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The San Francisco Giants faced the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago for a Sunday afternoon game on May 11, 1969.
The Giants had finished in second place in each of the past four seasons under manager Herman Franks,
but were looking to finally break through in 1969 under new manager Clyde King.
Chicago had some hope in 1969 as well under manager Leo DeRosier.
Chicago had finished no higher than seventh place throughout the 1960s,
but the past few seasons DeRosier was able to turn the team around
and finish in third place in the National League in both 1967 and 68.
This audio recording is from the San Francisco Radio broadcast featuring announcers Russ Hodges and Bill Thompson.
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Berge, well the weather's been something here in Chicago.
For those of you who are with us Friday, you know that the game was delayed four times, three after it started.
Rain fell heavily at times during the contest. The Giants finally went on to win it handily yesterday.
It rained out completely. And today, well as of right now, there's some sunshine on the field.
But there are dark clouds all the way around. It rained just a couple of minutes ago.
The field had been covered right up until infield time. They took infield workouts.
Then it started raining. And well the infield itself is in good shape.
The outfield is going to be a little slow and heavy today. And we'll probably have some showers along the way.
We'll have the starting lineups for you in just one moment.
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The umpires at home, Blake, Ron Sando and Willie Mays with the lineups. And here are the lineups.
For the Giants, Bobby Bonds will lead off and play in center field.
Bobby Etheridge is third base batting number two.
Jimmy Davenport at first base batting third.
Kenny Henderson in left field batting fourth.
Jack Hyatt doing the catching batting fifth.
Bob Burditt in right field.
He is batting sixth.
Don Mason at second base hitting seventh.
Al Amir at shortstop batting eighth.
And Ray Sedecky doing the pitching.
For the Cubs, Don Kettinger at shortstop leading off.
Glenn Beckert at second base batting number two.
Billy Williams in left field batting number three.
Ron Sado at third base batting fourth.
Ernie Banks at first base batting fifth.
Randy Humley the catcher hitting sixth.
Jerma Hickman in right field batting seventh.
Adolfo Phillips in center field hitting eighth.
And left hander Kenny Holtzman doing the pitching.
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Left hander Kenny Holtzman four and one.
Next his eighth start is first against San Francisco.
Glass outing with a 7 to 1 complete game win over the Dodgers.
He gave up just six hits.
He has three complete games and one shutout to his credit so far.
Last season he was two and two against the Giants.
He pitched a two to nothing shutout against them when he was in the middle of three consecutive shutouts.
Overall in his lifetime he is four and three.
Sadecki two and three makes his seventh round of the year first against the Cubs.
One and two with Chicago last year.
Twenty-nine innings against the Cubs.
He gave up seven earned runs for an earned run average of two and one-seven.
Lifetime he's fourteen and eleven against Chicago.
Bobby Barnes will lead off.
Ben Buchhalder wants us to say hello to the folks in Belmont for him.
They didn't think he'd dare wear his San Francisco Rooters hat but he has.
Bond Sadecki swings and takes a strike on a curve ball.
All one count to Bobby leading off against the left-hander Holtzman.
A one-strike pitch, a curve, strike two.
Holtzman has had great stuff.
No two pitch, fastball outside for one and two.
Great crowd here today for the conditions.
Probably would have a capacity house if the weather had been good.
One-two delivery, curve is low and inside for two and two.
Bond Vestridge and Davenport to lead off against Holtzman.
The outfield around to the left and deep for Bob. The infield backed up now with two strikes on it.
Wind blowing in.
Two-two pitch, he's working out.
Got him on a change up and Bond is out on strike.
That'll bring up Bobby Vestridge.
Bond was hitting 277. Vestridge is hitting 273.
Right-hander against Holtzman, fastball outside for ball one.
Holtzman doesn't waste much time.
Left-hander delivers again, fastball filed away by Vestridge with one and one.
One-one pitch, curve in the dirt for ball two.
Holtzman is only 23 years old, 6'275 pounders.
Two-one pitch, swung on a fly ball into right center field coming on as Phillips into right center.
The center fielder makes the catch for the second out.
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Jimmy Davenport takes low for a ball one-and-oh.
Davenport is 246.
Swing and a looping liner into right center field. Phillips coming on, still coming. Can't get to it.
It's in front of him for a base hit.
So Davenport singles into right center field.
And the batter will be Kenny Henderson.
Davenport gets the first hit of the day for the Giants, the first hit of the ballgame.
Holtzman has had the past two years.
Enters first with Army duty.
See, it's had to be away during the season.
And the curve to Henderson. Strike ball. Kenny batting right-handed.
Switch batter against the left-hand offering.
Holtzman Henderson hitting 500 at five for ten.
Swings and fouls it to the left, and it's one-on-one.
Ozzie Virgil at third base. West-Westerm at first.
Two-strike count to Henderson.
Stretch and the two-strike hit. Swung on, lined into right field.
Chasing it. It's in front of him. Davenport goes to third. Henderson holds with a single.
And now that back-to-back singles with two down and Jack Hyatt will be the batter.
Henderson hit a curving liner to right field that Hickman couldn't catch up with.
And Jack Hyatt comes to the plate.
Hyatt hitting 224, but he has 14 RBI's. He's also walked 14 times.
That's four home runs. Davenport at third. Henderson at first.
Nothing, nothing in the top of the first with two outs.
The pitch to Hyatt. Curve ball. One on the midside line.
That was a hard curve ball. It might have been a slider.
The breaking pitch with Holtzman had quite a bit on it.
All one count to Hyatt. There goes Henderson.
The pitch is a check swing and a foul ball.
Back to Hyatt. Couldn't lay off. Found it off.
Henderson had a big jump. Probably would have second base stolen.
Oh, it's an O2 count to Hyatt.
They really exaggerate for Hyatt pulled around to the left.
A big gap to the right side if he can roll one in that direction.
The O2 pitch outside with a fastball. One and two.
Banks playing on at first base with Henderson there.
Becker moved well over towards second.
Davenport at third. Henderson at first. Two outs.
The one and two count to Hyatt.
Stretched by Holtzman. The one-two pitch. Curve ball.
Swung on and hit high in the air into short center field.
Kessinger goes back. Williams comes in and Phillips makes the count.
No runs on. Two hits. No errors. And two runners left on.
We go to the bottom of the first. It's nothing, nothing.
Once again we're interviewing Nancy Dawson, reporter for She She Sports,
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Nancy, did you see that belt of Willie's last week?
Oh, Willie wore a wonderful belt last week with a sterling silver buckle.
Oh, he's so stylish.
I was referring to his home run.
My readers are more interested in Willie's home than his home run.
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Aren't they interested in baseball news?
Of course. Just last night I called in my story about the sale of the Mudville Hawks
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How much was it?
Only 75 cents. Phone rates are cheaper at night.
No, I was talking about the Mudville Hawks.
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Ray Tadecki loosens up.
Ray with an earned run mark of 2.54 pitch to a fine ballgame in St. Louis.
He's got no real good fielding support from the Giants and no hitting.
And Bob Gibson shut out the Giants.
So consequently wound up with a loss.
He'll be out here trying to get the Cubs, the ball club to take the lead.
They're a ball club that's tough on left-handers with Santa and Banks
and the Hundleys applying right-hand power in this comfortable ballpark.
However, he has one break today as does Holtman as far as that goes.
The wind is blowing in and you have to hit the ball a little harder to get it out of you.
