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The New York Mets faced the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field for a Thursday night game on June 3rd, 1965.
The Mets were led by Casey Stengel, whose only real goal in 1965 was trying to avoid losing more than 109 games for the fourth consecutive year.
From 1961 to 1964, the Pirates had only one season over 500.
And after the conclusion of the 1964 campaign, longtime manager Danny Murtaugh stepped down as skipper and moved up to the Pirate front office.
The Pirate hired Harry Walker to manage the 1965 season after he led the Jacksonville Suns to the 1964 International League pennant.
Pittsburgh started off this season slow, however, entering the game near the bottom of the National League with a 21-24 record.
This recording begins with a 27-minute special radio broadcast of the launching of the Gemini Titan IV space mission, which included the first American spacewalk.
This historic moment occurred shortly before the game began, and after this special report is over,
the recording returns to the pregame broadcast of the Mets and Pirates game featuring announcers Ralph Keiner, Bob Murphy, and Lindsay Nelson.
...is ready to fly, and the operations director at Mission Control in Houston reports the worldwide tracking network is ready.
Now, of all of these people, thousands of them and the hundreds of pieces of equipment needed for the flight report, they are ready to go.
Flight director Chris Craft is notified that the Mission Control center in Houston, that the Gemini Titan IV is now ready and is committed for launch.
So we're coming up at five and a half minutes before liftoff. From this point on, the count is controlled automatically.
This is what is called the terminal portion of the count, where an automatic sequencer takes over to make the final checks electronically.
If anything in the maze of wires, tubes, and pipes that make up this 11-story tall Gemini Titan rocket poses a threat to the safety of the flight, the count will be stopped automatically.
Otherwise, in a few moments, astronauts Mac Bidditt and White should be airborne.
We will be getting another report momentarily on the status of the flight. At this point, everything seems to be proceeding smoothly.
And if it is, if it continues so, the launch should take place in about five minutes.
Control will be from launch time on at the Mission Control center, a spanking new room in a new three-story building costing something over $100 million at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.
And we expect to get a report within just a few seconds on the latest status in these final moments of the countdown on the launch of Gemini 4.
Paul Hady in Houston.
This is Gemini Control Houston in the count. T minus five minutes in county.
At T minus seven minutes, we completed a spacecraft test conductor status check and all elements were green and go.
At the conclusion of that status check, spacecraft test conductor Frank Whittick of the Kennedy Space Center signed off too.
We should make that a short message of anything we said.
Okay, Jim, have a good flight.
In the last minute, the launch vehicle test conductor Frank Kerry of the Martin Company is conducting his status check.
The bird looks just as green as the spacecraft.
We have four minutes and 30 seconds and proceeding.
This is Gemini Control Houston.
We're in the final minutes of the countdown as the Gemini Titan Rockets guidance system is given its commands to fly the astronauts to a point 100 miles above the island of Bermuda,
where McNivet in white will begin the longest flight yet attempted by the U.S.
If all goes well, they will spend almost 100 hours in their conchaired seats to come within less than one day of the longest manned space flight,
that of Russian cosmonaut Valery Bochitsky, made two years ago this month.
The Russian colonel came within one hour of spending five days in orbit.
Medical men are calling this flight the most critical yet by the U.S.
They will constantly monitor the pilots of Gemini 4 as they orbit the Earth.
They are gravely concerned about man's ability to survive and sustain weightlessness.
There's evidence that without the effect of gravity, man's heart and nerve systems and his bone structure will decay according to the length of time he spends in space.
We're counting at T-minus three minutes now on the flight of Gemini Titan 4.
This will be the beginning of the longest flight yet for the U.S., the longest yet attempted.
If all goes well, it will triple the time.
We're getting ready now for reports from the Mission Control Center here on Cape Kennedy.
This is the one that will be monitoring the flight during the first few minutes,
and we have Information Officer Jack King standing by to give us a last few status reports here on the situation on the pad.
Now to Jack King at Mission Control.
This is Gemini Launch Control at the Cape.
We are now at two minutes and 41 seconds in time.
At this final phase of the top down, we're just finishing up our final guidance set for the launch vehicle.
All systems are good, both in the Gemini four-space craft with pilots Jim McGibbet and Ed White, and with the launch vehicle on the pad.
This is Gemini Launch Control at two minutes and 20 seconds and counting.
Here's the latest statement from John W. King, Jack King, and the Mission Control Center here as the excitement begins to mount
for the second manned launch in the Gemini program.
The astronauts are James McDivitt and Edward White,
and it promises to be the most dramatic flight in the history of U.S. manned space.
That is with the rendezvous coming up in just about three hours from now.
