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The Pittsburgh Pirates faced the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field for a Friday afternoon game on May 27, 1977,
in which both teams were entering the game in an early season fight for first place in the NL East.
The Pirates were managed by Chuck Tanner in his first season as manager after replacing Danny Murtaugh.
The Pirates made it to the NLCS in 1974 and 75, but finished in second place behind the Phillies in 1976.
In this game they were sending John Candelaria to the mound, who was off to a hot start with a 6-0 record
and a 1.63 ERA, which included four starts in which he didn't give up and earn run.
The Chicago Cubs were looking to finish above 500 for the first time in five years under new manager Herman Franks.
This audio recording is from the Chicago Radio broadcast featuring announcers Levin Sloyd and Lou Boudreaux.
...and he was last year.
Grammarly, Candelaria throws a fastball and a curve.
He told me before the game, he says, no, he says, I haven't developed a change yet.
Stepping in, Yvonne DeJesus takes the fastball a little high to the right end of her ball one.
DeJesus batting 3-0-8 starting this series.
One homer, 16 runs batted in.
Wind up by the big south ball, here's the pitch.
Curve ball in for a strike, took a little bit off of it.
Enid Sloyd coaching a third and Alvin Duck in the coach's box at first.
Duffy Dyer the catcher.
Well he's started to have a big guy at first base.
Here's the wind up by Candelaria.
Misses outside with a curve ball.
Ball two, strike one.
Reddy Stenit playing just about up the middle to second.
Deep at shortstop is Frankie Tabaris, the third baseman, Phil Garner.
They have played for the A's.
We're a multitude of players.
Even at third, here's the wind up.
Fastball, Yvonne takes a cut at it.
Fouls it back out of play.
No score, bottom of the first inning.
Baseball between these two clubs out here in Great Big Field again tomorrow.
And on Sunday, and that closes out the homestand, we'll be on down at St. Louis Monday afternoon.
Candelaria ready.
2-2 pitch.
Ball, the A's takes a cut at it, fouls it, and it's back out of play.
In the on deck circle, Gene Clines.
Last year, in two games against the Cubs, Candelaria had one win, no losses.
They allowed only two earned runs in 18 innings against the Cubs a year ago.
Here's the swing and the drive in the right field.
It is wrapping in there for a base hit.
That's the first hit of the afternoon.
Dave Parker, a big guy, came in.
He couldn't quite get to it in time.
Tricking Texas League single to the opposite side.
Here's Gene Clines, who you know as the adrenaline pumping against the ball club that turned him a couple of years ago to the Texas Rangers.
Clines with 16 hits and 41 at bat, steps in, hitting 390.
Couple of homers, 18 runs by the end.
Stardull is not holding DeJesus on.
He is even with the back, but he's at least 10 feet off of it.
First pitch with a slow curve, and Clines takes first strike.
Runner-on at first base with nobody out at no score.
Candyman is ready.
Long look at first here as the pitch swung on.
Time, left field, but it's going to be caught by Oliver.
He comes over about 45 feet inside to left field line, hustles to throw into second base, and Clines is out of there.
Got around on it very well, but he couldn't get it out of here.
We've got a breeze blowing in here today.
That'll bring up Larry Bittner, left hander, hitting 315 for the year with a couple of homers, 21 runs about it in.
You know, the Cubs come in here today with a team batting average of 282.
That is the second best in the National League.
Only the Los Angeles Dodgers have a higher team batting average than do the Cubs, 282.
But against a guy like this, it can be awfully tough to get hits.
He lobs a toss over to first base.
DeJesus back in plenty of time.
Candelaria's earned run average is the best in the National League right now among the starting pitchers.
Here's the delivery. Call for a pitch out, runner not going, ball one.
Excuse me, this is a very unusual setup for starters.
Playing in front of the runner, not behind him.
And every pitch that Candelaria has thrown, he breaks towards first base to bring DeJesus back.
Here he goes. Here's the pitch. Here's Dyers throw to second. He is in there with a stolen base.
With a slow curveball for a strike call.
But he got a great jump on it.
That's one of the risks you take when they first baseman play.
The way Starjolt has played against DeJesus here.
So the Pirates, who are leading the league in stolen bases, have just had one done against him.
Steve on to Hayes.
As his ninth of the year, been caught five times.
Runner in scoring position, bottom of the first inning, an account of one and one on Larry Bittner.
The kick to pitch, fastball. Strike call on the outside corner.
Bittner not too happy with Doug Harvey's judgment on that one.
The cup opposition, by the way, mentioning that team batting average.
Two eighty-two, the opposition against cup pitching is hitting two fifty-nine.
One-two delivery coming up. Here it is.
Swung on a high flyball to Parker and going out instead at the second baseman.
It's Renny Stett at whooping the throw into second and he almost got a double play.
Pretty nice work.
Shortstop, Frankie Taveras taking that throw instead at what way after,
about ninety-five feet or so in the outfield grass.
To make that catch, he was just about facing the infield before he got rid of it in a hurry.
That would have been some double play.
Now Bobby Mercer stepping in.
Batting two eighty-six.
Six overs for this left-hander.
Twenty-nine runs about it in.
Right side of that infield is deep.
Gandoleri is pitched to him and he takes the strike.
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Fastball.
Mercer looks at strike two.
Good fastball.
Gandoleri is listed weight now, two twenty.
With that six feet seven inches of height, he looks like he's probably more at about two thirty.
Just twenty-three years of age.
Taking his eighth start.
He hasn't completed the game, but he has gone eight and two-thirds innings.
So to pitch, fastball, swung out and it missed.
Blew it by Rodney's eye.
Gandoleri, with a strikeout against Bobby Mercer and three pitches,
puts the Cubs down with no runs, one hit, one man left.
At the end of one, the Pirates will have Cal Oliver, Willie Stardale, and Renny Stinnett against Bill Bottom.
No score.
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Al Oliver, another left-hander.
They have three left-handers in a row, and that's why not with Parker, Oliver, and Starko.
And of course, the lead-off man, Marino, is a left-hander.
This would be a good time to have a left-hander in your starting rotation, wouldn't it?
Oliver, the veteran, hitting 311.
He swings, bounces one through the right side, a face hit.
Went after the first pitch by bottom and is on.
The high-bouncing single through the right side.
Willie Stodgill stepping in, veteran, hitting 306.
Seven home runs, 16 runs batted in.
As a team, the Pirates with 35 home runs this year.
Five more than the Cubs.
Starko twirling the bat as usual like a toothpick.
A throw to first base, Bittner standing on the back to hold Oliver on.
While he has good speed, he has not been too successful in stone of bases this year.
He has five, but he's been thrown out seven times.
The two key men, Marino, the lead-off man, and Taveras, who batted second, as far as stone of bases are concerned.
Here's a stretch to the pitch of fastballs.
Stodgill takes it to strike.
Willie with 395 home runs in his career.
18th in the all-time Major League home run list.
Four behind the retired Al Kaelin of the Detroit Tigers.
He's at a bundle of them right here.
Bottom of the stretch, a swing and a drive.
In a deep left-center field, Morales on the run.
He is there.
Fine running catch by Jerry Morales in deep left-center field.
Boy, with that left of that, it looks like it's going to be in there for extra bases.
And Morales getting a great jump on the run.
Steps the glove up high over his head.
All that in, and Oliver has to get back to first base, a beautiful play.
You know, Vincent, talking to Alvin Darn, he was amazed and surprised at the jump that Morales gets in center field on the ball off of the bat.
He didn't realize that he could play center field that well, and only because he gets that great jump on the ball can he do the job, and he's been doing the job.
He sure did it there.
Here is Rennie Stenett, with bottom, finally gets to look at another right-handed hitter, second one in their lineup.
Stenett hitting 290.
One homer, 14 runs by the dip.
Here's the pitch, swung on.
He hits a little Texas Linger.
It's going to drop into right field.
Here's Oliver going around.
Now he's way to third.
Mercer's throw.
He's wide.
He is safe with third base.
Well, he may not have a great stonemase record this year.
Oliver did an excellent job on that one, as the ball jammed.
Rennie Stenett, but he managed to hit a little looper that was out of the reach of Manny Treo, and in too close, of course, for Bobby Mercer to get to it.
And Oliver, with excellent judgment, able to go from first to third.
Goal was one out, Phil Garner, and they gave up a bundle for it to the Oakland A's, including one of the leading hitters in the Major League.
Mr. Page steps in, Garner a right-hander, playing at third base, replacing Richie Hebner.
Runners at first and third go to first.
And Stenett, who has 12 out of 17 total bases this year, is driven back by that throw by bottom.
He may go at any time.
There he goes.
Here's a swing, face it, right past bottom, into center field.
The Pirates on the board, they lead one and nothing.
Phil Garner, going after the first pitch, drilled it sharply back up the middle.
It just barely eluded the attempt of Phil Bottom to make the catch on it.
And once it did that, it was by it.
It was on his left side. I thought he might be able to get it.
Garner has just batted in his 14th run of the year, the third hit of the year.
And that brings up a hot-hitting catcher, Duffy Dyer, built above like a fire plug.
And this guy is hitting 325.
There goes the runner at first, and he's swinging at us, what they hit front on that time.
He fouled it, grab, sorry, I said it missed, he fouled it back out of play.
They just run constantly.
Dyer, in his last ten ball games, 11 for 27, he's hitting over 400 over that span of ten games.
There's a couple of homers, ten runs batted in.
Squared away stance, a throw to first.
There goes him, bothered attack, steady dude, went back in there, hit first.
Time call so he can dust off that light yellow set of pants that he's wearing.
Boy, these are some uniforms, one of about a half a dozen sets they've got.
He's got a big lead at first base.
All one delivery.
Fakes going and a pitch out, no play, and he got back. All one strike one.
He'll be going this time.
Still at 112, still the bases of the year.
But he got that souvenir foul ball out of the net, and a round of applause from the appreciative crowd there.
He still has a good lead at first. Bottom of left to check him.
He fakes a throw to third, hoping to get the runner at first base, didn't go in, but he was not.
While he faked a throw to third, he turned, faked one to first base, held onto the ball because he saw,
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He steps off the rubber, that stent again, scampers back to first base.
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Fakes going and a pitch of the ball too low, ball too strike one.
Stent it over at third. Bill Garner with a solid base hit up the middle, not at first.