Don Kessinger and the Switch Batter will bat right-handers.
Kessinger has a batting streak of 15 games, hitting.336.
Hathorage plays up close at third at the edge of the grass.
The rest of the infield short in the fifth.
A pitch to Kessinger, a curve as a strike, and it's all in one.
The O-1 pitch, fastball strike two.
The O-2 delivery, fastball outside.
Lee Weier behind the plate, Harry Wendell's dead at first base,
Ken Burkhardt at second, and Sudol at third.
One-two count to Kessinger.
High for ball two, two and two.
Kessinger, Beckerton, Williams.
One-two count, pitch on its way, Kessinger fouls it back to the screen.
Cubs have called up Bill Heath from Tacoma.
Swing and a miss by Kessinger, he's out on the stretch.
Heath, the left-hand hitter, caught up.
He's a catcher, he'll see a lot of action.
Randy Huntley catching every day,
except when they're playing a double header, then he catches twice a day.
Missed to Glenn Beckert, right-hand batter takes low for a ball one and all.
One out, base is empty.
Shading 267.
Nothing-nothing ballgame, outfield, shading him to the left.
Fastball foul back one more.
Bond pulled over in the left center, Henderson over near the left field line.
Burda over towards right center.
They give Beckert quite a bit of the right field line, but the big gap is in the right center field.
One-on-one count, Etheridge plays even with third base.
Lanier short and the step and shortstop.
Mason over near second base and Davenport wide of the bag at first.
One-one pitch, last to Etheridge, down at one knee to field it.
His throw is off the bag.
That was a Scott and Etheridge. He failed it all right, but he pulled Davenport off the bag with a throw.
It'll be a throwing error on Bobby Etheridge.
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Billy Williams, a left-hand batter appearing in his 850th consecutive game, takes Lone away for a ball high.
Coming out of there in a hurry to keep that one from going to the screen.
Williams hitting 279.
Left-hander against left-hander. Beckert at first as a result of the error.
Curveball hangs up high and inside, and luckily it was very high and very much inside, and it's 2-0.
One down, one off.
The ball hits deep, so it's a fail, and you can forget it.
That is only the second home run this year for Billy Williams.
When the Giants come to town, he starts swinging, and there was no doubt about that one.
So it's 2-0. The error, off the run, and the Giants are behind 2-0, and Ron Sato is about it.
Fastball low for ball one.
So the Cubs in front, 2-0.
Billy Williams really tattooed them.
Sato hitting 221.
Fastball striking one-on-one.
Sadecki working to the right-hand batting Sato, the one-one pitch.
Strike two, fastball good on the outside.
Bertha didn't move in right field when he saw it was high enough it wasn't going to kill him.
One-two pitch to Sato, curve in the dirt, and it's 2-2.
The Giants with a sign on the target for Sadecki. 2-2 pitch, curve in the dirt, ball three, full count, 3-2.
Kessinger's truck out, Beckert's safe on Hethreed's throwing error, and then Billy Williams
tagged one over the right field fence to make it 2-0 Chicago.
3-2 pitch, bounded to Hethreed. He has it, his throw on target, and that's number two.
Ernie Banks up here now. Banks hitting 264.
Banks needs one more RBI to reach the 1,500 mark in his career. He has 19 this year.
Pitch to Ernie, curve is high for a ball, 1-0.
We wish Ernie a lot of luck, but I hope that 1,500th RBI comes tomorrow.
1-0 pitch, popped up on the infield. Mason drifting around after this one as it twists away from him in the wind.
Now he makes the catch for the third out.
For the Cubs, two runs, one hit, one error, no one left off.
And at the end of one inning, the Cubs 2, the Giants nothing.
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Inning number two, Allen Virginia Silver, which to say hello to their friends in the Bay Area.
They used to live there.
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We go to the second. And here is Bill Thompson.
Up that are batting Bob Burda leading off against left-back Eric Kenny Oldsman.
Makes a fastball for his strike.
Burda batting at 345.
Ken hits 29 chips to the plate.
Oldsman back to the plate. Breaking pitch for a strike.
Sonoma Dukat on Burda.
Go to pitch outside with a fastball for ball one.
He's not in the stands because of the injury situation.
Forced to go with a number of left-handed batters against the left-hander Oldsman.
Which is just outside for ball two.
Oldsman and Burda go even at 2-2.
2-2 windup. Curve, got her to the right side.
Good hop, throws quickly to first.
And plenty of time to get Burda for out number one.
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Don Mason, the second baseman, another left-handed batter against Oldsman.
Runs up to front, takes the pitch, and it's a called strike.
Mason at 286. 12 hits, 42 trips to the plate, four RBIs.
Half ball is high from Oldsman.
One-on-one, the count on Don Mason.
Oldsman back to the plate. Mrs. Lowen away off Hundley's glove.
It skips back to the stands.
So Oldsman drops behind on the count to Mason.
Two balls and one strike.
Pitch is lined in the center field for a base hit.
Mason, around first, holds on.
Phillips throws back in the second base.
The defense have base hit number three.
The battle will be shortstop Hal Lanier.
Hal batting at 204.
Switch hitter will be batting right-handed against Oldsman.
Hal has 20 hits and 98 trips to the plate.
He's driven in six runs.
Sun breaks through here again.
Oldsman's clear ball bounded up the middle.
Gassner has it close to Becker. One back to first double play.
Hal Lanier bounces into the short second first double play.
Switch to four to three to retire to the side.
For the Giants in the second, no runs on one hit.
No cup errors and no runners left on.
At the end of an inning and a half, the Cubs 2 and the Giants nothing.
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The Cubs catcher, Randy Hundley, laid off the bottom of the second.
Randy stands in and Sadecki winds him over.
Randy Hundley, it's his fifth home run of the season.
The Cubs lead it 3-0.
Two run homer by Billy Williams in the first.
Now, Hundley is homer here in the second.
The Cub batter will be Jim Hickman, the right fielder, batting at 1-33.
Sadecki's first pitch to Hickman, a fastball low for ball one.
Sadecki to the plate.
Breaking pitch in the dirt, bounce off high at the shoulder.
Two feet away from him, he retrieves, but Lee Weier, the plate umpire, puts a new baseball in play.
So Sadecki behind on Hickman, two balls and no strikes.
Sadecki to the plate, fastball way high outside for ball three.
Three and nothing got on Jim Hickman.
Sadecki cranks up, comes to the plate.
Fastball called strike.
Ray in on the count of three and one.
And there Billy Williams home run in the first inning, puts Sadecki behind two to nothing.
Now, Hundley is homer here in the second with the Cubs lead three to nothing.
Last pitch, fastball foul back to the screen.
That count goes full at three and two.
Hickman out of the batter's box, now back in.
Sadecki with a long look to high at, first time for the three-two pitch.
Ray still looking in.
Now starts another motion.
Playoff pitch.
Curve, looped in the right center field.
Racing over his bird, it's those bonds, it drops in for a base hit.
Looping fly ball in the right center field.
Bell in front in between, bonds and birdie.
There will be activity for the Giants in the full pen as Rich Robertson will start loosening up.
Adolfo Phillips will be the Cubs batter.
Adolfo was just one hit and 16 times at bat in 063 average.
Broke his wrist in spring training, so trying to play regularly and back in his shape.
Right in the batter, lumps the front, takes low.
First bounce is out in front of the plate, as Hyatt blocks the low curve ball.
Kept it in front of him, no chance for Hickman to move up.