Edward White's dramatic walk through space, a 12-minute walk that is, in orbit across the United States from California,
northern Mexico, to across Georgia off Savannah.
He will take it in about 12 minutes and possibly touch the second stage of the Titan rocket booster
that will boost him hopefully into orbit in about a minute and a half.
Minus 90 seconds and counting, the launch vehicle has gone to internal power.
The launch vehicle is now on its own battery power.
All systems still looking good in the spacecraft and with the launch vehicle itself.
You will be receiving reports from Gemini Control here along.
Right now we have NBC's Herbert Kepler outside our vantage point.
He's standing by to give you a description of the launch as it takes place.
We're going to switch you to Herb Kepler.
It's the virtually clearest cloud this night and we should be able to see the booster
for a considerable portion of the powered flight, perhaps two minutes.
Sometimes on a clear day you can actually see the burnout of the first stage.
You see in the pump of smoke which would mean the ignition of the second stage.
It comes about two and a half minutes into the flight.
It's warm, fun, hardly any breeze, and as we said, not a cloud that I can see in the sky over the Cape.
Shortly after launch, there constantly will be a couple of jet fighter planes.
We're looking good at this time.
We see two wisps in the sky, but we're not sure that they're in second or they're the fighter aircraft,
which I just have Leaper trails in there skewing forth from the career of the airplane.
That's ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero.
First the plane starts with smoke.
Then in a few seconds it will start with a yellowish transparent flame.
Coming forth on the forked effect, then the sound starts to rumble as the spacecraft moves up.
In a few seconds it will start its roll program, which is for guidance.
As far as we can tell, it seems to be performing well.
It is now about three miles high.
Now they are moving into the second phase of the pilots.
If they would have to end the mission, they would go into a different procedure than the one that carried them through the first 50 seconds.
We can no longer see it, but we can hear the last sounds.
As far as we can tell, everything is going well.
The G-forces should be building up slowly,
perhaps to a maximum on the power part of the flight.
There is a puff of smoke, which indicates the separation is about to take place in about a minute.
We see some of the fighter airplanes, two of them, that climb alongside the booster trying to make motion pictures.
There is a second trail from one of the airplanes making motion pictures in the altitude area of six to ten miles.
It is a little bit of a slow journey for a spacecraft of one minute and twenty seconds.
It is necessary, it doesn't look like it is necessary at this point.
We are having some transmission difficulty from the spacecraft.
The transmissions are intermittent.
Twenty miles down the range, probably now about 30 miles.
In about twenty seconds, the first stage of the booster should burn out.
Then the second stage engines would start.
The G-forces report Gemini for his go for staging, which will occur in a very few seconds.
We have updated data on the computer onboard that spacecraft.
We have staging and it is taking the ground.
Now about 50 miles, 77 miles down range from Cape Kennedy.
All we can see in the sky over Cape Kennedy at this point are the aircraft.
Three minutes into the mission, three minutes.
The trajectory is right on the line.
Everything looks great, Jim.
Jim has displayed the spacecraft.
Flight forward, final speed.
You are listening to the description of the flight from all angles.
The capsule communicator.
Everything is real good here, Mike.
The trajectory is crap, going from console to console here.
From each one, he gets a complete big confidence in the G-forces report.
Everything looks good.
We are four minutes into the mission.
Mcdivitt has a very, very calm voice and it looks great up here.
Craft has advised the stand-by for a final status check here.
I know we got a little bit of a bite a minute ago or a little cut off.
Craft has told Chris and Mcdivitt to give him a go.
It has been received and Mcdivitt advises he also is go.
The gait is not very good.
Four minutes and fifty seconds.
Our batteries are out.
Right on the money.
A hundred miles an hour, speed twelve and a half thousand miles an hour.
Standby for point eight.
We are point eight, that point where we have achieved eighty percent of the required velocity.
Eighty percent.
Five minutes and seventy seconds in.
Where's the flight?
Both systems, the guidance says we're starting.
Second load system is the primary system in the booster and the radio guidance during the system.
Five minutes and thirty seconds.
Stand-by for a sustainer engine cut off.
Here we go, Mcdivitt says.
Anderson confirms here on the ground that we have a single system.
Okay, looks a little short to me.
Looks like it's going to cost up the advantage.
Right.
You can hear the voices of the astronauts in the background talking to one another.
Right away, we have a call from Mcdivitt to give him a go.
Five minutes and thirty seconds.
Right.
There's the repeat, here goes, seventy-four.
We've been informed President Johnson is one-stop-several.
He's getting a second from twenty-eight.
Go ahead, five seconds for the first.
