pitch to Jerry Moses.
There it is.
Foul ball coming right up in front of the booth and out of play.
Beyond that kidder behind Jerry Moses is center fielder Ken Berry.
McMullin expects one out.
And McNally battling Moses with a count two and two.
One-four, the two-two to Moses.
Stuck him out.
Don't want to miss.
Moses goes down.
Today, McNally is first strikeout of the ballgame.
Two down now and here is Ken Berry.
And a foul pop for the catcher Andy Essebaran in the third inning.
McNally's first offering to the right-hand swinging Ken Berry.
Inside one ball, no strikes.
The one-hitting pitch to Berry.
Swing and a miss and there goes the bat over toward the Oriole dugout.
McMullin strikes again.
Pretty good toss on the part of Berry.
The years I've watched they've spawned, I have to say that Mini Minosso probably was among the very best at throwing the bat.
Not only for frequency of throw but for distance.
One-and-one, the count to the batter Berry.
Not on the runner, second with two down.
Back to Chilisapa on the left fielder.
Same old back-calling for Buford on.
Buford is going to make the catch.
And the left fielder has it for the final out at the end of four and a half.
It's the Orioles one and the Angels one.
Well, good evening everybody.
Here in the bottom of the fifth inning of game one.
This is Phil O'Donnell joining you on the radio side.
We have been changing during our break.
Our radio and television setup then before the bird stand against Andy Messy Smith.
Quick rundown of the scoreboard.
The National League have a Chubs and Mets.
Rained out today at New York.
Cross the cards in Philly tonight in Philadelphia.
Still scheduled in the National League.
Houston at Montreal.
Cross Cincinnati much later tonight at Los Angeles.
A day game in the American League.
Had the Red Sox pound the White Sox 10-1.
Gary Peters was the winner.
And George Scott had his third homer of the year.
The Ryder, Tom Schilte, begins the bottom of the fifth inning.
Plus Buford and Powell.
He runs up the bunt.
Just to the left of the mound.
Fielded by Messy Smith.
His hurried throw is in time to beat Schilte.
Schilte trying to butt his way on.
Should not nudge the bunt between McMullen the third baseman and Messy Smith.
And Messy Smith smothered it and has just thrown out Tommy Schilte.
Here's Buford who's been aboard twice in this first game.
He had a base hit to right in the first inning.
And then Buford walked his last hit against Messy Smith in the third.
McMullen against Buford.
The switch hitter going from the left side against Messy Smith.
McMullen inside the bag at third.
A Messy Smith curve drops in belt high to strike one.
Orioles have three hits off Messy Smith, two in the first inning when they got their own.
One strike delivery is high.
One ball and one strike.
Messy Smith had the injury in misery a year ago.
Both a rib injury and also a shoulder injury.
Fires one-one.
Hing and a missed five-youthed.
And we run the count to a ball and two strikes.
Buford batting a 3-11.
He shows three home runs.
Plus nine runs down again.
One-one tie on the bottom of the fifth inning.
A one-two hit hits Buford right about belt high in the small of the back.
So Buford has been aboard now three straight ties against the Angel right-handed.
Don at first base with a tie-breaking tally here on the bottom of the fifth.
And here's Boog.
Boog is 0 for 2.
He drove home what was the go-ahead run in the ball game in the first inning.
One hop line smash to Spencer enabled Kiltay to wrap home and score from third base in the first inning.
Right now Spencer is holding a Buford blade with one down on the bottom of the inning five.
Hing and a missed five-tower.
One strike to Boog.
He has now tied with Killebrew for the American Ligs RBI leadership.
Both had 23.
Additionally, Boog is a runner-up in the home run leadership to Tony Oliva.
A one-strike delivery.
They pitch out and Buford saves.
One ball, one strike.
McMullen is back a good halfway of third base and quite a few strikes inside the foul line.
O'Brien a short stop.
Shaves his left side over toward second.
A toss by Messick Smith is late to first base.
Messick Smith paying some attention now to Buford's blade before he hits the rubber.
Powell on a 1-1.
Buford is running.
The pitch is in for a strike.
The throw to second is not in time as Buford sliding to the outfield side of the bag.
Leaps the cause from Katja Moses to the short stop O'Brien.
So on the tall strike to Powell, he and Messick Smith are at one ball and two strikes.
Buford the tie-breaking run at second base with only one away and Brooks is the on deck man.