Jazz with Everett at third, Lanier at short, Mason at second, Davin Bort at first.
Outfield from left to right, Henderson, bonds and birdie.
Hickman at first.
But nobody out, a run in.
Cubs leading 3-0 in the bottom of the second. Sudecky to the plate, fast ball, pop foul.
It will be out of play into the seat and back of the Giants, Doug Hyatt.
One and one to count on Phillips.
Sudecky looking into Hyatt.
Hickman with a pretty good lead at first base.
Sudecky to the plate, curve, Phillips bluffs the front, the pitch almost hit him in the feet.
He has to jump out of the way and Hyatt blocks the pitch again.
A count on Phillips, two balls and one strike.
Rich Robertson throwing to the Giants in the right field goal pen.
Sudecky steps it away, Hickman with his lead from first.
Pitch to Phillips, fast ball, a check swing, a roller to second.
Mason to Lanier, one, back to first, double play.
And awful Phillips, extremely tough to double up.
The Giants get the double play, Mason, to Lanier, to Davenport.
Ken Holtzman will be the cut spotter, the pitcher.
Holtzman normally a pretty good hitter, has only one hit this season and 21 trips.
Takes low on inside and the dirt as a matter of fact for ball one.
Holtzman batting right handed against the Giants left hander, Ray Sudecky.
Ray back to the plate, fast ball, inside at the knees for ball two.
So Sudecky behind on Richard Ken Holtzman, two balls and no strikes.
Holtzman takes a look at third base coach Rube Walker.
I don't think he'll be allowed to swing on a do or nothing pitch.
Sudecky misses high and outside with a fast ball for ball three.
Ray way behind on the pitcher, Holtzman, three balls and no strikes.
Two outs, the bases empty, a run in here on the bottom of the second as the Cubs now lead three to nothing.
Three out pitch, fast ball, good for his strike.
Three one pitch to Ken Holtzman, taken low for ball four.
So Sudecky walks the pitcher, gives up his first walk.
The tough batter will be the shortstop, Don Kessinger as Holtzman puts on the warmup jacket at first.
The pitcher struck out his first time.
Sudecky to the plate, curve ball, bound it toward second base.
Mason up with it, flips to Lanier for the fourth on Holtzman and the side is retired.
Before the Cubs in the second, one run, two hits, no giant errors, one runner left on.
At the end of two, the Cubs three, the Giants nothing.
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Holtzman at the pitch at the top of any number three, but a play by Blair again is long.
Ray Sadecki will lead off. Ray has failed to hit this year's ten trips.
Sadecki up there.
Left-hander against left-hander.
Mr. Ray has lined up the right field for a base hit, so Sadecki has his first hit.
A solid line drive to right.
And he's on at first base with nobody out at the top of the batting order.
Comes up, Bobby Bond will lead off.
Sadecki at first.
In the leadoff batter, Bobby Bond struck out his first time.
Giants are short-handed by one man today as Bobby Martin has been suspended for three days.
For leaving the club the other day.
Leaving the ballpark.
Pitched to Bond. Swung on and missed the curve ball he didn't get. Strike one.
Giants trail three to nothing, top of the third. Sadecki at first.
Last ball, strike two called to Bond.
And it's O and two.
So Holtzman has an O2 count on the Giants center fielder Bond.
Etheridge due next. The O2 pitch outside for a ball and it's one and two.
Holtzman doesn't waste any time. He gets the ball and throws it over the plate.
Sadecki hits the first pitch for a single. He's at first with no one out.
Curve, struck him out.
The Bond strikes out for his second time.
For Bond, that's the 30th time he's struck out this season.
And Bobby Etheridge will be up here flying to center his first time.
Strikeout number two for Holtzman. It's been Bond's each time.
Cubs have completed a double play behind Holtzman so far.
Curve is low at Etheridge.
Here Mason singled with one out in the second. Lanier bounced into a double play.
Last ball is called a strike. It's a nade on the inside and it's one and one.
Bond on a strike to the right hand batting Bobby Etheridge. He's deep in the batter's box.
His right foot naturally out of the batter's box.
Take the fastball, strike two called.
That one over the outside corner.
Now Holtzman has a one and two count.
Sadecki singled to open the inning. Bond struck out. Now Holtzman is ahead of Etheridge, one and two.
Swing and a miss. He's struck him out.
Third strikeout for Holtzman and Davenport is up there. He singled his first time.
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Davenport singled his first time up here with two down and Sadecki at first.
Three to nothing the Cubs lead. Two run homer in the first by Billy Williams.
Williams is solo homer by Hundley in the second. Fastball strike to Davenport.
Fastball strike two.
Holtzman not throwing many bad ones. He gets them all over the place.
The O2 pitch blowing away for one and two.
Two down. Sadecki at first base. The Giants trail three to nothing.
And the one-two pitch swung on and looped into short center. Phillips comes on.
Takes a dieting pass.
A great dieting pass for Rob Davenport.
And for the Giants, no runs on one here.
No errors. The runner left on. We go to the bottom of the third with the Cubs leading three to nothing.
The first by Billy Williams is solo homer by Hundley in the second.
Fastball strike to Davenport.
Fastball strike two.
Holtzman not throwing many bad ones. He gets them all over the place.
The O2 pitch blowing away for one and two.
Two down. Sadecki at first base. The Giants trail three to nothing.
And the one-two pitch swung on and looped into short center. Phillips comes on.
Takes a dieting pass.
Phillips with a great dieting pass for Rob Davenport.
And for the Giants, no runs on one here.
No errors. The runner left on. We go to the bottom of the third with the Cubs leading three to nothing.
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Glenn Beckert for a leadoff. He was safe on average error his first time up.
And then Williams followed up with a two run homer, Humbley homered in the second.
So the Cubs lead three to nothing.
Beckert a right hand batter against Zay Sadecki.
Sadecki and Waberta moves over into position in right field.
Sadecki works to Beckert.
And a line drive to Mason in second base.
Billy Williams did his second home run of the year.
And that's amazing when you see this guy the way he hits against the Giants.
You find out it's just late in the year and he only had one home run before he got it.
He's really unhappy that he's lost six games against the Giants.
A deep drive to right center field.
But Bond has room on this one.
He waits to make the catch for the second out.
So Williams flies out to Bond.
We'll pause for station identification.
It's the Golden West Radio Network.
This is KSFO in San Francisco.
The California Highway Patrol has found the southbound Bayshore Freeway has been reopened to regular traffic.
No detour in effect.
Ron Sato throwing out by S-Ridge his first time up.
Sadecki here with two down and the bases empty.
Threat or nothing, the catch is late.
A let up is high and away for a ball 1-0.
Atlanta 2, Philadelphia nothing.
Philadelphia batting at the bottom of the fifth.
Anybody on?
Eisel is just home run for Philadelphia with the bases empty.
That one's 2-1 at least.
Curve misses to Sato and it's ball 2.
Houston leads the Mets 4-1.
The Mets are at the bottom of the seventh.
St. Louis 1, San Diego nothing after 2.
Cleveland 2, the White Sox 1 after 4.
Fastball strikes to Sato 2-1.
Baltimore 1, Kansas City nothing after 3.
Minnesota failed to score on the top half of the first against Detroit.
Sadecki for a run in the fifth after five innings.
It's Atlanta 2, Philadelphia 1.
2-1 count to Ron Sato with two outs.
The bases empty.
Cut 3, the Giants nada.