He's got a minute when he separates from that second.
He's getting the switch to U-H-F-10, Capcom.
Everything right on the money.
Red Craft, the mission director has given Mcdivitt and White a goal for their mission.
They should be in orbit.
Six minutes and fifty seconds, sir.
Seventy-four has been asked to switch to another channel to clear up some.
Here we go.
This is being relayed through the Bermuda tracking station, through the mission control center now.
We will shortly be getting Mcdivitt advises he has an incremental velocity indicator
when in the spacecraft during the separation maneuver, which has occurred within the last minute.
Red is following him, he's moving forward, he's moving right, and he's two down.
This is where he will pull away slowly about three and a half miles an hour
to separate only three hundred to four hundred feet from the booster.
He's turning around at this time to face the booster.
This will give him a direct check with the distance to the booster.
He says the second stage, which he now has in view, looks pretty.
He says he's also tumbling slightly.
He can't get him on one alpha.
Right hand, oh, you're clear to go on the space.
Right, go ahead.
Eighty-seven by one fifty-three, our Buna data coming in.
That is a problem with the Alpha G.
Eighty-seven by one fifty-three, our Buna data coming in.
That is a nautical mile, which would be in round figures, a little less than a hundred to a hundred eighty-five.
This orbit, the lowest point, eighty-seven miles versus Gemini Control, yes, in eight minutes and thirty-six
into the mission, eighty-eight minutes and thirty seconds into the mission.
The address of the here in the Kessler Renewing Area is just past two,
Gemini Control, in Ed White via our Buna station, the following orbital elements,
one hundred statute miles at parity, one hundred and seventy-five statute miles at apathy.
This is exactly what the book calls for.
We're nine minutes in.
And stand by and we'll be prepared in a very few minutes to play the booster phase tape conversation for you.
Stand by.
We might mention that the orbital figure saw here in apathy, this is a high point, is a hundred and eighty-five miles.
We don't know that this was a mistake on Mr. Hady's part.
He could have made a mistake here with this hundred and seventy-five.
We're going to receive the tape here in just a moment of the actual conversation between the astronauts
during the powered portion of flight and capsule communicator,
Josh Grissom, who made this flight a little more than two months ago.
Should be coming up any time.
Some of those voices in the background are that of the astronauts, some of them the capsule communicator,
which would be Virgil Grissom, and then of course we're hearing some of, perhaps, the Bermuda tracking station.
I'm not sure whether that's one of the voices coming in there.
It is at this point, it would be interesting to see whether the second stage is tumbling too much.
They mentioned it was tumbling, and this will determine largely whether White decides,
when he steps out on the health side of the spacecraft activity, whether or not to try and touch it.
They did say, but he did report, McIntosh reported that it was tumbling a little.
As he said, it was pretty.
I think it was his turn.
No, he actually said it was tumbling.
Yeah, and pretty, I think.
So whether it's too much, we'll see.
We're in a pretty close to novel in-circuit.
We're at eighty-seven by one-five-three.
He has the one alpha time.
We're listening now to orbital information coming from Bermuda,
talking about the altitudes of the orbit, and not yet listening to the Kate,
made for the flight.
He is on UAF number two.
Actually, this spacecraft is already out of communication contact of the Kate here.
It's in communication contact with Bermuda fast approaching the Canary Islands tracking station.
All of this information is relayed very rapidly to the Mission Control Center in Houston.
He should be somewhere between Bermuda and the Canary Islands on his first orbit.
Supposed to hit the Canary Islands at about, oh, about 14 minutes, I think.
He will be in communication contact. He'll be over in about 20 minutes.
That's right.
And apparently everything so far seems to be going fine.
They're in orbit. The second stage is in orbit.
And now the two gentlemen will be, we haven't heard yet whether they are in that 300-foot separation between the two space objects,
but we'll probably get a report momentarily.
The first orbit will be used largely by the two men to check the systems in the spacecraft
before they go into the very important and intriguing second orbital operations.
I think we're going to get that tape coming up now from Mission Control Center.
I hear something sounding like the roar of the rocket in the background here.
Yes, this is a rocket roar. This is a part portion of the tape playing playback.
We are now 13 minutes into the flight, somewhere between Bermuda and the Canary Islands.
And as far as we can tell, to this point, the flight is proceeding well.
The first of what is hoped to be 62 encirclements of the Earth.
That sounds like one of the chase planes.
This is probably a recording of the first moments of launch where the chase planes,
the two fighter planes, go up alongside and climb parallel to the booster,
trying to take motion pictures at some of the higher altitudes.
Of course, they can't stick around very long. The chase planes don't have the altitude capability.