Buford watches O'Brien the short stop creep into him as he leaves off second base.
The look back with by Messick Smith. Works Powell one and two.
And it just gans off the bottom of the back on a foul tip to the left of home plate.
We're still at one ball two strikes.
The steal by Buford incidentally who is the club leader is his fourth steal of the year.
One and two to Powell again.
He hits the ground wrap at the second baseman.
Buford runs to third.
Alomar throws in time to Spencer.
Powell is out number two.
Buford has advanced on a steal after being hit by a pitch on a steal to second and now to third base on Powell's into a ground ball.
The batter is Brooks Robinson.
He walked in the first inning and he also bounced to short in the first.
Now the steal by Buford has extra significance right now because at Buford's children of first base Alomar on the ground ball might have been able to force him a second.
All right Brooks ball one.
Brooks batting 227 coming up with Buford at third and two down on the bottom of the fifth inning.
Low to Brooks two balls and no strikes.
If Brooks can't deliver here on the bottom of the fifth inning it'll be Rettman to come up next.
Buford escaping off third with two away.
The set and the 2-0 is in the beneath two balls and one strike.
A reminder if you're coming out to see game two tonight you will look at the former national very great Jim Maloney against Pat Dodson.
Two on pitch to Brooks Robinson.
Foul to the base of the screen.
Go run the count three balls two strikes with two men out and a one-one fifth inning tie.
Master Smith has not given up a base hit since that's the one out the base knock in the second inning.
He has put a couple of fellows on and a pair of walks since then plus a hit bat hit batman.
The right hander steps right under the belt.
Fires two and two ball free of ties.
Three balls two strikes to Brooks Robinson with Buford hit by a hit stealing second and then moving the third on fouls and field grounders.
Master Smith watching Buford come off the bag into foul ground.
Now watching Moses sitting back on the plate.
Three and two. Here's a looping base hit to center field and that will put the Orioles out in front two to one.
A Brooks Robinson base hit with two outs scores.
John Buford for the go ahead two one Oriole lead.
Here's Merv Retman who is out on the tap for the third base side of home plate in the third and Retman fanned against Master Smith in the first inning.
The plate is laid two to one. Rufus the eighth RBI has just slated Buford from third.
Retman is tossed inside by Andy Master Smith one ball missed side.
Two runs four hits now for the Orioles against Master Smith and the two one lead in the bottom of the fifth.
Breaking ball snaps too far outside. Two and oh.
Merv along with Pete Rickards, Tom Dukes and Jim Palmer.
Special guest today at the annual advertising club luncheon honoring the 1971 champion Orioles.
Merv goes pushing away from an inside pitch to make a free and go.
If Merv could deliver just as Brooks get ahead of him we'll also have Johnson here in the bottom of inning five.
Spencer Bird dogging right at first base along with Brooks Robinson.
Brooks shortly looked over by Master Smith.
We and oh for fourth that is the fourth Master Smith walk.
He gives the Retman the first base ticket that provides Brooks with second base and will bring up Dave Johnson.
Johnson bounced into a first inning fourth play and rolled out the short in the fourth inning.
In the twenty two previous games started by Dave Johnson this year he has hit safely in twenty one of those twenty two.
Brooks at second for Retman the first a swing and a miss with a wide breaking ball.
Master Smith who has always had the great curve especially when he had that sixteen victory year in 1969.
Quite an assortment of breaking stuff. He's 0 1 to Dave. He breaks it in the first play he called at the meet.
Eddie Fisher the knuckleballer begins to hit him the angel both ends.
Two on two down a two on Oriole lead.
The next pitch to Dave Johnson from Master Smith.
Now five one and two.
Retman has the extra edge at first base because Spencer's playing deep.
Here's a looping fly ball for a base hit to his shallow right. Brooks turning third coming on to score.
Retman is going on to third base as Peniglial plays the base hit in shallow right and here's Peniglial running back the ball into the angel infield.
So Johnson drives over his 18th run of the year.
He also advances. Retman from first to third as Brooks is scored from second base.
Two runs here in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Retman to third and Johnson at first and Pico Simone is the batter.
Johnson and Brooks Robinson have knocked over the two Oriole runs here in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Byrd so far in 1971 have won three of four against the angels and have got this double hitter here tonight to wrap up the three game series.
Johnson off first base and leading as Simone looking at strike one.