Sadecki's 2-1 bet.
Swung on it.
Fastball up about the letters over the outside.
Sato didn't get it.
Even at 2-2.
Sadecki slowing the pace now ready to work to Sato.
2-2 pit.
Fastball outside for a full count of 3 and 2.
Giants head for Pittsburgh.
Gaylord Perry scheduled to work tomorrow night.
Sadecki's delivery.
Walk number 2 by Sadecki.
Sato at first and Ernie Banks will get the batter.
Banks popped up to Mason at second base his first time.
Sadecki working from the stretch.
Robertson goes to work in the bullpen.
Sadecki's high and outside for a ball and high and he was
about to talk to it.
Rich Robertson starts to loosen in the bullpen.
He was working last inning.
Cut 3, Giants nothing.
A pair of home runs by Billy Williams.
A two-run shot on that first and a solo job in the second.
And they weren't cheap home runs in Chicago.
They were smashed.
Sato is lead at first.
The 1-0 count to Ernie Banks.
Herb is a strike and it's a 1-1.
Looks as though this one will be completed today.
There are clouds around but it just doesn't look like it's
going to rain.
Sunshiney now at Wrigley Field.
The 1-1 pitch.
Herb Lowell for ball 2.
Bill Thompson says it certainly looks like it's going to rain.
Q1 count to Banks.
The 1-1 pitch.
One on a high fly ball in the short left.
Lanier drips back.
Howe calling for it.
As Henderson comes in, look out collision and Henderson just
gets out of his way as Lanier makes the catch.
Henderson was storming in under that one but toss right of
Lanier just in time to avoid it.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
The runner left off.
At the end of 3-4, the Cubs lead it by a score of 3-0.
An Asselin, the first number doubleheader, using the
New York quarter, one after 6-1 half.
Dirk, the 15 for the Osgrove.
Cardwell with Jackson on the 7th for New York.
Winn is homered for the Osgrove.
A.G. for New York.
Atlanta leads Philadelphia 2-1 at the end of 5.
Pappas for the Braves.
Woody Pilon for the Phils.
Murray Heisel homered in the 5th for Philadelphia.
A couple of rainouts.
Los Angeles to Pittsburgh and Cincinnati to Montreal.
Both of those canceled because of rain, cold weather, and wet
grounds, as they say.
The two innings, San Luis, one San Diego nothing.
Kirby pitching for San Diego and James Justy for the Cardinals.
In the American League, Baltimore won Kansas City nothing
after three.
Nelton for the Royals and Palmer for Baltimore.
Cleveland leading Chicago 2-1, going to the top of the 5th.
But rookie Carlos Mea did an eight-hole run out of the air
with a runner on for the White Sox in that 5th, so they need
at least three to two.
Minnesota failed to score in the top of the first at Detroit.
Cox pitching for Minnesota, playing for the Tigers.
Heather Kingsley, later starts New York at open,
Boston at California, Wesson at Seattle.
This one has gone three-fold.
The Cubs lead at three to nothing.
For the play-by-play, here is Les Hodges.
How are you doing, everybody?
Johnny Henderson will lead off, followed by Jack Hyatt
and Bob Berda.
Against left-hander Ken Holson, Henderson takes low
and inside for a ball.
The Giants are out hitting the Cubs, but the Cubs are really
going for the long ball today.
Henderson has one for one.
Here's the pitch, high for ball two.
12, no strike.
Holson winds.
Henderson nails it to shortstop.
Two big hops to Kessinger.
Over to first base for out number one.
Jack Hyatt, the Giants batter now.
Here's Kessinger, who's flied out to short center
his last time.
Strike 12 on the inside.
Holson with four wins, one defeat.
The throws.
Hyatt looks at a high pitch for a ball
on the count of one and one.
So Huntley gives the target, Holson throws.
Too high to Hyatt for ball two and a strike.
Stay around, blue sky.
Here's the 2-1 pitch.
Hyatt takes the strike on the inside corner.
Holson, one of the fastest workers around.
He doesn't stand around there very long.
He gets himself warm and wants to stay warm,
and he throws two and two, and Hyatt takes strike three.
Bob Purdy will be the batter now,
two down, the base is sappy on the top of the fourth inning.
The pitch to Burda, little one outside.
Bob playing right field today.
Holson throws.
Burda swings, breaks the batter,
he pops shortly to second base.
And that's all she wrote on the top of the fourth inning.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Nobody left on, and we move to the bottom of inning number four
with the score of the ballgame, the Chicago Cubs 3,
the San Francisco Giants up it.
Wake up, honey.
After driving all night, we finally reached Wyrika.
Wyrika?
I thought we were going to Eureka.
No, no, no.
Remember, Alice said to go to Wyrika,
then take the highway east.
No, it was Eureka, and we take the highway south.
The best way to make sure you get to the place you set out for
is to come to Seven Islands First,
a seven-travel service,
a free trip planning service that gives you helpful information
on where to stay and things to do along the way.
You'll get highway logs, especially marked labs,
cut up today by pro-itikers from the U.S. Weather Bureau.
To get your friend's seven-travel tickets,
ask for a travel request card
from any seven-dealer or standard station.
Then when you set out for Eureka, you'll end up in Eureka.
Music.
Chicago, a game that would have been a sellout,
but the weather has just been as bad as you've ever seen it.
And you've not seen bad weather until you've been to Chicago.
Sadecki curves, Randy Huntley.
Call the strike.
Ray throws again to the plate and Huntley takes low and inside
for a ball one.
Ball on the strike.
Huntley is a great hitter at Rigby Field in Chicago
with his short fences.
And Sadecki delivers to Randy.
There's a bouncing ball hit near second.
The ball is over for the stop to throw.
The Jimmy Davenport in time for our number one.
Jim Hekman, the right fielder,
will be the batter now with a golf ball finish to follow.
Sadecki delivers to Hekman.
A golf strike on the inside corner.
Hekman wearing number 28 hit a 3-2 pitch for a single to center
his last time.
Sadecki throws it in.
Hekman takes it low for a ball on a count of one and one.
8-0 Chicago on the bottom of the fourth inning.
Now the wind up to throw one and one.
Sadecki delivers.
Hekman swings, fouls it back.
So the count is one ball and two strikes.
Here's Ray delivering.
Hekman bounds it to shortstop when air jumps on it.
Throw a blow to first.
Davenport makes the grab and it's down number two.
You know there's a lively little island nearby.
That's Shevin Island on the standard side.
You'll like the spirit.
Adolfo Phillips grounded into a double play his last time
on a fastball hit.
He's fat and rolled toward second and he was easily doubled up.
Sadecki throws to the center fielder, a high curve for ball one.
Right-handed hitter, left-handed pitcher.
And Sadecki fires again.
Phillips takes high and it's ball two in those strikes.
Ray Herba will do some pitching for the Giants.
Ron Herba's got him to throw for the Giants.
Here's the two and 0 delivery low and inside for ball three.
Three and 0 to count.
Holtzman will follow.
Sadecki behind Phillips who might have the green light.
Ray misses low and inside for ball four.
His third base on ball.
And here is Holtzman who received French pre-transportation
the last time.
The blue sky has disappeared.
Home plate dusted off by Lee Weir.
Holtzman number 30 waiting.
Phillips to press his heel at first.
He checks him over there and throws to Holtzman who swings.
Then the soft fly ball to short center coming in easily
as Bobby Fon.