Let's see where we are. We're 13-plus minutes into the flight.
We should have astronaut Edward White at this time going into his compartments under the seat,
taking out his blood pressure bulb, his Hufflepuff Blast Camera and his film packs,
the 16-millimeter movie camera and its magazines and lens and other equipment
that will be needed to carry out the mission during the next two hours here.
They should be getting some interesting photographs along about now of that booster trailing them.
Of course, we would like to know just how far behind that booster is.
Well, that's the big question at this point, whether they're able to –
they will be able to get as close as they'd like.
They have just now moved into communication contact with the Canary Island tracking station.
This means the Gemini 4 spacecraft is more than 100 miles above the Atlantic.
It's flying backwards. It's less than five minutes from shooting over the west coast of Africa.
The Gemini 4 is in orbit with its back in forward
so that the astronauts can keep a close eye on the Titan second stage.
We understand from astronaut McNivet, the command pilot, that it is tumbling over and over
and hopefully it is tumbling less than one rotation every 36 seconds
or will be by the time we have our spacewalk by astronaut Ed White.
Well, you said, I believe, that the low point of the first orbit is 87 nautical miles and the high point 153.
You ought to figure out the statute miles. You multiply that by 1.15.
We ought to have our own computer to do it.
But it's certainly, if not right on, extremely close to what the designer high and low points were for the first orbit.
Of course, they do change orbits later on as they maneuver.
They try to perform certain of the operational schedule for the flight.
I think that is pretty close to what they say nominal here.
87 nautical miles would be 100 and 153 would be plus 17 and a half plus four would be 150, 17,
so around 170 miles.
They're short. They're lower. They're 10 miles or so lower.
Right at this moment, command pilot James McNivet should be giving his control systems a full checkout.
And this is, of course, to see if he can yaw and roll and pitch the spacecraft in slow motion and everything.
And he is feeding all this information through the Canary Islands tracking stations.
He's now in communication control.
During this first orbit, the astronauts will physically check every part of their spacecraft
to make sure that it is in operating condition for the extravehicular activity,
that is astronaut Ed White's walk in space, which should be coming up in less than three hours now.
Actually, he would step out into space.
They left at 16 minutes after 11 Eastern Daylight Time.
That would mean at 17 minutes after 2 Eastern Daylight Time.
He should be starting his spacewalk.
He will open the hatch about 10 minutes before this, which would be about 6 minutes after 2 Eastern Daylight Time,
if everything goes as planned.
The launch took place here 17 and a half minutes ago.
And we are now approaching the west coast of Africa on this first orbit.
And we're still waiting for the tape.
We're going to hear now in just a few moments.
We're going to get a report from Mission Control out in Houston, Texas.
The voice you will hear is Information Affairs Officer Paul Haney out there.
Possibly we'll know the position of the spacecraft and the Titan rocket second stage, what the situation is.
Any moment now we'll be hearing from Paul Haney at Mission Control.
We have about 30 seconds to go.
We understand and we'll have that report.
Meanwhile, the Gemini 4 spacecraft is now over the western coast of Africa.
It has passed over the Canary Islands approaching the continent.
Now let's go out to, we're 18 minutes into the flight.
We're up on this report from Mission Control in Houston.
We're having some difficulty, it appears, receiving this report from Mission Control in Houston.
And we're over the western coast of Africa with a flight.
We assume that what Haney is doing in Mission Control is gathering all the pertinent data
to try and give a status report on the life of the orbit.
And some of the other essential details is particularly interesting to us
because of what people hope to achieve in the second orbit,
which would be for White to step out of his spacecraft at the end of a 20-hour report.
Here we go for that report from Paul Haney now.
This is Gemini Control in Houston.
The spacecraft at this time is directly over a Canary Island station.
It is beginning its passage across the African continent.
We are in excellent voice contact now.
The crew has switched to a second, or a backup UHF channel,
which reads much clearer than the other UHF channels they were using in the launch phase.
Communications are coming through their X-Mobile upon contacting the Canary Station.
Excellent. Jim McPivott was advised that his status was excellent from the ground.
And the pilot came back with a Roger. Thank you.
They ran out their onboard quantities, which appear to be quite nominal at this point in the spacecraft.
They are being updated as to the time and the exact time references.
For a recovery, should one be come necessary at the end of the first revolution.
We see nothing in this first 20 minutes of flight, which would make such a recovery necessary,
but it's standard procedure to pass this along.
We can hear it light the big marathons, voice building in now into the Canary Station.
We can relay it back here.
This is Gemini Control in 20 minutes after the hour.