Knuckleballing right hander Fitchett continues to throw and the angel both ends.
Simone batting with a pair of runs on Seagun and runners at the corner.
The L1 to Simone. He hits the pop up to the angels infield.
Here's O'Brien moving back shallow out in the center field and O'Brien for outnumber three.
Two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Two hits and two men left at the end of five in game one of the double hitter.
Baltimore three. California one.
The top of the sixth inning and the baron drops a pitcher Andy Messersmith and he's just fouled off McNally's first pick to the upper deck out in left field.
Messersmith sent a hotliner right to McNally and McNally tossed him out on the third.
McNally pointed in on one. Here's the ground ball shot to Brooks.
Brooks with a good pick up line at third and he guns out Messersmith over the foul.
Out number one in the angels sixth inning.
The laid off man again now Sandy Alomar. He has bounced out to second and fouled out the first baseman foul.
Alomar twice was part of McNally's early swing in the ball game in which McNally stepped down the first ten batters to meet him before he walked his center with one out in the top of the fourth inning.
Birds are leading by a score of three to one.
McNally's first pitch to the fourth hitting Alomar rides right in for strike one called.
Alomar when he bats from the other side more or less is a flat hitter. He's more of an orthodox hitter from the right side.
Alomar to be followed by first baseman Spencer.
Birds three runs and five hits off Messersmith and the angels will run in just two hits against McNally.
McNally fits both shutout and hitless ball through the first four innings.
His one strike delivery tops in and it's in for strike two called.
All in through the counter Sandy Alomar.
McNally putting the heat on Alomar. He's way ahead on two. Wines and now the next deal.
He's fouled back to the plate. Still no balls and two strikes.
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McNally boasting at the rubber. Steps back and now comes in on two.
Fast ball a little outside. One ball two strikes.
Thus far McNally has not had the difficulty controlling the breaking ball that he had at Kansas City in his last start over the weekend.
Then he comes one and two with a breaking ball and Alomar checking his swing and time inside.
Two balls and two strikes.
One down top of the sixth inning.
McNally steps a rip in the 2-2. Here it is. It's fouled off and out of play.
McNally going in Alomar again. He will in just a few moments. Two balls and two strikes.
Here it is once again. Two and two. Low. Three balls. Two strikes.
McNally against Alomar with a K-6. Three and two. There's a loop and fly ball to shallow left.
Buford with a late start. Coming, coming and makes the put out. Buford started to step back. Then he realized the ball was hit kind of shallow.
So Buford had time to get to that loop and fly ball. He fires Alomar. Two away.
The batter is first baseman Jim Spencer. Spencer became the Angels' first baserunner as he drew a fourth inning walk.
Left-hander McNally against the left-hand cuffs of the powerfully built Spencer. The first pitch to Spencer is a low curve ball one.
Spencer five homers. Nine runs that again. A quick step away now by Spencer out of the batter's box.
Look at something flash this way by third base coach Rocky Bridges. The one ball pitch by McNally is low. Two and go.
Spencer played over a bit but not too deep right now by still paying right. And played well to right center by Ratner.
McNally behind. Two and oh. Swing and a miss. Two balls and one strike.
McNally with a play. Two and one. Here's the ground ball to the right of second base. Johnson gets over, digs it out, and his pickball is in time.
And he's played by Johnson to tire Spencer and that's the final out of the Angels' sixth inning.
At the end of five and a half on the opener, Orioles three of the Angels won.
A day before the Orioles sat on the bottom of the sixth inning and they'll bat with extra baron McNally and Philpay.
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Mr. Smith gets the outside corner and strikes one to Esteban. His next pick breaks outside and low. One ball and one strike.
Andy, one for two in this opener. Takes inside corner at the knees. One and two.
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So one, two picks to Andy. Outside, so send the catch, two balls and two strikes.
McNally will be the next batter and then Philpay.
Two, two to Andy Esteban. He's fouls it on the ground, back of home plate.
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All right, Mr. Smith after the down with a 2-2 and it breaks it low outside.
He's got three balls and two strikes. Andy came in tonight to the first game of the Quindale batting at 1-6-2-7.
He's all the way now, full counter 3-2. That's what Smith feels.
Here's a foul tapped out to the third base foul line.
Game two of the double-hunter tonight. Former National League right-handed great Jim Maloney
will make his second start this season against the Birds and he'll be opposed by Oriole right-hander Pat Thompson.