That's out number three.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
One left on and at the end of four full innings in Chicago,
the Cubs lead and the score is Chicago 3 to Giants up.
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The next car leading off will be Don Mason followed by Hal Reiner
and Ray Sedecky or a pinch hitter if there is a storing
opportunity as Herb O.
Loosens in the bullpen.
Here's the pitch to Mason, low and inside.
They want a note of every strike call of the nation on the
outside one and one.
Both of them close, Mason swings, Mason hits the right
field.
It's a short line drive over the head of the first baseman.
Al LeMur will be the giant spiker.
The first baseman, Al Reiner, takes off his jacket and it's
raining a bit.
But it doesn't appear that a cloud burst is in the offing.
Here's the double play ground ball, hits the shortstop.
Sedecky will back for himself.
So LeMur has seen two pitches and hit him in the two double
plays.
He's single to right his last time up.
Both of them close, Sedecky takes the fastball, a self strike.
On one account and the next delivery.
Blowing away for a ball on account of one and one.
One and one pitch, slow curve inside, ball two and a strike.
Two and one to race Sedecky.
Tom Kenholzman, who throws and Sedecky looks at a call strike
for two and two.
Now the two and two pitch.
Sedecky strikes out swing, the side is retired.
It's now a legal ballgame.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
Nobody left on it as we move to the bottom of inning number five,
Chicago leads three to nothing.
And now fans, let's see who will be Paul Siegel's Ruth Atkins gift.
Today my guest is Betty Davenport, wife of Giants infielder Jimmy
Davenport.
Betty, I know Jimmy's quite a golfer, so tell me something.
Does Jimmy go in for all those wild colored clothes when he plays golf?
Well, Paul, I don't know about wild colors, but he does start like
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What kind of color combinations does he use?
Oh, I don't know, he loves blues and greens.
Blues and greens?
Well, not together.
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John Cappinger will be the lead off batter, followed by Glenn Beckett,
and then by Billy Williams.
And then by the way, the game is over.
Gaylord Parrott will pitch for the San Francisco Giants tomorrow
night at Pittsburgh.
This will be one of the two Giants that pitch for the game later.
And the one and two wind up the delivery.
And then the third base line will be on Rube Walker.
One ball, two strikes, the number 18 Beckett.
It's the deck he sets to throw.
He delivers.
Beckett swings, bounces the deep shot,
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Jimmy Dallas.
Billy Williams who puts Chicago ahead of the first.
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Left-handed batter.
The deck he delivers a slow curve that pops up on the short right.
Mason is there under it, and the side is retired.
No runs, no hits, no errors, nobody left on.
And at the end of five full innings here in Wrigley Field in Chicago,
Chicago leads three to nothing.
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Now we're set for the top of inning number six.
Bill Thompson will report the action.
Dias to the top of the order against Ken Olsen,
Bobby Bonds, Bob Epstein, and Jim Davenport.
Bonds over two has struck out twice in inning number one and again in the third.
They co-sign with the
first pitch, low for ball one.
Olsen to the plate, breaking pitch, lying in the center field,
in front of Phillips for a base hit.
Bonds, it's a solid shot in the center field.
That does his sixth pitch.
Bob Epstein goes over two, flies to center in the first,
struck out in the third, will be the dance batter.
Bonds held it first by Banks for Olsen, looks good, comes to the plate,
and then he's got a little bit of a
little bit of a
little bit of a break.
Olsen looks good, comes to the plate, breaking pitch, low on inside,
football one, and suddenly skids on his knees to make the save.
Olsen, although left-handed by his own emissions,
says he has a bad pick-up move at first base.
Line drive, pass back, we're going to right field for a base hit.
Bonds racing around second, he'll go to third.
He'll do every told on it first.
The Giants get back to back singles to open up the sixth
from Bonds and Etridge.
They have runners at first and third with nobody else.
The batter will be first baseman Jim Davenport.
Singles to center in the first, flies to center in the third.
Cubs bullpen starts steering around,
and the fans start turning around as the rain starts to fall.
Cubs by the infield, double play, Jepes.
Olsen sets delivers to Davenport.
Foul ball low for ball one.
On deck for the Giants, left fielder Kenny Henderson.
Left-hander Hank Aguri and right-hander Ted Abernathy
start going for the Cubs.
Pitch to Davenport, foul ball, foul to the screen.
Jim had a good cut, foul to straight back.
Rain now coming down pretty good.
Pitch to Davenport, foul to the screen again for side two.
For those of you who have been listening for a while,
now who's right, Lon Simmons or me?
The one two pitch from Kenny Olsen,
high and outside, almost a wild pitch.
It's Huntley at his Sabbath.
Olsen and Davenport go even at two and two.
Bonds at third, every pitch first.
Nobody out, Giants trail three to nothing in the sixth.
They're having a dirt dug out by Huntley.
Olsen goes out to a full count.
Looks like the rain's starting to let up a little bit now.
Two runners lead, the three-two pitch to Davenport.
Mopped up, foul, out of play.
Back into the lower deck, Giants first base.
So the situation remains the same,
a full count, three balls and two strikes.
On Jim Davenport with Bobby Bonds at third,
Bob Everett at first, Olsen at sixth.
Foul away again,
off to the right, this time into the upper deck.
Suds in the odd field, straight away against Davenport.
Boltsman during the Huntley-Brizzines.
The left-hander, Suds, comes to the plate.
Curve, called, site three.
Olsen gets his sixth site out.
The batter for the Giants will be Kenny Henderson.
Single to right in the first,
ground to the short in the fourth.
Kenny, one foot two.
Boltsman and Huntley have a bit of a conversation,
long-range conversation.
It was only just a couple of steps in front of the plate.
Henderson batting right-handed against left-hander,
Olsen with Bonds leads it down the line at third.
Epric moves away from first.
It's the Kenny, a curve, first strike.
Olsen's sixth, curve outside.
One-and-one the guy on Kenny Henderson.
Two-runner's late, Olsen's set,
a curve, ground into a batto at third.
He comes to the plate,
it's got Bonds spotting her run down.
She's batto-chasing and towards the plate,
throws to Holkman to catch him out.
A very unusual play on the part of Ron Sauer.
It appeared he had a double playboy,
threw him at third base,
but he made the decision to come to the plate.
They got Bonds in a run down,
with Epric just moving to second
and Henderson taking over first on the field of choice.
Olsen getting the put-out on that play,
up to plate for the run down.
They went Sano to Hundley,
back to Sano and to Holkman.
So, 5-2-5-1 if you have the decision to score.
Here's Jack Hyde, it was 0-2.
Wide out from the first,
just called out on the strike from the fourth.
Epric just second, Henderson at first,
now with two outs,
Olsen to the plate, curve ball,
popped up in the right-center field,
back goes Becker,
in comes Phillips on the run,
here's Hickman,
Hickman calls and makes the catch.
The right fielder makes the jab,
then we got his side.
So, the Giants' threat goes to Glummering.
From the top of the sixth, no runs,
two hits, leadoff singles by Bonds and Epric.
No scubs to her, two runners left on.
At the end of 5-1-1-2,
the scubs continue to lead the Giants,
by a score of 3-0.
Another game, the National League,
first game with double header,
after eight full innings,
Houston leads New York 4-1.
Jerker, pitching for the Astros,
Cardwell, Jackson, Taylor have worked for New York.
Winn is Holman for Houston,
A.G. for the Mets.
Atlanta leads Philadelphia 3-1.