You have been listening to a description of the blast-off and start of the historic four-day Gemini two-man spaceflight,
which is scheduled to continue until Monday morning.
The experiment in which Major White leaves the spacecraft and the craft itself is to be maneuvered
close to the burned-out second stage of the booster,
occur near the end of the second orbit, which will be sometime after 2 p.m.
This afternoon, some minutes before the beginning of the experiment,
WGY will rejoin NBC for continuous coverage of the spectacular phase of the flight
and always, of course, will bring you regular bulletins on its progress.
You are listening to stations WGY and WGSM in Schenectady.
Now, Casey Stengel coming out to home plate with his lineup guide to present to the umpire,
the home plate umpire in this game, Mel Steiner, out for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Coach Alex Bremman.
And this is the way the card reads.
For the New York Mets, Bobby Krause to lead off.
He'll be back at second base.
At Greenpool, batting second at first base.
Joe Christopher, right field.
Batting in the third batting position.
Batting in the cleanup spot, Charlie Smith back in the lineup at third base.
Juan Sobota has removed to left field.
He'll be batting fifth.
Jim Eklund in center field, batting sixth.
Melom the shortstop, batting seventh.
And Chris Catazel the catcher, batting eighth.
Galen Siskofitch, he's batting ninth.
Mets are using Joe Christopher in right field for the first time this year,
mainly because he has played right field here in Forbes Field.
It's a very difficult field to play because of the flaning wall
that extends from the foul pole out toward right center field.
Juan Sobota moved over to left field, playing left field for the first time,
and left field a little more regular in play.
For the Pittsburgh Pirates, who have moved up in these standings,
they have a record now of 21 wins and 24 losses,
having won their last 12 consecutive ball games.
Bob Manning will be leading off and playing third base.
Phil Burton playing in center field, batting second.
Roberto Gomeni in right field, batting third.
Willie Sajul in left field in the cleanup spot.
Don Flandenda in first base, batting fifth.
Bill Mazurowski at second base, batting sixth.
Henry Rogers, a shortstop, batting seventh.
The catcher will be Jim Faliarone.
He is batting eighth, head on the mound, Joe Gevin batting ninth.
And now the Pirates take the field.
Still some twilight here in this area.
Lights are not taking too much effect.
And this ball game, the first of a five-game series.
Tomorrow night, the Mets will play against the Pirates,
and the starting pitchers for that ball game will be Jack Fisher against Bob Grant.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, our national anthem.
Beautiful playing.
Thank you very much, Ralph.
Hello, everybody.
Left-handed Joe Gevin is out there on the mound.
This is Ralph Fogelman.
He's a Pirates that won 12 consecutive games.
The longest win streak in the Major League season.
They were rained out here last night.
They'll do it against the Philadelphia Phillies.
I'd like to take you to a fantastic stewards' night here as a former Pirate.
Now, first baseman for the Phillies wants to have been honored.
However, that was washed away.
And the New York Mets are in town now for a single game tonight,
one tomorrow night, Saturday afternoon, and a doubleheader on Sunday.
Bobby Klaus is up to lead.
Offy's hitting through 13.
He has one home run and seven runs out at end.
Joe Gevin with a record of no wins and four losses.
Gips into the motion, and here's the first pitcher.
The ball game flung on and pops up.
Down towards first, across the line, and Klaus Erichard.
McClendon is there, and Clinton makes the game.
Klaus has fouled out the first on the first pitch of the game.
The first one away, and Ed Cranesville is coming up against the left-hander.
Cranesville tonight is batting second in the lineup.
He's hitting 340.
He has four homers and 26 runs out at end.
Cranesville is the leading net batter among the regulars at 340.
And Don Glenn-Denham, the Pirate's first baseman, is the leading batter among the Pirate regulars, also hitting 340.
Here's the pitcher, and it's high for a ball.
Gevin pitches a net for a call strike, as Ed Cranesville was taking.
Gevin looks for a sign from Pagliaroni.
That's it, and here's the 1-1 delivery. Breaking ball, and this is blown away.
So it's two balls and one strike.
Joe Gevin started against the Mets in New York last Saturday.
He faced five men while pitching one-third of an inning.
He allowed a three-run homer to Joe Christopher.
The Pirates finally won that game seven to four.
Don Chua got the win in relief.
Here's 2-1 pitch, and it's in for a call strike.
He went to the fastball. It's 2-2.
Last year, Joe Gevin against the Mets, 1-2 and lost one.
His lifetime record against the Mets is four wins and two losses.
Now the 2-2 delivery.
Swung on and fouled back into the seats and out of play.
The count holds at 2-2 with one man out and nobody on base.