That's in game two here at the ballpark tonight.
Mr. Smith fighting Esteban. 3-2 again. It's strike three on the outside corner.
Four strikeouts for Mr. Smith. Now he'll face Dave McNally.
He made McNally look at strike three on the fourth.
He has just added Esteban to a strikeout list with McNally, Rhett and Mund and Simone.
One-dog base is empty in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Here's a loop and fly ball to center field. Barry going to his right and the Angels center fielder puts it away.
Two-gon and the leadoff man, Connie Kilpe. Kilpe is one for three with a line base hit to the right in the first inning.
Kilpe slides to the right in the second. He tried to butt his way on and was tossed out by the fifth-danester Smith in the fifth inning.
Kilpe as an Oriole this year is two for nine.
He'll go right to the front of the box and he'll lean from the waste right across the plate.
They sustain him in a way. Here's a ground chopper at the second baseman pulled down by Alomar.
He's thrilled he's Kilpe and that's out number three.
At the end of sixth inning is his play. Baltimore three. California Angels one.
He's going to fly to Miami for just $111 per person on our new seven-day round trip excursion fair.
As well as we turn our attention to the bottom to the top of the seventh inning, three defensive switches now by the Orioles.
Belanger is a shortstop replacing Simone.
Retmund stays in the ballgame but Nerve moves from center to right field and the new center fielder is Paul Blair.
So your Oriole outfield looks like this.
Buford left, Blair center, Ret in London right, and the infield, Brooks third, Belanger for Simone at short, Johnson still at second, and Booze at first.
Alex Johnson is the angel batter in the top of the seventh inning.
He pops it up toward Belanger and out to shallow left center.
Buford from left, Blair from center. Blair calls off Belanger and Blair for out number one.
Johnson, still without a base hit in this series, is now 0-8 after shying and shallow center to Blair.
One down and the batter is Tony Canigliel.
He had the first base hit off McNally.
A double to left to begin the top of the fifth inning.
He's an advance on O'Brien's ground ball and scored on McMullen's two-baggers.
McNally with a two on lead.
He's on top of the Angels three to one.
Here's a line drive by Canigliel to right field for his second base hit.
Hit number three off McNally.
Sid O'Brien making his second visit to the plate.
Speaking of those changes with Blair in center, Retman moving to right field, and Belanger at short for Simone,
Blair will be hitting and still pays lead off front.
Belanger will bat where Simone did, namely seventh in the order.
O'Brien up with one gone. Canigliel, our first base held the foul.
Low, it had the plate but underneath, ball one.
It's one ball, no strikes to Sid O'Brien.
Canigliel short lead against the left-handed looks of McNally.
One-oh fire is fouled back of the plate.
Andy gets rid of the mass.
Coming near the Angels on deck area, there's out number two made by Esteban.
Two away, Canigliel outstays putt at first base,
and now the Angels will have the fellow come to the plate and knocks over their fifth inning run.
McMullen with a fifth inning two-baggers.
Also bounced out to third in the second inning.
McMullen batting a 2-13, has two home runs and eight runs batted in.
Moses is the Angel on deck.
The set by McNally just under the belt, kicks and deals outside, ball one.
O'Brien who has seen American leg service with the red sox, the white sox,
and this year under Leslie Phillips out in California.
McNally pouring it in one and oh.
He blows two balls and no strikes.
Rocky Bridges flashing from the third base coaching line, hit for a take now to McMullen.
Shortly by Canigliel with two men out, McMullen on the two-oh.
He doesn't get it, two balls and one strike.
Now staying right at first base, trying to shorten up as much as possible the lead by Canigliel.
McNally steps and throws that way and 23 is back safely.
McMullen at the plate batting with Seagone in the Angels' seventh inning.
Another look by McNally toward Canigliel.
Now he works McMullen outside, swing and one.
McMullen has been known in baseball jargon as a free-kitter
and he's also known as a fellow who normally has a better second half than a first half.
He's ahead of McNally.
Tires, swing and one, strikes two at his knees.
This can shoot Canigliel now loose from first base with two men out and a 3-2 pitch to McMullen.
The lead by Canigliel.
He's running.
The 3-2 pitch is inside and saved by Etchiband from going back towards the screen.
Canigliel moves to second.
A two-out walk to McMullen has him at first base.