That one now in the bottom of inning number seven.
Knapp is pitching for Atlanta,
Ryman for the field,
Teisel is Holman for Philadelphia,
Luzardo for Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Montreal both rained out.
St. Louis leads San Diego 1-0,
at the end of four full,
Jesse pitching for the Cardinals,
Kirby for San Diego.
The American League, Baltimore to Kansas City,
now the rain is really coming down here,
Ridgley Field and the wind really picked up.
2-0 at the end of 4-1-2,
Baltimore to Kansas City.
Tywin Cleveland tied at 3-3 at the end of five.
Detroit leads Minnesota 1-0 at the end of two.
Later starts New York at Oakland, Washington at California,
Washington at Seattle.
For Ernie Banks,
Ron Santareller leads off,
Will Paz for station identification,
this is the Golden West Radio Network.
Not thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese peanuts.
It's for the Bayes. It's trivial.
The Boston Globe says it may be the most important speech of our time.
Hear it on the Sunday special, 8-05 PM on KSFO San Francisco.
Ron Santareller, the Cubs third baseman,
hitting fourth, New Yorker will lead it off,
Yonda to third and the first,
we'll watch him at third.
Boy, the weather is really getting horrible here now.
Sadecki winds and delivers,
a fastball for a strike.
The 0-1 pitch from Sadecki,
close curve line to center field,
J-6,
Ossov to cut it off.
Sano holds it first with a triangle.
The Cubs get their leadoff man on.
We've been asked to send get well wishes to Frank Livingston,
the Cubs' first baseman.
The Dominican half, middle and center crew, and we certainly do that.
Sano at first with nobody out.
Ernie Banks at the plate.
Sadecki's curve bounce away from higher.
Down to second goes Sano.
Wild hit from Ray Sadecki,
moves Sano up to second with nobody out.
The Cubs are in the lead.
Sadecki moves Sano up to second with nobody out.
Down to Ernie Banks, one ball and no strikes.
Banks is popped up twice.
The second and the first innings are short and the third.
Sadecki takes a look at second,
but Banks swears about takes a bit high for Wall 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Peterson are here in Chicago
and again send their wishes to the Giant Bluesters,
rather than Dr. Menno.
Sano away from second.
Bits to Ernie Banks.
Curve called strike.
A third of second base.
Sano back in.
Sadecki sets.
That's the banks in front of that.
Missed.
Goes to strike two.
I have dropped the ball.
I have trouble finding it.
Menno, I want to take a chance of going anywhere from second base.
Cubs got two in the first on an error and Billy Williams home run
and Randy Humbert in the second innings.
That's the way it stands now.
Three to nothing game.
The Giants have had seven hits.
To the Cubs, four.
Bits to Banks.
With a breaking pitch for Ball 3.
Sadecki out to a full count on Ernie Banks.
Three balls and two strikes.
Gen Ray ready.
Sano with his lead at second.
Curve ball, pop, foul.
Off to the right on a play.
Back into the lower deck.
See some good signs winter-wise.
Over the left field fence it appears to be brighter.
Rain has almost stopped now.
The wind is not as bad as it was a few moments ago.
Three-two pitch.
Bound it slowly towards third.
A tough play for Eprick.
He charges.
He goes to first.
A bad throw.
Sano will score.
Banks will go at least to second.
Gavit might run the ball now.
Banks pulls the second base.
A scoring on a play.
It'll go as an infield hit for Ernie Banks and an error for Eprick.
Bobby charging the ball.
Made the barehand pick up.
The underhand throw through the ball over to Avonport's head.
First base.
So Sano comes on to score.
Banks will not get an RBI.
Gets the infield hit.
Moves up to second on the throwing error.
Sano scores on the error.
So Landy Humbley, the catcher will be the batter.
Ron Herb will throw to the Giants to pull back.
Sadecki steps the levers.
Hundley wants to ball back to Sadecki.
He'll go to third base.
They've got Banks.
He's out.
Sadecki's going to Bob Eprick.
He made the tag on Banks sliding in.
So Hundley fails to sacrifice.
Goes to the fielder's choice.
The play one to five.
Sadecki to Eprick for the putout.
But a complete four to nothing.
And Hundley at first was one out.
And the batter will be the right fielder, Jim Hickman.
Single in the second.
Grounded to short in the fourth.
Abernathy and Akurey.
No, Rick Nye now.
Lines dry at the deep left.
Back goes Henderson.
He's there.
He makes the catch.
Hundley all the way to second base has to retreat to first.
Hickman hits the ball well.
Right at Henderson who moved back a couple of steps to grab it.
And also Phillips will be the cut batter.
Phillips it into a double play in the second.
Through a walk in the fourth.
Contributed a great fielding play on a diving catch of Jim Davenport.
Delivers.
Hundley clenched the ball.
Back to Sadecki.
He'll go to third base.
They've got Banks.
He's out.
Sadecki throwing to Bob Eprick.
He made the tag on Banks sliding in.
Hundley fails to sacrifice.
Goes to the fielder's choice to play one to five.
Sadecki to Eprick for the put out.
A complete four to nothing.
Hundley at first with one out.
The battle will be the right fielder Jim Hickman.
Single in the second.
Grounded to short in the fourth.
Abernathy and Akurey.
No, Rick Nye now throwing with.
Lines dry at the deep left.
Back goes Henderson.
He's there.
He makes the catch.
Hundley all the way to second base has to retreat to first.
Hickman hits the ball well.
But right at Ken Henderson who moved back a couple of steps.
Gravett.
And also Phillips will be the cut batter.
Phillips into a double play in the second.
Through a walk in the fourth.
Contributed a great fielding play on a diving catch of Jim Davenport.
Phillips right handed batter.
Hundley with the lead at first.
Sadecki to the plate.
Curve.
Foul off.
Hit him in the foot and rolled out into fair territory.
One strike to count on Phillips.
Sadecki to the plate.
Fast ball outside.
A throw to first.
Back in as Hundley.
Sadecki ready for the 1-1 pitch to Adolfo Phillips.
Foul to the screen for strike two.
The rain has almost completely stopped now.
Hundley away from first.
The 1-2 pitch to Phillips.
A curve.
High.
Sadecki and Phillips go even at 2-2.
2-2 pitch from Sadecki.
Curve inside at the knees for ball three.
A 3-2 pitch.
Curve ball swung on him.
Best of the side is retired.
Phillips strikes out.
Sadecki gets strike out number two.
Four to cups and a six.
One run on two hits.
One error.
One runner left on.
End of six full.
Chicago four.
The Giants nothing.
All right, and now I'm back.
I can't help what happens when I go away.
The Giants have been getting their base hits off, Oldman, but they haven't been able to
make them count.
They're going to go forward to nothing as Bob Burda will lead off.
A pair of double plays by the Cubs.
Enfield has stopped a couple of potential threats.
Burda takes a curve for a strike on one.
Ground ball to short.
Scooped up by Kessinger, thrown to first, and that's out number one.
One down.
Don Mason, who is two for two off the left hander, is up here.
Oldman pitched it on.
Ball one. Cubs four, Giants nothing.
Seventh inning.
Fast ball low.
Ball two.
Giants have seven hits.
The Cubs have five, but the Cubs lead forward to nothing.
Fast ball high.
Ball three. Three and oh.
Hundley goes out to talk to Oldman.
Three oh counts to Mason. One out, no one on.
Ball four. He walked him.