Yogi Berro on the coaching line for the Mets at first base,
and Don Hefner's on the line at third.
The Mets, of course, were rained out yesterday afternoon in Chicago,
so they came on to Pittsburgh a little early.
2-2 pitch. Low for a ball.
The count is run full. The Crane Bulls, 3-2.
So the Mets had one tie in Chicago and one rained out and won the other two games,
so they swept the Pirates.
Here's a playoff pitch. Swung on and missed.
Trug him out.
Joe Gevin chalks up his first strike out of the evening.
There are two away, nobody on base, and Joe Christopher is coming up.
Joe, a former Pittsburgh pilot himself, has a nine-game hitting streak going.
He's hitting 250 for the season with two homers and 20 runs batted in.
Joe Christopher.
Christopher batting number three in manager Casey's singles batting order.
In Milwaukee this evening, at the end of a half inning, the Giants nothing
and the Braves coming to bat. Bob Shaw against Ken Johnson making his start for the Braves.
It's all-night action in the National League.
The Dodgers are at St. Louis. Houston at Cincinnati.
Here's a pitch in for Carl Zeich.
The Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs are not scheduled.
In the American League, the Minnesota Twins this afternoon beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3.
The Twins are on top in the American League.
Gamilow Pasquale got his seventh straight win. He has lost nine.
Billy Mambo's catch started and picked the last five out.
It's now the two-run homers.
Here's a pitch swung on and missed. Slow curveball.
A two-side count.
Here's Christopher. The afternoon game between Boston and Minnesota, the only American League game scheduled.
Two and a half. Nobody on base here on the top half of the first.
Joe Gibbon from Newton, Mississippi, has a BS degree from the University of Mississippi,
where he was an outstanding athlete.
And here's the two-strike delivery.
It's one and two. The umpire behind the plate is Mel Steiner.
Al Varlich is at first. Augie Donatelli is at second.
And Sam Landis is around at third.
The one-two pitch.
In there for Carl. Strike three as he got Christopher looking for his second strike out of the inning.
No runs, no hits, no errors, none left.
Score at the end of a half and he gets a mess nothing and the power is coming to bat.
It's hard to imagine New York City without every kind of jazz from Dixieland to Progretti.
Fortunately you don't have to.
That's Backstreet Rag, a uniquely American sound.
It came up from Mississippi out of New Orleans with the Negro Jazzmen who played it to the world.
They didn't stop with Dixieland and the blues.
Little David's Fugue by John Lewis is a new sound that's part of a new generation.
But whether it's the old jazz or the new, it's thirsty work for the musicians.
And when they put down their instruments, they'll pick up a cold beer, often wrangled, extra dry.
In fact, in New York City, where there are more kinds of jazz than in any other city in the world, more people drink Reingold than any other beer.
Why do so many people like Reingold? We don't know, but we must be doing something right.
We'll be going out of the bottom half of the first inning and Bob Bailey will be up to face Galen Fisco with one man in line two so far.
Most of the meds spent most of the day at the hotel watching and listening to the progress of the American astronauts.
And with regard to that, Orbit Number 7 started about a half hour ago and everything is going normal now with American astronauts, White and McZivot.
We'll keep you posted if there is any news to report with regard to their further progress during the course of this ballgame.
Bob Bailey up now, he's hitting 245. He has three almost and 13 runs about a damn near to swinging the foul ball back and out of play.
He's strike one.
Fisco is making his fourth start of the season. He hits the pitch twice in relief against the Pirates for a total of two innings, in which he'll have four hits and three runs.
Here's a pitch and it's half a ball. Last season, Fisco was nothing in one against the Pirates. Here's lifetime back against them is nothing in four.
Fisco looks in to get a tie from Chris Canisero. And here is a one-one pitch. Fitch is way out, out off the glove of Canisero, comes all the way back, it's two and one.
This is the first appearance of the New York Mets here at Fort Field this season. It is the last ballpark for the Mets that they did before starting the second time around.
So here it is early June and the Mets are just now making their first appearance at Fifth Brigade.
And as you know, under the 162-game schedule, each team plays in every other park a total of nine games. So the Mets will play five of their nine against the Pirates in this homestand.
Here is the swinging of it, two and two.
This weekend, the Mets and the Pirates played four games at Shea Stadium in New York. Each team plays every other team a total of 18 times during the course of the season, nine at home and nine away.
So when this series is complete, the Mets will have played half of their season's total with the Pirates.
Two and two is the count of Alias to play, Cisco deals, and it's in there for a call strike three, a fastball by him, and Galen Cisco starts up a strikeout.
That brings up centerfield to Bill Burton of the Pirates, hitting 303 at one home run, and eight runs that it ends.