Duffy Dyer, the hitter, with one out in the top of the second inning, one to nothing pitch first.
Stretched by bottom, and another pitch out and Garner not going.
He is three for two.
Three stolen bases and have been caught twice.
They like to double steal also.
Three one pitch he goes, there's a swing and a high fouled on the right field line, the wind pushing it into the box,
he's out of play.
Hit through on that side, ball three, strike two.
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Three two delivery instead, bottom started to throw to third base.
No play there with Randy Stentadon.
Dyer been a good hitter for them.
Now the stretch runner goes, here's a fastball taken for a strike, a throw to second, he slides, he's out.
A double play to retire this side.
They ran themselves right out of that second inning.
Like on Duffy Dyer, perfect strike by Mitterwald, Janelle Garner at second base.
And a double play, the 36th of the year by the Chicago Cubs.
And the Pirates in the second inning come up with one run, three base hits, one man left in the bases.
So at the end of one and a half, the Cubs come to bat with Pittsburgh leading one to nothing.
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Don Candelaria pitched out of a mild little jam in the first inning, and he blew three fastballs by Bobby Mercer.
Now faces Jerry Morales, who's made a very fine catch already in the ballgame.
In the first pitch, the cut right-hander's the ball.
Jerry hitting 269. Three homers, 24 runs, batted in. Here's the lineup.
Fastball up to the line, ball two.
Candelaria is the fellow who threw that no-hitter last August against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He's just 23 years of age. Here's a swing and a high foul down the left-field line out of play.
Could have a brilliant future. He has excellent control.
That, of course, is unusual for such a young pitcher.
I almost did, especially for a softball. Two-one pitch. Breaking ball.
Hit misses outside, three and one. He has only walked nine minutes this year in almost 52 innings.
Three-one delivery. Fastball. He misses outside.
Well, did I put the X on him by talking about his great control?
Didn't try to, but it's all right if we did.
That's the first walk. The Alvindar going over to talk to Morales.
Candelaria with his move makes it off like that.
Now, Starker is going over to talk to him to be sure they understand how Starker is going to be playing with the man on his first base.
De Asus was successful with a steal in the first inning when Starker was playing off the back, and he's doing it now.
Grillo stepping in and he takes the first pitch of strike at the knee.
Starker was playing just in front of the baseline, and he's about eight, nine feet off the back at first.
Most unusual position.
Edges back a little bit as Candelaria steps, throws, and the pitches foul back out of play, strike two on Grillo.
Manning hitting 360 for the year.
Second today, Parker, the pirate, starting this series in the National League of Hitting.
Three home runs for Grillo. 17 runs, about it is.
Stretch the pitch. Fastball. He throws his bat at it. Fouls it out of play way down the right field side.
Nothing and two on the Cubs' second baseman.
The bleachers are jammed. They're standing out there.
About all the guys are stripped to the waist.
Here's the pitch. Swung on a high fly ball into left center field. Oliver on the run. He's going to get there. He does.
Makes the one-handed catch, and Morales will scamper back to first basers one away in the bottom of the second inning.
That brings to bat Steve Onoveros.
He was telling me down around the batting cage today, he said, I don't know, he said, I just don't feel quite right. He said, I've got kind of a headache.
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He's going to wind up with a super day. Maybe it'll be that way for Onoveros today.
He could have had it right-handed against Candeleria. Here's the pitch.
And he takes a strike. Took a little bit off of that one. Came in on the outside corner. Steve hitting 322.
Couple of homers, 18 runs, about it in for the year.
That ball is ready. Here's the pitch. Swung on. He goes after a fastball just above the knees and fouls it sharply into the seats in the first base side.
It's nothing in two.
This is the only daytime action in the major leagues. Everybody else, way under the arch tonight.
Boy, what a beautiful day for a ballgame.
And a big series for both teams.
0-2 delivery instead, a lot of the toss to Starkham.
Scampered back to first base and it was just a toss, not a good pickoff throw.
Reno playing over in the left center.
Candeleria ready. 0-2 delivery, fastball, and he wasted away. Ball one, strike two.
George Winterwald in the on-deck circle.
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Sajil gets back to first base. Candeleria again gives a little toss over there.
But most of the time, Sajil is playing way off the bag and now he gets even farther off the bag at first.
Now he edges back, another step for Sajil.
Creeps back over again. Here's the pitch. Very high. Ball two, strike two. Let's pause for station identification.
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One gone, Pittsburgh leading 1-0.
Bottom of the second inning.
Candeleria into the stretch, steps and throws again to first base, and he again just lobs it over there.
Sajil goes back rather slowly.
Again the stretch by the left-hander. Here's the pitch.
Out of airs, piles the fastball down the right field side out of play.
Ball two, strike two.
It's 68 degrees here at the ballpark.
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Due to pitch, swung out of it.
Got him with a fastball down around his knees on the inside corner.
His second strike out of the ballgame. His 30th of the year.
That brings to bat George Middowall.
But Morales still out at first base.
Leadoff hitter in the first inning to Jesus Singles stole second.
That's as far as he got.
Now Morales throwing a walk to lead off this inning and they're two away.
Middowall takes the strike.
They got three hits in the top of the inning, which was ended with a double play on a steal attempt as the batter took strike three.
Middowall making a perfect take. Did a ace to get him at second base.
There's a strike call. He's looked at two beauties.
Candelaria has got big George in the hole, nothing in two.
Middowall with four homers this year, driven in 15 runs, and he's maintaining a 279 batting average.
The 0-2 delivery. Runner goes, he swings and fouls a fastball back out of play.
Nothing in two.
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The 0-2 delivery to Middowall.
He wasted high and outside. Ball one, strike two.
One-eighth-three-year-old John Candelaria.
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1-2 delivery.
One-on-a-high foul down the right field side. He didn't have much of a cut at that one.
Steigl chasing it, the wind pushing it, and it goes into the seat just beyond the first base dugout.
Now one of the reasons for the success of this Pittsburgh ball club this year,
they not only have a well-balanced attack, good hitting in here,
they also have better than expected pitching. Their staff earned run average is an excellent one, 3.36.
Candelaria leads them. There's a swing and a high fly down the right field line.
The wind pushing it, but coming over is Crocker. The big guy grabs it in fair territory,
just beyond the visiting bullpen, and that retires a side.
And Middowall didn't have much of a cut at that one either.
No runs, no hits, a walk, and again the Cubs leave a man on it.
At the end of two innings of play at Wrigley Field,
Candelaria is still lead off in the top of the batting order with the Pirates leading one to nothing.
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Although they went down in order in that first inning, but as soon as Oliver got on at the start of that second inning,
they could tell that there was going to be something brewing.
Well, this is an exciting ball club as long as you can run.
When you run, you put a lot of action into the ball game.
Candelaria will lead off.
He's 3 for 16, but he's made good use of those three hits.
He has four RBI.
First pitch to him, swing and a foul out of play, strike one.
Hirots lead the Cubs 1-0.
Candelaria, left-handed hitter.
Slow curve ball inside and low, 1-1 to count.
Morales playing at left center, playing Candelaria to swing late.
He does and fouls it off out of play.
One ball, two strikes.
Strike three called.
Candelaria thought that ball was going to be low.
First strikeout, second strikeout for Bonham.
Now here's the top of the order, Moreno.
Grounded to first base, Bittner, and he handled a play unassisted to open up the game.
Bonham's first pitch on its way, a curve ball swing and a miss.
He'll try to get on base. He's quick. He can run.
And Tiberius is playing in on the edge of the grass at third base.
Here's the strike one pitch.
Fastball attempts to bunt, but pops it up and Bonham has it just in front of the charging trio for the second out.
Two outs now, and here's Tiberius. Another speedster, shortstop.
Tiberius bunted and was out to Bittner.
Pirates one, Cubs nothing, top of the third inning. First pitch by Bonham, curve ball low, ball one.
One ball pitch, swing and a miss on another curve ball. That one was an overhand curve ball over the strike zone.
That's on account now, even though Tiberius is a right-handed hitter, Bonham Tiberius isn't giving him anything at third.
He's in on the edge of the grass.
Swing and a high chopping ball of the second baseman trio has it. Close to first in time.
In the third inning, no runs, no hits. Nobody left out base for the Pirates.
The Cubs come to bat trailing one to nothing.
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In the third inning, Bill Bonham will lead off the same as Candelaria did in the top of the inning. Bonham will be followed by DeJesus and Klein.
No other action this afternoon but St. Louis sitting by and they know that if they win tonight against Montreal, they'll gain a game on somebody ahead of them as the Cubs are ahead of them and also the Pirates.
Cubs two games ahead of St. Louis. Here's a swing and a miss by Bonham, strike one. While the Cardinals trail Pittsburgh by three and a half games.
Strike one pitch by the South Pole, fastball pop foul out of the net. Strike two.
Parker, the right fielder, only about 25 feet off of the right field line. Ball Reno, very shallow in center. There's a swing and a foul into the bullpen down the right field line.
Two strikes to Bill Bonham. Curveball popped up right behind second base. Stenit is there. Now he moves in and grabs it for the out.
Well, DeJesus, who's single, to open up this ballgame. He has the only hit of Candelaria thus far.
Pirates one, Cubs nothing. Third inning. Tall Candelaria into the lineup. There's the pitch. Fastball for a strike call says Doug Harvey.
One out, nobody on base. The pitch on its way. High, one and one to count.
Stardulant first, Stenit at second, Taberis at short and Gardner at third. One and one pitch, curveball popped foul. Talking about Gardner at third.
They traded for Gardner and Tommy Helms and a minor league pitcher by the name of Chris Batten, but they gave up Justy, Doc Middich, Rich Langford, Doug Blair.
Here's a swing and a foul ball to the right field. Parker's there, he has it. Two outs. That's not all.
They gave up Mitchell, Page, and a minor leaguer, Tony Armis. Mitchell and Page having a great season thus far with the Oakland Aves.
So they gave up quite a few men for Gardner, but he's filling the spot that was vacated when Hefner was traded to Philadelphia. Or I should say a free agent sign.
First pitch now to Klein, ball. Klein's flied out to Oliver at left field, first time at bat.
Two outs, nobody on base. Ball one pitch, swing and a foul into the upper deck. Oh, it hits the facade down to the folks below.
One and one to count now to Klein. Candelaria is ready. Here's the pitch. A fast ball and he fouls it down the right field line.