So Mason is perfect against Oldman today as Oldman walked his first man.
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Alan here up here is hit into two double plays today. Flops the button, takes a fastball strike.
Each time Mason's been on ahead of him, he's bounced into the double play.
One strike count to Howe.
A line drive base hit to right field. Mason had to fall down to get out of the way.
He goes to second and holds on at second base. Mason had to dive to get out of the way of that line drive.
Then Hickman fell down at right field, but Mason had already stopped in second and so had no chance to go to third.
And we'll have Jimmy Hart come up to bat for Ray Sudecky.
So the Giants get hit number eight.
Hart has always been sideline since entering himself in St. Louis.
Hitting 250, not hit a home run.
Has three doubles. Has driven in four runs.
So Jim DeBatt here in the seventh with runners at first and second.
There's activity in the bullpen. Ted Abernathy and Hank Aguirre.
Aguirre a left hander, Abernathy a right hander for the Cubs.
Mason at second, Lanier at first with one out.
Fits by Holtzman. Curve is low for a ball, one and oh.
Giants get two singles in the first inning, got a single in the second, a single in the third.
We're retired in order in the fourth, get a single in the fifth, two singles in the sixth.
We have a walk and a single here. Hart takes a fastball for a strike one and one.
Ball and a strike to Jimmy. The outfield very deep and around to the left.
Swing and a foul. Strike two, one and two.
Holtzman gets in front of Jimmy Hart, the ball and two strikes.
Bobby Bonds due up next.
Left hander works to Hart. Inside for two and two. Tried to pick up that inside corner and came close with a fastball.
Two balls, two strikes.
Mason at second, Lanier at first. One out. Two to pitch. Curve strikes for a call.
Hart stays up there to argue about it, but you know how much good it does him.
He's out of there and the batter will be Bobby Bonds.
Bobby Bonds up here, struck out his first two times, single his last time, takes a curve for a strike.
Holtzman really baffling the dams with that curveball.
The only guy that really figured that out was Don Mason. He's single on a curve.
Curve is low for a ball, one and one.
Mason at second, Lanier at first. Giants trailed forward and I think Bonds up here with a one and one count. Two down.
Swing and a miss at the curveball. Strike two.
Holtzman takes a big breath out there on the mound.
One strike out of getting out of another, Giants. One strike away from getting out of another.
Curveball low for a ball two. Two and two.
Cubs four, Giants nothing. Runners at first and second with two out.
Stretch by Holtzman. The pitch struck him out on a curveball. One and miss.
No runs, one hit. No errors, two runners left. We go to the bottom of the seventh and the Cubs lead it by a score of four and nothing.
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Ron Herbill will come on to do the giant pitching. Herbill makes his tenth appearance. He's 1-1 in lost time.
Giving up just one run that was on a home run. And he'll pitch to Kenny Holtzman who has an eight hit shutout going through the first seven innings. The Giants have had their opportunities but they're not able to break through against him.
Right hand batter takes the breaking pitch low for a ball 1-0.
Ball 2 Herbill behind the pitcher, two balls no strike.
Herbill's 2-0 pitch, strike call 2-1. Rich Robertson starts to throw again in the giant bullpen.
We're in the bottom of the seventh, the Cubs four, the Giants nothing.
Bowled at his grain by Holtzman and it's 2-2.
Top of the order to follow, Kessinger and Becker after Holtzman.
Cubs got two in the first, one in the second, one in the sixth.
The Phillies have tied it up with Atlanta scoring twice in the bottom of the eighth. That one's tied up at three and three.
Herbill lined the center field. Herbill came in with that one right up by his eyes.
Bonds throws in the second and Holtzman is on. That is the curveball they say in high school.
Ron really got it up there for him. So Holtzman singles the center.
And the top of the batting order will be up.
Starting to rain again.
Berta has come in from right field to bring in his glasses or take some out with him.
He might be taking some out with him to try to shield the rain from his regular glasses.
Kessinger up here in a bat left-handed. The pitch is in the dirt, blocked nicely by Hyatt to keep it from going to the screen and it's 1-0.
Robertson had been throwing. Now he stops and ends into the giant dugout.
Kessinger butts at the pitch and misses. Tries to claim he didn't butt at it, but it's a one-on-one count.
Holtzman with the leadoff single. That is hit number six for the Cubs.
Etheridge flying up close to the third.
Kessinger takes the breaking pitch inside for ball two, two and one.
Herbill stretch. Pitch is outside for ball three.
Duran is in very good position right now with a three-and-one count on Kessinger.
Runner at first, no one out.
Three-one count to Kessinger. Kessinger backs away.
Now steps back in the batter's box.
Holtzman with the lead at first, the three-one pitch. Ball four.
In the dirt, blocked again by Hyatt.
Kessinger walks and now Herbill is causing trouble. They're starting to get into the power and they cut line up.
Beckard's not necessarily listed as a power hitter, but he'll probably be up here to try to sacrifice him along.
Then with Williams, Sadow, and Banks coming on, you've got some difficulties.
Holtzman at second. Kessinger at first.
Rich Robertson is getting up to throw again.
Right-hand batting Beckard turns the bunt, bunt it back to Herbill, who throws the first in five.
Sacrifies work.
Might have had a chance to get Holtzman, the pitcher, running at the third base.
So, to sacrifice, Davenport covered first base.
And Billy Williams will be given an intentional pass. They'll walk it.
So, it'll load them up.
They're not getting any bargain and Ron Sadow is due a fix, but at least Sadow's a right-hand batter.
Oh, the Cubs will have a base-and-loaded situation.
Williams at first base. Kessinger at second. Holtzman at third.
And Ron Sadow up there.
Sadow was up in a fifth-rate like this yesterday and hit him to a double play.
The Giants had a very comfortable lead at the time. They're behind now.
Here's the pitch to Sadow. Bounded off. Herbill's glove into center field.
Two runs score. Williams goes to third.
That was a bounder back through the middle.
Sharp play hit. Herbill put his glove up and deflected off his glove into center field.
Two runs come in.
Now, a sixth-and-up in Copley. Ernie Banks is the batter with runners at first and third.
Sadow at first. Williams at third.
And the Cubs crowd comes alive here.
Pitch in the dirt. Blocked by Hyatt. Sadow goes to second.
He'll be in there. Herbill's been all over the place.
A wild pitch charged to Herbill.
Hyatt's shaken up on that last pitch. He's had to block about five or six up today with his body.
He's probably got bruises all over his body.
Ernie Banks batting now with runners at second and third. It's a one-and-oh count, Ernie.
Files it away, one-and-one.
Olsen's single. Kessinger walks. Beckert's sacrifice.
Williams has walked intentionally.
Sadow single to drive in two runs. And a wild pitch by Herbill sent Sadow over to second.
One-one pitch. Fastball inside for ball two.
Hyatt's had the infield in. Two-one count to Ernie Banks.
Bounding ball is shortstopped. Lanier holds Williams at third. Throws to first. Banks is retired.
Second out. Randy Hundley will be the batter. We'll pause for a statement out of a game.
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Randy Hundley has hit a Mesa's empty home run. It's grounded out and hit into a feeler's choice.
Runners at second and third. Sadow at second. Williams at third. Two down.
Two runs in. Six to nothing. The curve is low for a ball one-and-oh.
St. Louis leads San Diego two to nothing after sixth inning.
Bounding ball into left field. They hit two runs to old score.
Hundley singles home another pair.