That's the second McNally walk.
Here's Moses who's been up and out twice on a ground ball to third in his last trip, McNally's standing.
That was in the fifth inning.
Moses is seventh in the Angel order.
Canigliel at second base.
McMullen at first base with a good lead, Powell's trying back deep.
Moses swings. He doesn't get it. Strike one.
Canigliel moving away from second base, watching Johnson to one side, Blander to the other.
Moses on the 0-1, swings and misses again, 0-2.
Activity now beginning in the Oriole left field bullpen.
Dixon-Ricard, right-hander and left-hander at work.
McNally has moved ahead, 0-2 to Jerry Moses.
The next delivery way inside, one ball and two strikes.
On that two-side kick by McNally, Etchibarron was shifting the feet and clearly gave McNally the inside belt-high target.
Etchibarron sitting back, wigwagging to McNally's long look.
A stretch by McNally and his sack of the runners. His next delivery to Moses is outside, 2-2.
Angel runners lead at second and first.
The Birds are on top in the first game of the point bill, 3-1.
Two on, two out, 2-2, hit.
Hanging in a mess, he strikes them out.
McNally has spanned Moses twice in the ball game.
No runs, one hit, two spanned in the middle of the seventh inning of game one.
Third-three, the Angels won.
One away on the home half of the seventh inning, and here's Powell who has gone 0-3,
but not built his 23rd run of the season in the first inning.
Powell will be followed by Brooks.
Three runs, five hits off Messy Smith, one run, three hits against McNally.
One down, bases empty.
Breaking ball, snapping low and tight, ball one.
The Angel in field does not over-strip against Powell.
It does play O'Brien deep to the third base side of second base.
The ball one delivers.
Banned on the ground, deeper first, club nicely by Spencer.
He weighs off Messy Smith and Spencer for the unassisted put-up.
Powell is out number two.
Messy Smith, instead of up Johnson's RBI single in the fifth inning,
has now retired sixth in a row.
At the number seven, he has done since the bottom of the fifth inning.
Still carries a 3-1 lead on the Angels.
He'll push against Barry, the number eight man on the order,
then very likely a pinch of a for Messy Smith and the leadoff man Alomar.
Barry taking low and tight, ball one.
Let's see, Leslie Phillips can pick from a poor board if he wants to.
Billy Town and Tito Ruiz, with John Stevenson, with Tony Gonzalez.
He's outside, McNally, two balls and no strikes.
Barry, side crawl to Barry's knee.
Barry against Prowd out and Clyde out.
He lands a ground shot right past third base third, Bridger.
Two balls, two strikes.
Barry batting at 133.
McNally's next delivery on the way.
Hit high and deep, but curving foul out to Leslie.
Eddie Fisher is up warming again, and the Angel bullpen here in the top of the eighth.
Two to Barry, ball three upstairs.
Three balls and two strikes.
We still have the threatening skies, and we're all around the ballpark to start our game.
We did have rain in the early innings.
Three to Barry, ball four.
Well, for the first time this season now, McNally has walked more than two men in the ballgame.
He has walked three.
Billy Callan will be the batter and not Andy Messick Smith.
Billy Callan picked him up and sent him.
Billy Callan has been to the plate seven times with two base hits,
so that gives him the early season angel average of 286.
McNally and Etchiburn have a quick conversation with the mound,
as Barry is the runner at first base here in the top of the eighth inning.
Watt with Ricketts warming in the oil bullpen while Fisher still warms in the angel bullpen.
There had been some overnight conversation, but Eddie Fisher might be the second game starter
prior to the start of our doubleheaders, the nomination one for Jim Maloney.
Alomar is the man on deck. Billy Callan is batting for Messick Smith.
McNally looks to the lead by Barry at first base.
Close the right-hand batter. Queens and Mississ strike long.
Nobody out in the angel eighth inning, as the Birds are leading California 3-1.
McNally comes in 0-1-1, gives a foul ball straight back to the screen.
No balls and two strikes to Callan, batting for Messick Smith.
The last time out against the angels, McNally, who had the complete game win,
did not walk an angel batter.
He just passed his third of the game to start the top of the eighth.
0-2 whips in, and a nurse who strikes him out.
Three strikeouts for Dave McNally, and out number one in the top of the eighth.
The top of the order now means Sandy Alomar.
Alomar has bounced out, fouled out, and flied to left.