This is an indication that Candelaria's fast ball is a little quick for the bats or the Cubs thus far.
He really whips that ball in there and he's got a good curve ball with it. The pitch, there's the curve ball and Klein just called out on strikes.
Three strikeouts for Candelaria in the third inning for the Cubs. No runs, no hits, nobody left on base. At the end of three, Pittsburgh won the Chicago Cubs nothing.
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You know to describe these uniforms of the pirates, it's canary yellow pants trimmed down the side with two black stripes, then a white stripe in between.
They have a white jersey with red or yellow and black stripes along the jerseys.
They also have a complete black jersey.
Here's the first pitch to the first hitter here in the fourth inning, it's Parker.
He has a yellow helmet on.
They have an old timers cap on as the coaches wear with a yellow stripe just around the cap.
There's a pitch inside, one and one to count.
I don't know when and how they wear the black jerseys, but they are in the clubhouse swinging a foul out of play on one of Bonham's fastballs.
I think they've got about a half a dozen different kinds of uniforms.
A half a dozen?
Yeah, different kinds of uniforms.
Gonna lead the league sartorially.
And it's closing.
One and two pitch, a let up.
Foul down the right field line.
Right over the dugout.
They have bright yellow jackets, black sleeves with yellow stripes down the arms.
One ball, two strikes, here's the pitch.
Curve ball popped up.
3-0 back on the outfield grass at second base. Now he moves in to the dirt part of the infield and makes the catch for the out.
One out, Al Oliver.
Chuck Tanner says the reason Parker is hitting so well, even though he's a very fine hitter, he's 0 for 2 today, but he entered this ball game hitting 3-71.
It's because of this fellow at the plate.
Here's a strike called Al Oliver.
Bonham's next pitch, outside ball wide.
Oliver hitting 3-11 and he has one hit today.
Next pitch is inside.
Ball two, strike one, the pitch on its way, let up, tap foul.
That's Bonham's bread and butter pitch.
When he's in a ball game and has control with that good fast ball, he gets ahead of the hitters or even with them.
That let up is a great pitch.
The 2-2 pitch, swing and a ground ball to second baseman, Trio has it, tosses it to Bittner for the out.
Two outs in the fourth inning.
Pirates lead 1-0, scoring one run in the second inning.
When they touch the bottom, all of the three hits that they have thus far.
Here's Dodger with that, 395 clear home runs.
First pitch, curve ball low, ball wide, still to do up next.
Bonham is ready, ball one pitch is a let up, low, ball two, no strike.
The pitch on its way, half ball, first strike and he had a little extra on that one.
And you know he had to have an extra on it to get it past Tarjul because he would be swinging on a two-and-no pitch with two outs, nobody on base.
Two-and-one pitch, another fast ball but that one is just inside.
Three-and-one, so be careful of this one.
The pitch on its way, let up, tap, foul, down to the coach.
First base and now the count is three and two. Two outs, nobody on base, fourth inning, pirates lead 1-0.
Bonham is ready, gets his sign from the middle wall, here's the pitch, fast ball, there's one hit deep to left center, way back, climbs it near the wall and he has it.
Bonham was on his knees on the mound. He thought that ball was gone and so did a couple of other reporters and radio men.
But that win is cool, coming off of the lake and held it up, climbs took it for the outs.
In the fourth inning, no runs, no hits, nobody left on base.
At the end of three and a half innings of play, Pittsburgh 1, Cubs nothing. No runs, no hits, nobody left on base.
At the end of three and a half innings of play, Pittsburgh 1, Cubs nothing.
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Larry Bittner will lead off the fours inning for the Cubs.
And if that's the indication of how that wind is blowing and keeping that ball in the ballpark off of Star Joe's bat,
it'd be tough to get a home run today.
Here's the swing and a line done over Candelaria's head into center field for a base hit.
Bittner did wait.
Second hit for the Cubs.
Here's Mercer, who struck out in the first inning.
A nice swing run at first base for the Cubs, if they can move him around.
Star Joe's still off first base.
Don't make any difference whether a left-handed hitter or a right-handed hitter is at bat.
With a man on first, he's still off of the base.
Curve ball for a strike called to Mercer.
Bittner with his lead just behind Star Joe.
Now Candelaria has a sign.
He's into the stretch.
The pitch.
Swing and a one-hopper right to Star Joe.
He touches first but cannot throw to second.
Well, there's the merit of playing right there as Mercer hit that ball well, very hard.
Star Joe went after the ball and said, look at here, it's in its glove.
On a short hop, he was so startled, instead of forcing Bittner at second, he ran over and touched first.
Bittner advances to second.
One out.
Jerry Morales walked in the second inning.
First pitch to Jerry on its way.
Outside fastball.
Ball one.
Bittner with a tying run at the second base.
One out.
That Oliver is playing a shallow center field.
One ball pitch on its way.
Morales was going after the pitch but it was over the outside corner so he decided not to swing.
One and one to count now to Jerry.
Here's the one and one pitch by Candelaria.
Fastball swing and line drive.
Bates hit the center field.
Here comes Bittner.
Here is Oliver throwing the plate.
Cut off.
Star Joe throws to second.
Gets Morales.
But the score is tied.
That's exactly what the base runner is supposed to do.
Go on to second.
If the throw is to the plate.
And where Oliver was playing, it could have been close.
Star Joe, the cutoff man, seeing Morales go to second, cut off the ball.
And with one out, that allows the tying run to score.
But Morales is thrown out at second base.
But it's a brand new ball game.
One to one.
Morales is out eight to three to four.
Here's Treo at bat.
Curve ball for a strike call.
Each team now with one run, three hits.
Swing and a foul back to the screen.
Two strikes on Treo.
Cubs won, Pirates won, fourth inning.
The pitch from Candelaria inside.
Ball one, strike two as he wasted that one.
Here's the pitch on the way.
Swing and a foul back to the screen.
Treo just missing that good fast ball.
Candelaria now gets his sign.
He has his wind up.
He takes the pitch to Treo.
Fast ball coming here.
Twenty feet to the left center.
Way back.
Going, going.
Hey, get the good guy.
Danny Treo puts the Cubs ahead with his fourth home run of the season.
And you know very well that ball had to be tagged.
So the little fella has a lot of strength in those wrists and those arms.
As that ball landed in the second roll, in the bleachers, Cubs lead to the one.
Here is Onkverris at bat.
All right, ball one.
Ganner is not waiting.
He's going to warm up somebody right now.
He doesn't want to get the Cubs out in front by too many runs.
Another ball for a strike taken.
Jones is warming up.
A right-hander for the Pirates.
One and one pitch.
Check his swing in time.
They ask for the appeal.
First base up, Pirate Pryor says no.
He held up.
Cubs two, Pirates one, we're in the fourth inning.
The pitch down to Varus.
High outside, ball three.
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Ontiveros takes a strike over the outside corner.
Full count now, three and two.
Bittnero from the off the inning with a single.
Mercer grounded out to Stargell.
Morales single in a tying run.
And then Pryor hit a hole down.
There's the ground ball.
Mads Gardner for a base hit.
And Delaria, curved out to Varus on the three and two pitch.
But he was protecting the plate and shot a single to left field.
That's the fourth hit in the inning for the Cubs.
And now, three-fourths of that infield is around and Delaria to try to settle them down.
I think the home run by Pryor really upset them because Stargell,
in this reporter's opinion, hit one as hard as he could to left center.
Bonham thought it was out, but it was high enough that the wind held it in for Klein.
Sherry, pitching coach, now out there talking the candle area.
Two outs on to Varus at first base and middle wall to hitter.
Cubs lead 2-1.
Middle wall levels about over the plate.
Candelaria's set.
Here's the pitch.
Fastball first strike call.
Stargell once again.
He's playing about eight feet or ten feet off of the bag.
The pitch.
Curveball.
Swinger groundball to third baseman.
Gardner has it.
Throws to Stargell for the out.
That closes the fourth inning, but not before the Cubs score.
Two runs.
Four hits.
One man left on base.
At the end of four complete innings of play, Cubs 2-Pittsburgh.
Cubs 0-1.
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They have a crowd of still buzzing here at the ballpark after that
smash off the Badamanti Trio, the fourth home run of the year.
All of them have come in this month of May, and all of them out here at Wrigley Field.
And Bill Bottom now, nursing a one-run lead, will be facing Renny Stennett,
the second baseman who's singled in the second inning.
Bill Garner, who's singled and drove in their only run of the day,
and then the catcher, Duffy Dyer, with the runner going from first base
and two strikes on Dyer, he struck out and Minnerwald's perfect peg to DeJesus
nailed Garner for a double play.
Renny Stennett now hitting just about 291 or 292 for the year.
Wind up on the first pitch.
Curveball, it's a little bit low, ball one.
Well, we've got a couple of young fine baseball players we want to talk about here in a moment.
From Northwestern, one old pitch, swung out, he lines a deep foul down the right field side out of play,
one-on-one on him.
A fellow who led the Big Ten in hitting this spring from Glenbrook South,
Jr. up at Northwestern, Kirk Brooks, all he did is hit 442 for the Wildcats.
Fastball fouled out of play way to the upper deck on the right side.
One and two.
Baseball coach, the Wildcats' George McKenna out here this afternoon
with his business manager, Ed Lutz.
They also had the leading RBI man of the Big Ten up at Northwestern, sophomore Dave Hogue.
Here's the pitch.
Light up, swung on, ground ball, deep in the hole, the acer's long throw.
He is out safe at first base.
Minner with a long stretch.
Across the infield must have had his foot an inch or so off the bag.
Paul Breyer has ruled that the speed he read or he's sent it, he is on at first base.
That play.
Minner thought they had him.
Infield single and sent it is 2 for 2.
Left to keep an eye on him, he has 12 stolen bases and 17 attempts.
Garner, good hit and run man stepping in.
Right hander, singled in a run in the second.
Fomally with the A's, a throw to first.
Send it back standing.
Ten catcher, sophomore Dave Hogue.
Let the Big Ten in, runs batted in with 57.
Here's the pitch.
Fast ball into tight, just above the knees to the right hander hitting Garner.
1 and 0.
Pirates with a potential tying run on it first on an infield single.
Remember they love to run.
Stretched by a bottom, the runner doesn't go.