So it's an eight to nothing, Hundley.
Nate Colbert has hit a two-run over for San Diego. They've tied the Cardinals two-two.
Here's Jim Hickman. Takes a strike.
Then sort of a rocky inning for Ron Herbot. Four runs in.
Hickman, the eighth man to bat in the innings.
Swing and a drive into right center field.
Burda going back. Still going back. Reaches up and makes the catch.
Ron didn't fold it, but he got him out.
Four runs on one, two, three. Hits.
No giant errors and a runner left on.
And at the end of seventh, the score, the Cubs eight at eighth and the Giants nothing.
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Atlanta has scored a run in the top of the ninth.
To take a four to three lead over Philadelphia with a Fills batting in the bottom of the ninth.
The Giants trail eight to nothing.
We'll have Etheridge dab and board at Henderson the first three.
Well, trailing eight to nothing and the Giants are going to pull this one out.
We'll have to see Etheridge bat a couple of times with Denny.
He's up here against the left-hander Ken Holtzman. Takes outside for a ball one and oh.
One oh pitch to him. Ball two.
All right away.
Cubs got two in the first, one in the second, one in the sixth, four in the seventh.
Two oh count to Etheridge.
The Giants have been shut out on eight hits. The Cubs also have eight.
Fastball strike two and one.
Etheridge has one of the giant eight hits.
Bowled to the screen. Strike two.
Got even. Two balls, two strikes.
Rich Robertson continues to throw in the Giants bullpen so he may pitch the bottom half of this inning.
Line drive into left field going over to Williams. He can't get to it.
He cuts it off as Etheridge will have to hold with a single.
Etheridge has his second hit. And Jimmy Davenport will be the batter.
Davenport has singles, been robbed of a single and called out on strike.
Phillips made a good diving catch of his bid for a second hit into center field.
Altman's pitch to Davenport. Line foul and he stands to the right and strikes one.
Giants trail eight to nothing. Etheridge has let off with a single.
Line drive foul again to the right side. Strike two.
Nothing and two count to Davenport.
No two pitch outside for one and two.
Etheridge at first with no one out. Eight to nothing. The Cubs lead.
Davenport trying to get something started here. The one-two pitch to him.
Grounded back to Holtzman who grabs it, throws the second for one, the first for a double point.
Davenport had a sharp shot back through the middle and Holtzman fielded it.
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The third double play for the Cubs. When the Giants decide to hit into double plays, they make a production out of it.
Hadn't hit into any since the seven and two.
Back to hit it through one and St. Louis.
Anderson takes the strike.
And Anderson up here with two down.
A swing and a miss to the curve. One for three.
Holtzman's pitch to Anderson. Foul back.
Right handed today. The switch batter hitting right handed against the left hand pitcher.
Struck him out on a curve ball. Anderson fooled on a breaking pitch.
And Anderson's on one hit. No errors, no one left on.
At the end of seven and a half the score. The Cubs eight to Giants nothing.
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Bottom of the eighth the Dolphins Phillips will face Ron Herbill. Cubs have an eight to nothing lead.
Here's Herbill's pitch to Phillips. Strike one.
Breaking pitch on the inside. Phillips started to swing. Granted check. Took the pitch in the inside corner as he was falling down.
0-1 count to it. 0-1 pitch. Sidearm curve eyeing away for a ball one and one.
Ball on a strike to Phillips. 1-1 pitch to it. Swung on a miss. Strike two.
We're at the bottom of inning number eight. Cubs eight. The Giants nothing.
Swing and a miss. He's struck him out. Herbill gets his first strike out.
Kenny Holtzman takes low for a ball one and oh. The Cubs pitchers walk flat out single.
Herbill works one and oh to it. Ground ball to shortstop. Scooped up by Lanier.
Two down. Don Kessinger. It'll be the batter.
Two down. Kessinger walks. Four trip. Pitch to Don as a strike call. He's working on a 15 game hit streak.
Looks like this would be his last opportunity to keep it going.
Swing and a foul. Strike two.
Out of oh and two. And Herbill's oh two pitch. Strike three call. Kessinger is out on strike. No runs. No hits. No errors. No one left on.
The end of eight. The Cubs eight. The Giants nothing.
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Ken Holtzman out to pitch any number nine for the Cubs. Chicago in front eight to nothing.
Have not been able to dent the plate thus far. Jack Hyatt hitting fifth in the order will lead off.
The Giants catch it and right footer Bob Burda. Second baseman Don Mason.
Holtzman winds and fires. Fastball inside at the letters for ball one.
Next pitch of the fastball outside for ball two.
Holtzman behind that Hyatt two balls and a strike. Jack over three. Fly to center in the first. Call Adam strikes in the fourth. Fly to right in the sixth.
Holtzman to the plate. This is no he's got the inside corner. Delayed call by put up our Lee Weier.
Holtzman gets in on the count at two and one.
Holtzman's pitch line deep the left field but right at Billy Williams.
Hyatt hit a shot. He really tagged the ball but right at Billy Williams.
Here's Bob Burda who's over three. Grounded to second in the second. Popped to second in the fourth. Grounded to short in the seventh. Left hander against left hander.
Holtzman delivers. Slider for a strike up around the letters on the inside part of the plate.
Holtzman working quickly delivers a breaking pitch high.
Holtzman a pleasure to watch a real fast worker. Pool around it all. One one pitch. Curve that high for ball two.
Two and one count of Bob Burda. Last ball foul to the screen. Holtzman and Burda go even at two and two.
Did you pitch low for ball three. Holtzman acted as if he thought he had that pitch over.
Three to pitch. Popped up in the center field. Phillips coming on. Kessinger and Becker go out. Phillips makes the catch.
That's out number two and Don Mason will be the batter. If you live in Woodland the comfortable beer is brought to you by Warren Yeager.
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Mason singles twice in his walk. Takes low for ball one.
And a single to center in the second. Single to right in the fifth. To a walk in the seventh. So perfect day thus far against the left hander.
For the left handed batting Mason. Breaking pitch is good for a strike. Holtzman. Mason even at one and one.
Two outs the bases empty. Top of the ninth. The Giants trail eight to nothing. Curve call strike two.
Holtzman's pitch outside with a breaking ball. Uneven count on Mason. Two balls two strikes. Two outs the bases empty.
Curve breaks outside for ball three. Look out three balls two strikes.
Pay off. One on a miss the ball game is over. Holtzman gets his chip strike out. No doubles in the inning for the Giants. No hits. No cover. No runners left on.
The Cubs win it by a score of eight to nothing. We'll have the game totals in just a moment.
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Ken Holtzman goes the distance on a nine hitter to shut out the Giants eight to nothing.
Holtzman tying his career high with ten strikeouts. A very fine ball game. Final totals for the Cubs eight runs eight hits no errors.
Firebunners left on the Giants no runs nine hits two errors seven left. Holtzman the winner now five and one on the year.
The losing pitcher raised the deck is now two and four on the season. Time of the game an hour and 59 minutes. Made attendance eighteen thousand five hundred and seventy two.
Now this is Bill Thompson for Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons reminding you to stay tuned for the Giants clubhouse which follows.
I'm inviting you to be back with us tomorrow evening for the Giants Pirates game from Pittsburgh.
Broadcast time four forty five the Pacific Daylight Time. Our engineers today were Rich Smalley and Bob Holmes. The final score again the Cubs eight the Giants nothing.
So fans that concludes another Giants baseball broadcast.
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