And playing centerfield, and let me see.
On the coaching line for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Johnny Pesky is at first base and Alex Jamis is the coach at third.
The Pirates manage to get here by Harry Walker, Harry the Hatch.
Burton is a left-hand batter, started out originally in the Yankee system.
Here is the pitch that is outside for a ball.
Yankees gave up Burton to the Cardinals when they got Enos Flutter.
Here's a one-oh pitch, change, and it hit on the ground to second.
Clouse is over up with it, Craneville goes to the bag, and there's a suggestion, time two away.
Craneville started for the ball at first and then saw Clouse, which gets good, so then had to hustle over to the bag, six-two.
Two away, and Roberto Cementi is up now.
Lennon, against the New York Mets, has been going like a house of fire.
He's 11 for 19, that is a clip of five, 79.
Mets couldn't get him out last weekend.
This season's batting average is up now to 308, he has 17 runs batted in.
Right-hand batter.
Galen Sisco with the pitch, to the right-hand batter and it's inside for a ball.
The Mets with an end field of Ed Craneville at first, Bobby Clouse at second, Roy Mcmillan at shortstop, and Charlie Smith at third.
Ron Favota in left field tonight, Jim Hickman in center, Joe Christopher in right field.
Here's a pitch inside. Right field can be a tough one here at Forksfield because there is a wall out there and there is a screen also off which the ball is in play.
Joe Christopher, having played with the parrots here, is familiar with it and the Mets management figured they'd rather have Christopher over there than to have Favota over there.
Favota never having played at this ballpark at all.
He's just playing in a foul ball, backing out of play.
So it is Favota playing left field and Christopher playing right.
Last year, of course, Christopher was the regular right fielder for the Mets throughout most of the season.
He was switched over to left at the start of sling training this year because the Mets were breaking at that time, but Johnny Lewis would be given a good shot at being the regular right fielder.
Here's a 2-1 pitch, high for a ball.
For now, Cusco goes behind 3-1 to Roberto Clemente and Willie Sargill is on deck.
Cusco with a 3-1 delivery and it's low. He walks Clemente. Coming with two men out here in the bottom of the first and Willie Sargill is coming up.
Sargill is another man the Mets are getting up. He's got 7 for 16. That's 438.
This season's running average is 241. Sargill leads the Paracen home runs with 10 and he is second and runs that at end with 23.
Clemente leads the Paracen RBI to 27. Two men out in the runner's first. No score in the bottom half of the first inning. Forbesfield in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Clemente leads at first base. Cusco's pitch is low and away from all. Clemente is kneeling in the on deck circle.
Forbesfield, scene of a 1960 World Series between the Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
One old pitch, low and hit on the ground to second. Second by Clouetown. Throw it on in time and Sargill ground-dragged Clouetown to Plainville.
No runs, no hits, no one left and the score at the end of the inning is the Mets nothing in the Pirates.
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We pass now for station identification. This is the New York Mets baseball network.
This is WGY, 8 Tenant Isles, connect with me. The time is 8.31.
This is Lindsay Nelson with Ralph Keiner and Bob Murphy at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
And Charlie Smith is up for the Mets. Joe Gibbon deals the pitch.
Swung on and popped up foul. Coming on back is Kechup Calderoni, but it's in the deep and out of play.
Well, there's a big Ron Swaboda banner in the third deck here at Forbes Field.
Only banner, I say, of any kind around the ballpark.
Charlie Smith, after having been out of the Mets lineup with a cold and a respiratory infection, is back in the night at third base.
Here's the pitch, swung on and Charlie Smith is a little bit out of here doing batting practice.
He says he feels fine. He's hitting 276 for the PZ at five homers and 20 runs battered in.
He was in the midst of a hot streak when he went out of the lineup.
The two-strike delivery, and it's a little tight for Charlie. It's one and two.
Swaboda is waiting in the on-deck circle. Ron, of course, was out of the lineup during the Chicago series, but he's back in the night.
He just pulled off for a day or two to try to get himself reorganized.
Here's the one-two pitch, swung on and missed for strike three.
Actually, he tipped it a little bit back into the glove of Al Joroni, says umpire Steiner.
One away, and now Ron Swaboda, who has 11 home runs and 28 runs battered in, is hitting 273.
Ron Swaboda, one!
The same boost, Swaboda, about here, there, about previously.
The pitch to the right hand battered, swung on and missed for strike one.
Hickman drove in four runs, and each of the next runs in Chicago.
Now it's going, aren't we?
We are missing the play-by-play for Hickman's at bat, but he did fly out to Roberto Clemente in right field.