Swing and a high fly ball to the left fielder, Gene Client is going to be caught.
He waits, comes in a few steps ahead of baby.
One gone.
So Garner can't get the man up to second.
That'll bring up the catcher, Duffy Dyer, who's struck out in the second.
That resulted in a double play and retired the side.
The 13th time the Duffy has spanned this year.
He has been hitting well.
Bottom of the pair strikeouts for the day, giving up four hits.
Putting the infield single here by Stenett.
Right hander into the stretch.
Pitch to Duffy, swung out, he loops a high fly ball down the right fielder line.
Mercer coming over, coming over, crosses the line and the wind pushes it into the box seats.
Out of play.
Boy, it really had an effect on that one.
With a high sky here today, bright sky, and the wind blowing the way it is,
right fiel can be very, very tricky.
Just about any spot can be a free field on a day like this.
But despite that strong wind blowing in Manny Treo, line to Homer.
That has given the Cubs the lead, 2-1 here in the fifth.
Bottom working on the catcher, Duffy Dyer.
Go to first, slides back in, hit first safely.
Strike one pitch coming up.
Here's the stretch.
The kick to pitch, way low and outside, ball one, strike one.
Stenett is given no indication of going.
Dyer now looking down to the third base coach, Dill Lanette,
to see whether or not they might have a hit and run or whether the runner might be trying to go.
He has a pretty good lead.
Bottom steps off the pitching rubber.
Dyer steps out of the batter's box.
Stenett still with a pretty good lead now.
His bottom plants that right foot back in the rubber.
Watch another set of signs.
He's got it, he's ready.
Drows to first, runner back safely.
Pretty good move that time by Bill.
Boy, these are really colorful uniforms.
These pirates are worrying.
One off, one one delivery, another throw to first.
And he falls back in the back safely again.
Doesn't bother to shake much of the dirt off those right lemon yellow pants.
There he goes.
He's got the pitch out, Middlwald's throw.
He hates to put the drag on him, he gets out.
Beautiful work.
Middlwald, coming, he's coming.
All for the pitch out.
Stenett, Dill on his back on a second base.
Looks like he might have hurt his back.
Trying to go in there.
He's been shot down for the sixth time this year out of 18 attempts.
Middlwald is two for two against the pirates here today in stunted base attempts.
Trainer out there talking, checking where he's Stenett.
He had that right leg extended well out in front of him.
The peg had him beat by plenty.
The ace is putting the tag on him.
Hard on his back into second base, they're helping him do his feet now.
Al Monchak and the trainer, Tony Pateroma out there, he's flexing his knees.
Now he's going to walk off under his own power.
Middlwald has made two fine pegs.
But he sensed that one was coming.
Just as we did, we saw Stenett extend that lead after Lynette had given another set aside to the hitters.
So the count is two and one.
There's a strike call right at the knees.
All two strike two.
Bases are empty.
So the two to one lead, we're in the fifth inning.
Bottom on the windup, here's the delivery.
That ball broke into the dirt.
Ball three, strike two on Duffy Dyer.
The pitcher, due up next.
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Windup three, two pitch.
Dyer takes the fastball, just misses inside at the knees.
That's the first walk issued by Bottom, and it brings up the pitcher.
Twenty-three year old John Candeleria.
Looked at strike three when he led off the third inning.
Stretch the pitch.
Fastball swung out, a bouncing ball back to the mound.
It's going to be easy.
He's got it by 20. That retires a sign.
Easy one hopper.
No runs for the Bucks in the fifth.
One hit, a walk, then caught stealing.
One man left on.
So the Cubs come to bat at Wrigley Field in the bottom of the fifth inning, and Bill Bottom is going to lead off.
The Cubs are leading two to one.
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Bottom popped up when he let off the third.
Candler, he has a windup, the left hander's first pitch, fastball,
Swagati's late, bowels it down the right field line, into the box, seats out of play.
Steve, right one on Bill.
Windup the pitch, curve, misses outside, ball one, strike one.
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One-one pitch, strike call, the fastball, one and two.
Ken Brett going after his sixth one of the year, facing the catfish.
Hunter, one and three for the Yankees.
One-two pitch, fastball, taken, press right.
He thought it was going to be outside at the knees, but the call goes to John Candleria,
the 23-year-old left hander, as his fourth strike out of the day.
He starts today with the best turned run average of them, the regular starting pitchers in the National League.
Candleria does. That homer off of him was only the third he's given up this year.
Here's Yvonne DeJesus, who's single, stolen second, and flied to right.
Right hander swings, a fastball jams him, he piles it back out of play.
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Hole one, did a brief. DeJesus tries to bunt the fastball, gets it out near the mound.
Candleria picks it up, whirls and throws. He's got him.
DeJesus really hustling down the line. He got it a little bit nearer the pitcher's mound than he wanted to.
Candleria off the mound in a hurry. He's a good athlete.
Not every pitcher can feel that position that well, but his momentum, of course,
carries him a bit off the mound towards the third base side, and that helps him in that spot.
The base is empty for Gene Clines, who's flied to left and looked at strike three today against these old Pittsburgh teammates.
Shot of the day hitting 390. Here's the pitch. Right hander ticks. Fastball's a little high, ball one.
Nobody on. Two-gov, two-to-one scorecups. Bottom of the fifth. Wind up the delivery. Swung on. Fouls it. Over to the first base side.
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Candleria in the wind up. One-one delivery. Fastball swung on. He fouls it back out of play.
This guy is big and strong. He can challenge you with that fastball.
He did with Trejo. Matt, he responded to that challenge with his fourth home run of this month of May.
Now the wind up. One-two pitch. Swung on. A high pop-up into right field. Dave Parker is there.
Ripping in into his left. The big fellow gloves it one-handed. And the Cubs in the fifth inning go down in order.
Now at the end of five at Wrigley Field. Pittsburgh will send the top of the batting order up against Bill Bottoms with the score that Cubs do.
The Pirates won.
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Bill Bottom will be facing Omar Marino. He tried to bunt his last time up in the third and he popped it up to the pitcher.
He ground it out to Larry Binder when he let off the ball game.
So he's all for two today. Left-hander with excellent speed, a good man to keep off the bases.
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One-one pitch, dips a little low, two-and-one on Marino.
Ball to strike one. Dangerous guy to let reach.
Bottom has not been behind many hitters. Here's the pitch.
Fastball and he fouls it out of play to the left side.
Bottom looks like he's determined that this guy is going to get out. He's going to have to hit his way on.
Came in with a good fastball.
Marino carried that black bat to the plate.
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Here's a swing at him as he got it. A good fastball.
Right about hip high and in on him.
Three strikeouts for bottom today.
Thirty-six for the year for him.
Here's Frankie Taveras.
When he tried to reach with a butt in the first inning,
ball bounced up and hit him when he was out in front of the plate in fair territory.
Then he bounced out. Look out, pitch inside and it nicks him on the left hip.
I think it's on the hip, maybe the hand.
What's for the trainer? Tony Bodderoam is coming out to check one of his players, but he says he's okay.
It's not a fastball. Just didn't break.
Well, they got a golf club in that right hand.
They wear his golf clubs or batting clubs on both hands when he's on the bases.
Maybe to protect his hands when he slides.
It's fastball. They have the potential tying run on base.
Left-hander Dave Parker to be followed by another left-hander to be followed by another left-hander.
Parker, 0 for 2, is lined to left field and throw the first. He's back safely and he's popped up.
He started the day hitting 371.
Dick left-hander, great skill. There's a throw to first and he almost picked him off.
Parker is determined to win the National League Batting Championship this year.
He says, not only this year, he says, I think I can do it several times. He's too big to argue with.
Another throw to first and he had a little bit more steam on that one. He would have nailed it.
One gone.
Another throw to first and DeVaris is back safely again. Bittner almost lost it that time on the throw from bottom.
DeVaris has their best record. He's 18-3. Leads them in stolen bases.
Doing a little drop-throd over there to try to get himself loosened up.
He makes the tying run at first base.
Now he takes a pretty good lead over first. Bottom end of the stretch. Wheels another throw.
That is hand bound the bag just in time to avoid being picked up.
Got to keep these guys on.
Middlwald has thrown out two men today trying to steal. Here's the stretch. There he goes. Pitch-out. Middlwald throws.
He slides. He's safe. Back by Middlwald. Despite the pitch-out, had a little difficulty getting the ball in his grasp.
Then he tried to hurry the throw and it was too high.
That's all it takes for a guy like DeVaris to get in there with a stolen base his 19th of the year.
Shot not only three times.
George had the right idea. Call for the pitch-out.
Then there is just a fraction of a second there while he was getting the ball in his grasp out of that catcher's bin.
And he hurried the throw and it sailed up high.
Runner at second with one away. Bottom wheels but makes no throw to second base. Nobody covering.
Now the shortstop gets in. He throws and he's back in safely.
Working hard to keep that man close to second base.
He's got to concentrate on the hitter. Here's the pitch. Swim out of it. Beauty.
Roped down sharply. Good sinker.
Parker with eight homers this year including a grand slammer last Sunday against the Dodgers.
They split that four-game series with the Western Division leaders.
Bottom ready with a 1-1 delivery. Here it comes.
Fastball swung on fouled right up in front of our booth, up out of the net.
Ball one, strike two.
Parker was not a very high draft choice by the Pirates.
A lot of ball above were fearful that the football knee injury had suffered.
Quite a steel bird. They want to protect him.
Ball one, strike two remains the count as Winterwald goes out to talk to bottom.
Parker, the right fielder, and of course there's constant comparison with him and the late great Roberto Clemente.
But as so many say, there's only one Clemente.
Last year he hit 313. Drove in 90 runs.
Bottom has his work cut off. One-two pitch. Fastball swung on. He bounces over the pitcher's mound.
Baris holds. The aces charge to then pick it up, throws his sink.
But there is going to be interference called as the Baris, the runner, interferes with the ball.
And the aces try to make the pick up on that ball.
And I want to congratulate the clicker face sub-bire Andy Olson.
He did not hesitate after that runner was out at first base and making that call.
Ball was a high chopper over the pitcher's pound on the shortstop side and the aces had to almost literally push
the Baris out of his way to get to that ball.
And that you cannot do if you're a base runner. You've got to give that fielder a chance to get to that ball without any interference or obstruction.
Chuck Tanner, out there beeping about it, but he has got to lose this argument.