Foul will continue to hold on Ken Barry at first base.
Alomar, the switch-swinging leadoff batter,
pulls the bat from the third base side of the plate and hits the ground foul out to his third.
In four of the previous seven innings, McNally has faced only three men,
and he had a no-hitter through the first four innings.
Angels got their only run on the fifth on doubles by Kenigley Al and McMullen.
Alomar, in a one-strike offering, hits the ground ball through the hole out to left heel for a base hit.
Barry will stop at second base, and is hit number four against McNally.
Here's Alomar's third hit in the series after he went two for five in the opening ballgame two nights ago.
Jim Spencer is up, and his hit list was a walk against McNally.
The Angels were very close to the second, and Alomar hanging at first base.
Three to one is McNally's lead in the top of the eighth inning.
The outfield around the right.
Blair is over, pushed into right center.
Two runners' lead. One man's out.
McNally to Spencer goes high, ball one.
Well, as we are in the late stages of this first game of the double-headed,
a lot of people now are beginning to walk their way into the stadium.
Spencer one ball in the strike.
McNally serves his next one, which is foul down the left heel side.
One ball and one strike.
His first fill at work in the Angel pen.
Cross left-hander Richard and right-hander Watt in the bird bowl pen.
Spencer dueling McNally. One ball, one strike.
Barry away from second base.
Alomar much better lead at first base as foul is playing deep.
A look for the bases by McNally. One and one.
He's a foul right in the batter's box.
One ball and two strikes.
Spencer makes his home not too far from Baltimore during the offseason.
As a matter of fact, he resides during the offseason in Lincolta, Maryland.
McNally watching Esther Bernstein.
Looking back, the lead by Barry and over to Alomar at first base.
He's ahead of Spencer. Fires one and two.
A sidearmor bounce towards the foul.
Backed up by Johnson. Close to McNally covering for the putout against Spencer and the runners advance.
The ground ball was wide at first.
Powell gave it the backhand bid. Couldn't get to it.
Johnson roamed to his left side. Did get to it.
McNally covered for the second out.
Meanwhile, Alomar goes to second, plus Terry to third.
And the batter is Alex Johnson.
Johnson has gone 0 for 3.
Bounced out to second and the third.
Rounded into a fourth inning double play.
Flyed to center in the seventh inning.
Runners at second and third.
Long lead now by Alomar at second base on the pitch to Johnson.
It's high. Ball one.
Alomar had a good five or six-five lead away from second base as McNally came into Johnson.
Alomar again extending his lead.
Plus Terry off third. The one-oh.
It's lined right up the shortstop, the Lancia, to the tie at the side in the top of the eighth inning.
Now Mr. Johnson hit a bullet, but the Lancia was flying in the right spot and he was there at the right spot at the right time.
In the Angel eight, Mill runs one hit and two left at the end of seven and a half innings of play.
Orioles three, the Angels one.
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The new Angel pitcher with Messer Smith going out on the top after the spinning for a pinch hitter cowan.
The new Angel pitcher is knuckleballing right-hander veteran Eddie Fischer.
Picking up for Messer Smith who worked seven innings, gave a three-run five-hit, walked four, and struck out four.
Fischer is also the top winner on the Angels staff this season.
He has worked prior to tonight ten times in relief, has won four and lost one.
Fischer's got an outstanding early season in-run average of less than two runs a ballgame.
As a matter of fact, most of those from the Angels both in early this season, like Fischer, have outstanding ERAs.
LaRosha with an outstanding ERA, along with the Mel Queen.
Fischer in the bottom of the eighth inning was Fischer-Rettenbaum, Johnson, and Boandji.
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Rettmund has gone over two, plus a walk.
Fischer goes with that nuttily low inside, ball one.
The windup by the right-hander is one-oh-kick. He is low for ball two.
Fischer now has requested a different ball from plate umpire Marty Swingster.
Although Fischer is primarily a releaser, he did start the two-angel ballgames a year ago,
one against Oakland and the other one against Minnesota.
Who went on to merv Rettmund? That's answers right for you, first strike.
Rettmund calls in one strike, nerve batting 250 with a homerun, plus eight runs down again.
Play to one is the Oriole lead in game one in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Fischer's dealing two and one.
Here's a broken bat ground ball over the mound towards the second baseman, Alomar throws the first and inside.
Rettmund bouncing out and breaking the bat at the same time.