And he's out. And look at this crowd roar.
Right at the aces with the put on. And Plucker will be on at first base.
I think they'll just reel in a fielder's choice for him.
Stick around. There may be a lot happening, not only the rest of today, but the rest of this weekend, as these two teams are really keyed up.
Al Oliver stepping in at a throw to first base, face to keep Plucker on. Despite his size, he can fly.
Left-hander Al Oliver swings and he misses. Strike one and a healthy gun.
They rolled it just as we gave it to you. Fielder's choice in the put out to the shortstop to aces.
Here's the pitch. Al Oliver lifts that front foot and he takes it low, ball one, strike one.
He does that, Al Oliver. Larry Bittner, out of the great mellow out, lifts the front foot.
This is the pitch approaching it. Throw to first and Parker back in safely.
Let's see Parker's big. He's 6'5", about 230. He'll be 26 in June.
Here's the pitch. Oliver was going to butt. Minterwald asks the appeal and he is out of there.
It's a strike, I should say, not out of there. A little premature.
He was going to claim that he did not go through with a butt attempt on the pitch around his knees, but Minterwald quickly asked for the appeal and he won it from Crawford, the third base up fire.
So the count on him, one and two. Bottom of throw to first. Look out, he almost threw it away.
Bittner had to come way off the back, prevented from going into foul territory.
Two to one score. Cubs leading. Pirates batting in the sixth with two away.
They have four hits off bottom. Cubs have five, including trios. There goes the runner, a swing and a drive into left field. That's going to be enough for a base hit.
Here comes Parker to win it third. Clines, slips and falls. Parker is going to score the tying run.
A liner down the left field line. Gene Clines lost his footing as he hustled over just beyond the couple bend, trying to keep that ball.
In there so that Parker would not be able to score. But suddenly as spikes went out from under him, Parker, as I just told you a moment ago, can really turn it on.
Seeing that was able to keep right on going. And it will be a double and a run batted in for Al Oliver.
And the ball game is tied to a piece and Willie Starkle steps in there not going to pitch to him. He will be walked intentionally.
Hit number five for the Pirates.
An intentional base on balls given now to Willie Starkle.
Willie starting the day hitting three oh six. He hit a drive his last time at bat that looked for all the world as though it would go into the bleachers for Al Oliver.
But the wind pushed it back in.
And then Jerry Morales robbed him of extra bases with a great running catch in the second inning.
He's hit the ball hard twice. Rather than face him, they're going to work on Renny Stenit, a right-hander, with runners at first and second.
Two gone, it's tied at two.
Stenit, two for two today. It didn't field single, but they face it into right field.
Bottom into the stretch. First pitch, very high, ball one, let's pause for station identification. This is WGN Chicago.
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Bottom getting his side. Stenit and tough hitter, feet close together.
Here's the pitch to it. He swings. Chops one to Onabaris at third. Should retire the side. Here's the fake defense. There he's got him.
He bounces out to Onabaris.
So the attempts are warped to start the base off, but they tie it up.
Strikeout, a hit batsman, stolen base, then an interference call against the runner.
A fielders choice, and a double by Oliver ties it up. The only hit in the inning.
Two men left on. The Cubs come to bat in the bottom of the sixth at Wrigley Field.
Bittner, Mercer and Morales to face John Candeleria, Pirates two and the Cubs two.
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Binder single gleaning off the fourth inning. Single sharply at the first pitch up the middle.
And he came in on Jerry Morales' base hit.
He's one for two today against Candelaria, the wind up in the pitch.
Takes one that drips inside, ball one to Larry.
You know, right now Dave Parker and Manny Treo are only two points apart in their batting average for the leadership of the National League.
Passball a little high, 2-0. Parker right now, according to my figures, hitting.364.
And Treo hitting.362.
2-0 delivery to Binder. Here it is. Passball swung on and he fouls it down the left field side out of play. It's 2-1.
Big group of 110 here from Chicago today representing the American Invesco Company.
Eloise Metlair in charge sitting at section 110 and 11.
And they're seeing a honey of a ball game. 2-1 delivery.
Passball, the big guy misses outside. It's 3-1.
From Northbrook, a welcome to the Boys Town Alumni Association. Jimmy O'Connell with him.
Binder with a 3-1 pitch coming up levels of bat. Here's the wind up and the pitch swung on.
He hit under it, fouled it back up out of the net. 3-2 on it.
Galean, Michigan. Dennis Miller with a group from Galean High School.
From 36th up. Perfect one.
Wide up 3-2 pitch. Passball, Binder swings. Ground ball, makes it.
And it's a big guy. Oh, exactly.
That gear part. There was a ball going right up the middle.
Here is what happened. It hit the bag at second and parried sharply over to the shortstop side.
And there was Taveras to grab it on the run and throw him off.
There's a situation where the bag at second dropped Larry Binder of a hit.
And it was going right up the middle.
What a wild game this is.
I apologize for being premature in the call. If it doesn't hit the bag just exactly the way it did, he's on.
Here's Bobby Mercer. Takes the bat and takes the strike.
He is struck out and grounded out today.
I have never seen it happen just like that.
He had to Larry, he had to go over there and pass that second base bag and gratitude. Big fellow delivers the ball outside.
Took a little off of it.
It's a good pitcher though. Takes nothing away from him.
Flash ball, he swings and misses. 1-2.
Our neighbors at WGM, Gordon Tech High School.
We have a group out here today. Gordon Tech, a group of 20. Gregory Foterik in charge.
Ball one, strike two, pitch to Mercer.
Flash ball, he picks it outside, 2-2.
The group from Michigan, from Grand Rapids. 43, from the Northeast, junior high, Grand Rapids here.
Ball two, strike two, pitch. Mercer gets under it.
Hey, that ball is bad. Keeps it right field.
Back to the ball.
It is a goal.
3-2 Bobby Mercer.
Bobby played a second and just plays that pitch triumphantly.
That's for Bobby and 7th, Mel Ringer of the year.
Oh, a back roll. Isn't that a beautiful sight? You couldn't be sure.
Big, big welcoming delegation in that tough dugout.
Tough second home run of the day.
Now Morata steps in. Takes the curve for a strike. Let me tell you.
Could be a two run lead. Except for that crazy ball off the man of Bittner that hit the bag at second and deflected to the shortstop.
There's his wing. Hey, that ball is hit way back in the net.
Hey, high up the line. That is going to be a stand up double.
Al Oliver leaps as high as he could go. And he just missed making a successful catch. And Morata's just missed a bell ringer.
As it is, it is a stand up double.
As Candelaria beginning to come up with his pitches a little bit.
May not belong for Wrigley Field today.
But a great, superb effort by the left fielder, Al Oliver. Went back right near the 353 foot mark in left field.
368 foot mark rather. But he just couldn't get to it.
So a homer by Bobby Mercer. Now a double by Morales. Chuck Tanner has gone out to clock to Candelaria.
He has a very slender right hander, Kip DeCovey, throwing in the bullpen.
Morales today, a walk, a single, a double. And driven in a run. He's 2 for 2.
And Manny Trejo stepping in.
Hovered in the fourth inning to give the Cubs a temporary lead. They got it back.
There's the ball. Too low.
The last homer Mercer hit was on that day against the Potters when the Cubs hit 7-0.
The look at second, the pitch to Cleo. And he takes the ball inside. 2-0.
Remember that one by Mercer that day on a 3-0 pitch? A foot misker.
Shortly thereafter was traded to St. Louis from San Diego.
2-0 delivery. Cleo takes. It's a strike right at the knees, 2-1.
That's the game, of course. That's 7-0 game by the Cubs at day 1. Fairly in the lead, 23-6.
Lutter at second. Cubs leading 3-2. Candelaria's pitch.
Flung out a high fly ball. Parker drifting back. He's got plenty of room. He's under it.
Dallas will hold at second base. That Parker's got a good arm. 2-0.
Now Steve Onabera stepping in. He's singled in the fourth inning.
Grilled one just out of the reach of the third baseman, Phil Garner.
He's in here to give the Cubs a two-run lead.
Mercer's seventh. Bell ringer of the year giving the Cubs a lead.
3-2 here in the sixth. The pitch. Onabera takes a strike right at the knees.
Rallis at second. It'd be nice to get him in.
Candelaria looks, delivers. Low and inside. 1-1 on Onabera.
Steve started today hitting 3-22. The single in the fourth helped his batting average a little bit.
Don Candelaria in the stretch. Fast ball. He swung on it and he was a little late.
Fouled it into the grandstand section over behind first base.
Bruce Sutter working in the cup bullpen.
With these two squads, Sutter for the Cubs, the goose, Rich Gossage for the Pirates.
You have two of the finest relief pitchers in the league.
But it is not Gossage. It's Kukolki in their bullpen. Here's the pitch.
Fast ball misses outside at the letters 2-2.
Comes with a pair of home runs today. Mercer making it to the right field.
And Treo lining the shot into the window of the bleachers and left.
Two out for under a second. Here's the 2-2 pitch coming up.
Onabera takes the fast ball to 2-high, ball 3, strike 2.
Steve steps out of the batter's box for a moment.
Now getting himself settled in again.
Straightaway stance when he bats right-handed, choking up on the bat just about an inch.
The 3-2 pitch swung around a fast ball foul right under the upper deck on the first base side.
It winds up in the box seats.
Marty Shouk, pitching coach, standing alongside Bruce Sutter in the cup bullpen.
Sutter just standing now watching the action.
And Delirious on the hill delivers. 3-2 pitch is high for ball 4.
Missed with a fast ball and now to bring up George Smidawold.
This kid has excellent control. That's only his second walk today and only the 11th of the year by Delirious.
Smidawold has flied to right.
Did not have a good cut then because he got himself with a hole 0-2 right up the bat.
Last time at bat he bounced out to Garner at third. Here's the pitch. Swung out a miss.
Good job George.
He's made two perfect throws at second today.
Shot down two of the pirates trying to steal. One has done it on him. Here's the pitch.
Swung out and he fouls it into the upper deck.
Back behind the plate. Nothing can do. He's in the hole again.
The number by Bobby Mercer that's given the Cubs a lead here in the sixes is 181st in his career.
Hole 2 delivery. Wasted high and inside. Ball 1 strike 2.
Norm Jacobs out here today.
Looks up at great baseball digest magazine.
Pitch. Smidawold swings. High fly ball. The left fielder Al Oliver waiting for it.
He should grab it. He does. And bat retires the side.
Got under it just a little bit too much. But Mercer, 7th over of the year, here in the sixth inning, has given the Cubs a lead.
He hits a walk and two men left on.
And we got a honey of a ball game here at Wrigley Field today.
At the end of sixth, the Cubs lead the Pittsburgh Pirates 3 to 2.
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What a ball game.
Two contenders for the Eastern Division in the National League.
So far, the Cubs have asserted itself on homers by Trio and by Mercer.
And although you're crazy, crazy, they bludgeoned off the second base back, prevented Mercer's ball from being a two run shot.
Because just ahead of it, Bittner had hit what appeared to be a base hit, but it tarnished off the back at second right over to the shortstop.
Now the bottom third of the batting order stepping in for the Pirates, and leading off is Bill Garner, right-hander.
Singled and flied to left. Bottom's first pitch is a little high. Ball one to Garner.
The copy's still throwing at her bullpen. In the on-deck circle, the catcher, Duffy Dyer, then will be looking for a pinch hitter.
Perhaps one-oh pitch. Plung on a hard ground ball. The ace is to his left. Bobbleton picks it up, throws. He is safe at first base.
That will be an error against the Cubs normally sure-handed shortstop.
You know, that's only the Cubs' 32nd error of the year at playing Super Bowl.
But Garner reaches to open up the seven. Duffy Dyer will be the hitter.
And then, you know, it's all the press conference today. He said it's going to be the most important since he has moved his A's out from Kansas City to Oakland.
Well, Charlie has announced he's going to cut ticket prices in half for the games that the A's play at home Monday through Thursday.
Duffy Dyer and the right-hander takes it inside for a ball. Pretty good bargain.
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Out of air, sneaking up the line at third, Justin Case Dyer tries to bust.
The honor out is first. Hot Steely, first time he was on base. There's a swing. He's out in front. He drills it deep and foul. Way down the left field side, it's one-on-one.
If you saw that NBA game last night, after it was pretty much decided the fourth quarter, a pretty good fight broke out.
That two of the participants, Darrell Huck Dawkins and Lori Lucas, have been fined a pretty heavy blaster, $2,500 a piece for their part in that fight.
Bottom steps off the pitching rubber, takes another look at Conner as good lead at first. Dyer, hit a hot hitter.
Go to first. Not his best move of the day, and the runner back in standing.
Commissioner of the NBA, Larry O'Brien, made that an Oxford $2,500 fine.
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One-one pitch. Shrug out of there's beauty. F.I.T. down and away. Ball once, strike two.
O'Brien has issued a warning to both the coaches to avoid further problems, according to word just turned into our newsroom.
Nice shoe, Jack Ramsey. Throw to first, he's back safely. Nobody out, that's a tying run at first base.
Doctor reaching on the error. Duffy Dyer, the catcher. One-two delivery. Swung out, he taps one to the left side.
Could be trouble, Onabarra's picking up throws. Just in time to get the runner at second base.
A fine recovery on a very slow roller to the left of the cup third baseman, Steve Onabarra's. Cut it to three-oh just barely in time to erase starter.
And we'll have a pinch hitter hit hot. Our catcher. Hot as oil for two is a pinch hitter this year.
That's 11 hits for the seat and one of them a double. One homer driven in six runs. Hot for the 262 batting average. A left-hander.
And the Larry is out of there.
And among the cup seven hits today, a line smash off the bat of Ante Creel into the wind in left field and Bobby Mercer watching one over the right field wall.
And the Cubs as a result of that homer have a three-two lead here in the top of the seventh with one out. Hot, a big swing out of it. Strike one.
Duffy Dyer, the runner at first, Bittner is not holding him on. Laying behind the bag, here's the pitch. The left-hander takes a fast ball outside of the knees. It's one to one.
Group of senior citizens here today from Loda, Illinois. 46 of them. Robert Curry in charge.
The stretch by bottom. The pitch. Hot swings, then he misses. What a cut. What a two. Bottom is struck out three. Hit one batter.
Two. They look for a run in the second and a run in the sixth. One to delivery. Hot swings and he looks a little foul into the seats in the third base side. One and two.
And the school groups here today from St. Paschal School. 31 of them. Bob Hubert in charge. St. Paschal from Chicago.
A nervous ball game. One-two delivery. Hot swings, then jam of the fast ball and he fouls it back and still one and two in the left-hander.
Group from the Ironworkers District Council of 35. Figure this one out. It's Rags Squirrel Day. One-two pitch. Swim out of his bottom-legged body.
And out hit the pitch hitter has struck out. Two away. Now Omar Marino to be the hitter. Fourth strikeout of the day. The third one was Marino when he let off the sixth inning.
Splendorous feature. Boy, he can fly. Not a great hitter. But he moves the ball around pretty well.
He moves around a bit in that batter's box. Here's the pitch to him. He swings at him at the bottom of the good fast ball. Bruce Sutter, Barney Shook, still standing shoulder to shoulder down in the bullpen.
A stretch by the right-hander to the pitch. Takes the strike. Change on him and he took one right at the knees. Bottom was probably the best change up of any pitcher in the league.
Had a good fast ball. He is out front on two with a runner at first and two gone at the top of the seventh inning. And the crowd really with it. Here's the stretch. The kick to the pitch. Fast ball. He wasted it high and away. Ball one strike two with the left-hander hitter.
Guarding the line is Klein in left field. Playing this guy to swing late, Burscher gives him right field. One-two-bitch. Swung out of it. Strike three. Blew it tight. And bottom.
He drops him out. His fourth and fifth strikeouts in the ball game here in the seventh inning. And he's getting quite a hand as he goes into the cup dugout.
Seventh inning stretch in Wrigley Field. The score, the Chicago Cubs three, the Pittsburgh Pirates two.
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One of the big groups we mentioned earlier today that's out here, a couple hundred or so, sitting down the third base line, left field line, waving the cup banner to Bennett.
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The next elevation point. Cubs are going so far today. But it's only a long run lead and the splendor right hander gets to Colby. The new pitcher, Candidarius, lifted after working six innings, gave up seven base hits including homers by Treo and Bobby Mercer.
Colby always wears those sun shades, ears down. All right hander. Fired the first pitchers, strike the bottom. Gets a good hand. Colby built just about like a three iron.
He lined up in the pitch. Sinker swung out a miss, nothing in due. They've got a good bull fit but this guy, the deuce rich Garci is coming along well now as Jerry Forster.
0-2 delivery. Bottom tries to hold up any swing. The pitch is low and outside. He held in time, 1-2. Colby is 1-3 in relief this year. Been in 20 games. An excellent earned run average, 1.63.
Here's the pitch. That is a breaking ball that misses outside. Ball two, strike two. He's about 6'4. Looks like he weighs 100 pounds. Shoken weight.
Starts to wind up. 2-2 pitch. Swung on. He jams him with a sidearm fastball and he hits a foul down the right field side. Telling me before the ball game today that Parker is telling me, and he says, I wish I had your body that slung your waistline and all the rest of it with my muscles.
Colby says there's no way in the world you can pack that much muscle into this frame. Here's a swing and a ground ball to stockle the first baseman. He flips to the pitcher covering and bottom is out of there. He's open up the bottom to 7th inning.
Yvonne DeJesus, the hitter. Single still second in the first inning. Nobody could bring him in. And he flied out to the right field of Parker. Rided a bunch but he got it too near the mound. He's last time at bat.
And Condon at Candler area. Starting pitcher. Drew him out. So he's 1 for 3 today. Pirates with 5 hits. The Cubs have 7. And 2, the Cubs hit the Ben Holmers. The Cubs with a 3-2 lead and the Colby winds.
And the hitter flung on. Bounces and fouled on the third base side. He's up there by Garner. Reginald Aldridge tells us that we've got a big group from the Libertyville Post Office out here today.
They come out to check the mail. The Colby peering through those sunglasses. Hands on his knees. Now stocks the wind and the 0-1 delivery. Taking for a strike.
Nothing and 2 on Yvonne DeJesus. Tomorrow the 2Rs. Russell for the Cubs. Rooker for the Pirates who's slated to be the mound opponent here.
Holgerbich. Sidearm sticking fastball. Ball wasn't striking a little low. Center fielder Marino. Very, very shallow 3-1. About as shallow as I've seen anybody play against him.
He's got a fastball. He takes strike 3. And Yvonne Trenches says, ah, I can't believe it. He does now as he walks back to the dugout. He has looked at strike 3. 2 gone in the seventh inning.
Veteran Doug Harvey working beyond the plate. Not only a fine umpire and a good daugher, but he's a pretty good collector of rare books. Gene Clines 0-3 stepping in.
Slide to left to right and in between he's looked at strike 3. It's all be Yvonne's sidearm curve and he misses low and away. Slow twister. Ball 1 to Clines.
Breeze today coming straight in from center field at about 15, 16 miles an hour. Here's the wind up of the pitch. Swung out of it. Yes, as he took a rip at that one it broke down sharply. Ball 1, strike 1.
In addition to three wins, Tacoby has three saves this year. Sidearm fastball, a little low. Ball 2, strike 1. Looked like he's just straight up and down.
The wind up 2-1 delivery. Line swings and he bounces it foul. That's the third base side. Goes into the cut dugout. At the end of it, three of them aces kind of sitting together.
Some of the fellows with the warm windbreakers down because that wind coming in. It's a bit on the chilly side if you're out of the sunshine. Dobby with a new ball. Here's down again.
Here's the wind up 2-2 pitch. Swung out of it and he chased a bad one that time. The ball went outside but he couldn't hold up. A pause for station identification. This is the WGN Chicago Cubs baseball network. 80 degrees officially in Chicago at 3.30. This is WGN Radio Chicago.
Kemp Tacoby perfect strikes out two men. At the end of the seventh at Wrigley Field is still the Chicago Cubs three, the Pittsburgh Pirates two.
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Bill Bottom, the face of two, three and four men in the pirate batting order here in the eighth inning. He's got his work cut out for him.
Daveris, a right-hander to be followed by three lefties if we have to go that far. Dave Parker, Al Oliver and Willie Starko.
Daveris was hit by the first pitch throw in the sixth inning. No second but then was out on interference. Ground ball to the shortstop to Hayses.