One down, bottom of the eighth, and now to Dave Johnson.
Johnson had a base hit in the fifth inning and drove over a run.
He has won for three tonight. He has hit safely in 22 of the 23 games in which he has played.
He has only failed to play in one game this year.
Fischer working to Johnson with one away, which inside ball one.
The two batters in the angel ninth are Tenigliao, O'Brien, and McMullin.
One-oh from knuckleballing Eddie Fischer.
One ball, one strike.
Johnson defies his one-one offering.
It's outside and gets by the good Moses Matthews, specially for knuckleballing Eddie Fischer.
Two balls and one strike.
Talk about fellows earning their paychecks. Well, certainly Fischer has done that the last five or six seasons.
Just looking at the last season, he worked in 67 angel games.
He goes high. He goes at the letters to Johnson. Two balls and two strikes.
In 1965 at Chicago, Fischer worked 82 games for the White Sox.
Two-two to Dave Johnson.
Fly ball down the right field foul line. Tenigliao giving it a chase to the foul line and it's in the seats and out of play.
In 1965, when Fischer worked an 82 game for the White Sox, that was his greatest winning year in the majors as he gained 15 wins against seven defeats.
He has already won as many games this year, four of them, as he won through all of last season.
He's dealing Johnson again, two and two. Low free balls and two strikes.
He takes the day, Johnson. Strike three as it knuckles its way on the outside corner.
Two down on the bottom of the eighth inning and for Fischer, his first strikeout.
Here's Blander up for his first trip.
Blander replaced Simone at shortstop.
Blander's average, 269, way outside ball one.
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One ball and two strikes to Blander.
The wind up by Eddie Fischer with two men out.
And a miss dropped by Moses. He picks you up in front of home plate.
Moses in time to center with his throw to retire the side.
At the end of eighth, third play, the Angels won.
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Dave McNally tonight in his seventh start, trying to gain his fifth win.
Throw to Taniglial who fouls it right back to the screen.
Tony C has two base hits against McNally.
And he has scored the only Angel run which came in the fifth.
McNally trying to pour it through to Taniglial, Owen Warren.
Here's a ground ball slowly tapped out to third, charged by Brooks, has it on the glass, throws in time to Powell.
To just get to Taniglial at first three.
First down in the top of the ninth inning.
So the good defense employed by Brooks gets McNally at first down.
The Angels now bat there's two stops to O'Brien.
Since replacing for Dosey, he has grounded a short and fouled to the catcher.
O'Brien's feet set close together, batting right-handed against McNally.
His first pitch to O'Brien, and then quickly to strike one goal.
The on-back man is third baseman, McMullen.
This is the top of the ninth, game one to the double-headed.
McNally and McBurke leading three to one.
So one strike delivery outside, one ball, one strike.
McNally winding and throws, one and one.
Low for ball two, two balls and one strike.
McNally at ten in the arms, wide to the side.
His two-one pitch, grounded to shortstop, Valencia.
Throws to Powell, out number two.
So Taniglial and O'Brien are gone on infield grounders,
and the Angels leave it up now to Ken McMullen.
McMullen doubles in the fifth inning, drove over the Angel run.
He has also bounced out and walked.
McMullen tall and a wrecked right-hand batter.
A little bit to the front of the box on McNally's first offering.
Sides with an outside corner fastball.
McNally winds. He deals McMullen, one-one.
Low, one ball and one strike.
The Orioles trying to get back to within a game of the Red Sox,
who won this afternoon, beating Chicago ten to one.
One-one, ripped in by McNally.
With a fly ball to right field, retinue on going back,
going back and getting there, and the ball game is over.
McNally has his fifth win of the year.
Orioles win the opener from the California Angels, three to one.
We'll be right back with a recap and the game totals after this message.
Dave McNally has gone the route now five times this season.
He has made seven starts and has five complete games.
In his first game of the doubleheader, McNally has a route going job again,
picked up his fifth win against only one defeat,
as he beat the California Angels by a score of three to one.
Meanwhile, the Angels picked Andy Messer Smith for the first seven,
had a yank-in for a pinch hitter in the top of the opening,
and then had Eddie Fisher pitch to the bottom of the opening in relief of the loser, Messer Smith.
McNally, by winning five and one, Messer Smith by losing is two and three.
Stand by because we'll be right back with more highlights of tonight's first game
right after this message.