Looked like he wanted to bunt. Got way out in front of the plate. The pitch was a strike call. He really didn't try to bunt on it.
Wanted to see what Daveris' reaction was going to be.
Wind up by Bottom. Tried to bunt the curve and he fouls it over against the wall on the first base right.
He left the batter spot. He left it again. He's way, way out in front of that batter spot. The Nug Harvey has said that's where you were. You're out of it.
And here's Stump Tenner coming to argue that Daveris putting on one of his plays. Flaps the helmet down. Kicks the bat. Now kicks jerk on home plate.
And he is not very far away from being thrown out of this game.
Now, he's putting on a more of a display with his gestures. He is flaming of course. He had a foot in the batter spot.
Now, Harvey is denying it. Stump Tenner and on his end is pretty disgusted.
I tell you, if Harvey saw him throw that helmet, he would have been out.
Or Ryerson saw it. Throwed it cross for the third and they were coming in.
He also kicked that dust on the plate too, Lou. But apparently, throwing a helmet is automatic.
He's gone. Kicking the dust on the plate except for the up-fired gutter.
But Harvey didn't see it.
The young up-fired on his third is Jerry Crawford.
Fire record, the veteran up-fired at first base.
Apparently, just didn't see it. Now, as they all went back to the dugout, Tenner comes out again.
He said, die, die, die. I'm going to talk to you again, Mr. Harvey.
I'll bet you Tenner's thinking about a protest, asking for an appeal, and Harvey did not take it.
He would not ask the third base up-fire.
He doesn't have to go to another man. No.
He just, when up-fires do that, when a manager asks for an appeal, it's just a courtesy procedure.
But they don't have to. If he says he saw it, he doesn't need any help. That's it. Period.
So credit Tenner all with a put-out, as Taveras got out of the batter's box in an attempt to butt.
Here's a swing and a ground ball. One hopper to third.
On Taveras has it. Parker is out of there.
One hopper off the bat of Dave Parker. So he is 0 for 4 today.
We've had two calls here a little bit on the weird side today.
With Taveras on its second base after being hit by a pitch and stealing second on a pitch-off.
Parker is mad, hit a ground ball.
Here's a swing and a bouncing ball of the pitch's body. He's just charging in, loves it, throws it around.
Beautiful play. He's got it. Oh man, that's going to be the fastest inning of the day.
4-6. They're out of there.
Now the other one, where Yvonne wanted to come in to make the play, Taveras, not in his way, had to push him out of the way.
That was interference.
And Parker, able to reach on a field of choice here in the eighth.
It's 1-2-3 before you conflict your eyes.
As the Cubs come to bat in the bottom of the eighth inning, still leading the Pirates 3-2.
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I put it this way, I really don't need it, but I told him I was in the store to buy it.
I don't think I understand, are you talking about love?
Oh no, no wardrobe.
I know I don't understand.
Bob, he's the store manager and I really came in to sneak a peek at him. Oh, he's so beautiful, I think I'm really in love with him.
Oh, I see.
Well, when he asked, can I help you, I just blurted out I want a new one.
A new what?
That's what he asked, so I said everything.
Everything?
A whole new wardrobe.
Oh, now I get it.
That's what he expects me to do, so is it alright, Bob?
Is what alright?
A loan for love.
We can just say it's a loan for a new wardrobe.
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Elk DeBarris, earlier in this ball game, tried to bunt and he was way out in front of the plate on that one and it hit him.
Then rolled out the rest of the way and he was out on that one.
He ran into his own bunted ball out in fair territory.
He would have been out I think on that play anyway, but he was called out with a put out going to the catcher.
He gets out of that batter's box.
He's going to bunt with his front foot way out in front and then he's almost like a left handed batter trying to drag bunt one.
When you're getting out of that batter's box with a right hander, your tendency is you want to start down to first base and you wind up out of the batter's box.
Now we have a new pitcher, Terry Forster, wanted to do the Chuck Tanner hand with his white socks pitching staff.
While Forster had a tightness in the forearm of his left arm, his pitching arm this year, he's worked out of that and he's been coming along very well.
Fires the first pitch to Bittner and it's a strike.
Shot ball winds, fast ball, strike ball in the outside corner.
Forster is healthy. This guy can fire the ball.
Tanner says in his last couple of outings he has just been super.
Wind up with a big guy, swing and a drive into left field.
In there for a base hit.
Pick up way over in the left center by the screening Omar Marino and Bittner opens up the bottom of the eighth with an opposite field single after he was in the hole nothing and two.
Terry Forster elected not to waste one.
Here's Bobby Mercer, a Forster in here because you have Bittner and Mercer, two left handers leading off the inning.
Forster has raced in Mercer who holdered off.
Canvallaria in the sixth inning steps in.
Here's the pitch, fast ball. Bobby takes the strike right at the knee.
Five, five of Mercer's, seven homers this year have come off left handers.
Oh one pitch, where's the way, he's got a button and he pops it foul into the space in the first base side. I've never seen Mercer try to button before.
He won't try it again, the count on him is on two.
Forster now with eight hits for the day. Bottom has issued only five.
Forster, big guy.
Dargo playing about five, six feet off the bag at first in front of the runner.
Edges back a step or so, Forster steps off the pitching rubber.
He's got a right hander throwing into bullpen.
One run lead, would like to increase it, here's the side arm fast ball, he takes it outside, one and two.
And against a left hander like that who comes in almost side arm to him, Mercer holds his ground well.
He doesn't push or get out of the way. He's right in there.
Forster ready. Here is kick over the top and that one's too high, two and two.
Rookie in the bullpen, Odell Jones, he's been warming up earlier today.
Nobody out, runner at first to pitch, Mercer swings, he got him.
He's got a rebound for Jerry Forster. Wings up Jerry Morata, who's having a perfect day at the plate.
He's blocked, singles, doubles, throw it in a rush.
Here's the pitch and Morata takes the fast ball high, ball one.
The Cubs today drawing 14,593 paves.
Rookie in the bullpen, Odell Jones, he's been warming up earlier today.
Nobody out, runner at first to pitch, Mercer swings, he got him.
Strike out for Jerry Forster. Wings up Jerry Morata, who's having a perfect day at the plate.
He's got a rebound for Jerry Morata, who's having a perfect day at the plate.
Attendance figures just being given, we'll relay them to you. Here's the pitch and Morata takes the fast ball high, ball one. The Cubs today drawing 14,593 paves.
They've got over the 230,000 mark and paid attendance for the year at home and this is their 21st home date. Fast ball, Forster misses to Morata, Southside 2-0.
They're up about 23,000 behind the attendance of last year with the same number of home dates. But it'll pick up the viral on Sunday, I guarantee you.
Two world deliveries, Morata swings, high ball, right center field, Parker at the dead line. He'll not get through it.
That's Jerry Morata, his third plate hit of the bottom man. He has counted in his 26th run of the year.
That will be all for Terry Forster. A twingle to Better. He struck out Bobby Mercer. But Jerry Morata now has a twingle, a double, and a triple in that order.
He is having a perfect day. And a rookie right-hander, Odell Jones, is going to be the fourth pirate pitcher of the ball game. But the score, 42 flavors of Cubs, bottom of the eighth inning, one out of run return.
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Manny Treo is going to step in against the rookie right-hander, Odell Jones.
One-on-one for the air with a higher in front of him, 6.75, this is his eighth appearance.
Worked 10 and two-thirds innings, and Manny Treo with the pirate infield in on the grass, takes his fastball for a ball outside.
This guy looks like he hasn't had a square meal though in a month.
1-0 pitch, slug out of it.
Manny, over to the fourth, that gave the cups a 2-1 lead. Let me tell you, he hammered it right into the wind.
The pitch takes a pretty good cut at a fastball, fouls it upstairs, out of play to the right.
Jerry Morales has walked, single, doubled, and tripled in that order, and he's now a 286 hitter as he stands over his third, not tripled his first of the year.
1-2 pitch, Manny's flanks with the high, fly ball to Punter in right field. He circles, he gets under it on the run, Ramos tags, and he better get back.
Throw to the catcher to iron, only would have had him maybe by 40 feet. He's gone.
We know it is his first of the year. They say that that's Manny's, or Morales' first triple since October of 1974 when he hit one against these pirates.
I think that was over there on the artificial surface.
Couldn't believe he didn't have one all last year. He started today hitting 269, and that's showing now hitting 286.
Steve Ranavers is going to be put on intentionally.
He's left handed, of course, which is what he would do. George Punterwald is going to be the next hitter following this intentional walk.
Mercer, after the pirates tied it up, hit a homer off Candelaria to the right field. That gave the Cubs a 3-2 lead.
Here, Occhari Forster is single by Bittner.
Bobby Mercer then struck out, but Morales hit a triple in the right center field, driving in Bittner.
And Treo, wide out into shadow right field, a parker. Morales holding, and Odaveras just receives an intentional walk from the rookie O'Dell Jones.
George Punterwald didn't have much luck against Candelaria.
Wide to right, rounded out, wide to left, 0-3 for the day, steps in, and the infield drops back.
Dugard, Cubs with a 4-2 lead in the eighth, here's the pitch.
Fastball in too tight.
Sky Lue looks like he's got a real good arm, doesn't he?
Yes, he has. This is only his third major league game.
Janor likes him. He says he's got a good live fastball.
1-0 delivery.
Checks his swing. It's up a little high, and he held up in time, 2-0.
I thought they showed him having been in seven games.
No deference, he's a rookie. 2-0 pitch.
He was overanxious, and he went after one down and away.
Well, she can't blame him. The pitcher bottomed him up next.
Minnowald wants to take his cuts. I was looking at their press book and not their staff.
There's a curve blown outside, 3-1.
He started this year with only two major league games, and he's been in several this year already.
Try to find their stats, and that's a Chinese puzzle too.
3-1 pitch. Look, he almost got hit by a fastball. That's ball four.
The Flyers are the only team that I know of.
Hey, Bonham. Bonham is one of the lefties.
For the first-getter.
With the base is loaded.
He's got to get a standing ovation when you're taken out of the ballgame for a pitch hitter.
They deserved it. He has pitched fervently.
But Herman Franks, with the bases jammed here in the eighth inning and a two-run lead,
knows that Bonham has gone hard. I don't know how many pitches he's thrown though,
but he has been a very tough performer today, and it's been a kind of a ballgame where he's had to keep bearing down all the time.
Brother, when you've got a fellow like Suter, why gamble? You're taking a chance.
Even if we lose the ballgame, the percentages certainly say, go with Suter for one inning.
Buckner is going to bat for him, and Buckner, as a French hitter,
has called upon seven times as three hits and three runs butted in.
I love this Pirate stat sheet. Neither they list them alphabetically, every club does.
That's the way most of them do, because that's the easiest way to find them.
But you have to know the Pirate uniform numbers to find out where their guys are.
If you tried to do that with every ball club, you'd really be in trouble.
Now the windup with the bases jammed, and Buckner is going to take the first pitch as a strike, a fastball.
A four-to-two lead.
And the victory moves the Cubs to within a half game of the Pirates' 0-1 delivery.
Buckner swings, ground ball, into the glove of Suter.
The Cubs are going to hand pass to the pitcher covering, and Buckner just missed, pulling one through the right side of the infield.
The Cubs in the eighth inning pick up a run on two hits, two walks, one of them intentional.
The bases left-motored, and at the end of it, Pirates come to bat.
It'll be startle, stunted, and corner, and we hope that's all.
The Chicago Cubs four, the Pittsburgh Pirates two.
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This is Mike Pyle saying we'll probably never know the answer to that, but there are some records that are easily explained.
For instance, the current record for selling new Oldsmobiles.
It's held by Weill Olds in Libertyville.
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With all the cars they're taking in trade, Weill Olds has become a used car shopper's paradise.
We should have let the boss do that one, don't you think?
I don't know why not.
Do you want to do that?
He's on a holiday.
He charged us, wouldn't he?
We'll charge him if he does it again.
Irwin Weill, Weill the boss man out at Weill Olds in Libertyville out here today, and he hasn't moved a muscle now since the gums took the lead.
Not that he's superstitious.
He doesn't have a muscle to move.
You don't fall on a plantation straw hat, do you?
It's not a plantation straw.
Irwin's a fellow who was at Red Claw's back with this winter.
He decided he wanted Ernie Banks' bet, and the auctioning got to be pretty high.
Irwin just thought he'd silence everybody.
All he did was they did $800 for it, and he got it.
He could have gotten a suit of clothes with it, too.
What a premiere of relief pitchers in the business.
Bruce Tudor.
See if he can hold on to the wind for Bill Bottom, who worked eight strong innings.
Right-handed delivers, and Stachel takes it to ball a little bit low.
Stachel, Stinnett, and Garter.
Stachel, of course, will let me.
As the swing and he fouls, that went out of play to the left side.
He looked like he had himself a home run in the fourth inning.
He had a shot to let field, and for all the world, it looked like it had to go into the seats, but the wind pushed it back in.
It was caught by Gene Clines.
Wind could not hold, and he treals shot in.
It went into the bleachers in there.
There's a ball a little low on the fork ball, two and one.
Stachel was walked intentionally in the sixth inning, and when he stinted a blight,
the Cubs, by bouncing out to one of errors, had retired the side.
Stachel was robbed by Jerry Morales of an extra base hit.
His first time at bat today. Good running catch on him.
There's the fork ball. It's a little bit low. Three and one.
Even though the wind is blowing in, everybody is keeping the outfield.
Here's the pitch. Run out of good fastball. Bounces fouled into the seats in the first base side.
Ball three, he's strike two.
In case you've forgotten, Bruce Suter's earned run average, a cluttering 0.73.
Three-two pitch. What a catch, Stachel took.
What a catch, Stachel took.
He got him with a beautiful front ball.
What a cut, Stachel took.
That for Suter is 39 strikeouts this year in 37 and a third innings.
He has walked only two minutes.
39 strikeouts.
When he stinted a right hander steps in, swung on.
Ground ball, he hits the play over on the third base side and the ball hit normally where I thought it would be.
So it's in the base hit.
I'm surprised that he's playing him that far over, though.
I think this is the first time in this ball game that he's played to stint it that far over to the left.
He probably figures that Suter with that fork ball will make him hit the ball on the ground and will pull it.
The other pirates have a potential tying run at the plate in the version of Bill Garner.
That for any stint, it's his third hit today.
Remember when he had seven out here one day last year?
There's a strike called on Garner.
He's one for three today and a single drove and a run in the second inning.
Armahawk one day.
There's a swing and a miss.
Nothing and two.
And Suter kept that one just above the knees and the right-hander hitting Garner.
Four to two score. Comes out in front.
And Suter trying to hold onto it.
Right hander ready.
Pitch. Garner swings. He got a piece of it.
Drops it back foul. Nothing and two yet.
Cleo and Mercer have homeored today.
Gary Morales now playing in deep center field.
A walk, a single, a double, a triple in that order.
And he's batted in two with a four-cup run and made a very fine catch.
Suter ready. Oh, two pitch.
Garner takes a look out.
There's one that into the dirt and bounces all the way back up high under the screen.
That will be a wild pitch.
Now they have a man in scoring position.
What it does is pretty much eliminate the possibility of a double play.
Go get him.
Garner ready.
Garner straight at the net. He got him.
Got him with the ball inside court ball that time.
Strike out, a single, a wild pitch. A strike out.
Duffy Dyer is due to bat.
Like Bill Robinson.
Bill Robinson as a fin-getter this year, no hits in seven at bats.
He is batting for Dyer.
Walk once, a hit and run with a man out of the second inning.
Dyer struck out and middle wall, perfect bag, nailed Garner for a double play.
He forced Garner with his ground ball down to Baris in the seventh inning.
And Urban Franks called with everybody around.
I guess Louie wants to be sure they know how to pitch to this guy.
This is true as a pitch-hitter.
They've gone over the lineup of course and everybody earlier this morning.
But by four o'clock perhaps they have forgotten this particular hitter and pitch-hitter.
Everybody wants those infielders to play back and knock down this ball and also guard the line.
We do not want this man to get a double.
Bill Robinson, an awfully tough hitter.
I said he's 0 for 7 as a pinch-hitter.
He has 18 hits for the year and a.257 batting area.
He's got power.
He has two homers, 14 runs batted in.
He's got the standard.
Play first base, he can play the outfield.
They're not happy at times because he hasn't been in the regular lineup.
First pitch to him and Stutter fires a strike on the inside corner.
Roderick second, ninth inning with Dugard.
Cubs leading 4-2, Stutter into the stretch.
Here it comes.
Swung out a high fly ball, couldn't beat the ball game.
He rides, says, I got it, baby.
He's out.
And the Cubs win.
Zero bottom, the winning pitcher, blue-sitter getting a save.
And the first of the three game set goes to the Chicago Cubs by a score of 4-2.
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Well, before we give it a happy total, let's run down on this exciting ball game today.
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All right. The Cubs four runs, nine hits, including a pair of homers, and a perfect day for Gary Morales.
One error. Eight men left. The Pirates two runs, six hits. No errors. They left six men.
And that tells you something about the Cubs pitching today.
They left only six men straddle and had only six hits.
Bill Bottom, the fur bait innings, earns his sixth win of the year.
And Bruce Sutter, coming in to pitch the ninth inning, earns another save.
How many does he have now? An even dozen.
And John Candelaria, who'd come in here with the best-earned run average among the starting pitchers in the National League, 1.63,
had been unbeaten, had never lost to the Cubs. He was 3-0 lifetime against the Cubs.
He suffers his first loss of the season. Big young left-hander, now 6-1.
Two hours and 27 minutes of real excitement, Luke.
Well, it was a tremendous victory for the Cubs. And for the fans here, they actually saw everything that could happen,
practically in a ball game. And you don't see a couple of plays called very often, even during the year.
Very seldom will you see an interference call, and a man on second base with a ground ball get to the shortstop.
Tavares stayed in front of DeJesus. And the rules state that you have to give that infielder an opportunity to feel the ball.
He was called out on an interference call. Then, on an attempted bunt, Tavares was called out when he left the batter's box,
according to Doug Harvey, in attempting to bunt the ball. And a hard ground ball through the pitcher's legs hits second base
and bounces as high as that did. That's the worst of it.
Why on earth? I think I've never seen it.
Well, I told you the ball hit lighter this year. But that ball bounced way over Tavares' head.
He caught it, and they threw out Bittner by a step and a half. Something that you never see.
But when these two ball cubs get together, there's a lot of action, and all the action today was favorable.
It was for the Cubs.
Well, that ball, the one of Bittner's you're talking about, got by the pitcher. I called it a hit right away.
Had to be.
Yeah.
Even if it hits the bag.
Oh, yeah.
I've been in this game, well, not as long as you, but the ball hits the bag.
I've very often seen the ball bounce that high.
That was wild.
So it's livelier.
And it did get a drop for sure of a run-by at the end, because right after that, he's done a home run over the right field wall.
But that's all right. The Cubs went in 4-2.
And there's not much breathing room now for the Pirates in this Eastern Division, because their lead over the Cubs has now shriveled to a mere half game.
Let me tell you, for the Cubs, it's their 19th win in this month away. They've lost only five ball games.
The Pittsburgh Pirates had come in here. They'd won 17 out of 22. So they now are 17-6. The Cubs, 19-5.
Well, there should be a lot more excitement out here at Wrigley Field tomorrow. You say, yeah, how can there be any more than that?
You never know. That's the great thing about baseball. And I hope that you're going to join us here tomorrow afternoon.
We'll be back with a word about the pitching assignments and so forth and that one.
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Tomorrow at our day at Wrigley Field, Rick Rushell is scheduled to be the starting pitcher for the Cubs.
Big right-hander now with a record of six wins, two losses.
And his mound opponent, left-hander Jim Rooker, who has won four and lost two for the Bucks.
Morales a perfect day at the plate. A walk, a single, a double, a triple in that order.
Maybe he can pick up tomorrow with a home run. He's first out at bat, huh?
And hit for the cycle in two days. He drove in a pair of runs, three of a home run for the Cubs today, as did Bobby Mercer.
Bottom earning of victory is sixth of the year, and Candelaria is a loser.
Vince Lloyd and Lou Boudreau, hope you enjoyed the broadcast. I know we enjoyed bringing it to you.
Jack Minimanjur, producer, Al Aldrich, a Ringenier. The Cubs again a winner, four to two. This is the WGN Chicago Cubs Baseball Network.