There was nothing across for the Mets in their second inning.
We're going out to the bottom half of the second inning, and first baseman Don Glenn Dunnant is up to lead off for the Pirates.
Glenn Dunnant, off to a great start with a 340 batting average.
He has three home runs with 27 runs battered in.
And the number three, Don Glenn Dunnant.
And Glenn is a tall, rangy right hand batter, facing right hand pitcher Galen Sisco.
Inside for ball, it's 1-0.
Mr. John Galbraith, the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is here tonight.
Sisco, back off the rubber, Don Glenn Dunnant steps out.
Sisco was the captain of the 1958 Ohio State football team.
Mr. John Galbraith was one of his big backers, of course.
Here's a swing and a ground ball to clear it, taken by Charlie Flint, and he throws on in time, so there's one away.
John Galbraith is one of the big, big supporters of the Ohio State football team.
And Sisco was linebacker and captain of the 1958 team.
Here's Joe Masurowski coming up.
Mas is hitting 316 with two homers and 12 runs battered in.
Well, you wonder where you find baseball players.
Sometimes you just find them.
He was signed, as was right out of a tryout camp.
Here's a pitch low for a ball.
One away, nobody on base, and the bottom of the second.
One-oh pitch and it's low for a ball, two and 0.
We're still sort of in twilight time here in Pittsburgh.
Here's a pitch low for a ball, as there is a mixture now of daylight and artificial light.
Sisco's gone behind three balls and no strikes to Masurowski.
Sisco has struck out one and walked one so far.
Waiting on back is the shortstop, Andre Rogers.
Three-oh pitch and it's done for a call strike.
It's three and one.
And the three-one delivery, misses low and away, ball four.
Second walk issued by Sisco puts Mas out at first with one man out and Andre Rogers coming up.
The shortstop is hitting 340, one homer and 10 runs battered in.
For the past three seasons, Rogers was the regular shortstop of the Chicago Cubs.
Came to the park in exchange for shortstop Bobby Panger, who now is the regular shortstop for the Cubs.
And there was some cash in the deal as well.
There's a pitch and it's in for a call strike and it's thrown down to first not in time.
Rogers originally was the property of the Giants.
He was signed when a visiting high school principal happened to see him playing softball.
Here's a pitch and it's thrown on and bowled back, two strike counts.
The usher here at Forbes Field has been re-outfitted this season.
They are wearing jackets and matching hats this year.
This is a two-strike delivery to Rogers and it's a little tight, one and two.
One man out and Andre at first, no score in the bottom of the second.
At the end of an inning and a half now, the Giants nothing to braves, nothing, Bob Shaw against Ken Johnson.
Zizko looks for a sign, Mataloski leads it first.
Zizko steps off and does not throw.
One-two pitch, thrown on and hits on the ground through the hole in the left for Bay Fit.
The drive by Swoboda and Mataloski second and that's the first hit of the game coming off the bat of Andre Rogers with one man out here in the bottom of the second.
The pilots have runners in first and second with one man out and Gaglione is coming up.
Gaglione is hitting 232 with four homers and 13 runs to batting death.
As we promised, we'll try to keep you posted on the progress of the American astronauts White and Mcdivitt throughout the course of this fall game.
Here is the pitch and it's in for a call strike to value running.
Astronaut White is now asleep and Mcdivitt is piloting the capsule.
Gemini control has given the go-ahead to do 18 orbits.
Ed White had quite a time walking around outside that kept through the day.
Here's the swing and a foul ball off and out of play.
And Andy Rogers at first thought that it was a pass ball and he had moved up and was trying to get Mazz to move on.
It was off the end of the batter's value on it, the two-strike count.
Also a bulletin. President Johnson has just announced that he is withdrawing all remaining United States Marines from Santo Domingo.
One man out, runners first, second, no score.
Two-strike count to Paglione with pitcher Joe Gibbon on deck.
And here's the pitch just missed inside, one and two.
There is action down in the mid-bow pin.
Now Tom Parsons, the long man in the bow pin, in more ways than one.
He's up and throwing.
He was formerly the property of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Here's the one-two pitch, both tied, it's two and two.
Paglione last year was out hit on the Pirate's Bow Club only by Roberto Comete.
Paglione had a season's running average last year of 295.
Mazarski at second, Rodgers at first, Sisco off the stretch.
And he steps off the rubber. Paglione steps out of the batter's box.
Now we're set once again.
Two-two pitch, swung on in mid.
Sisco strikes out Paglione for his second strike out of the ninth.
Two away runners holding for his second and Joe Gibbon's coming up.
Joe Gibbon is a pretty good hitting pitcher.
He's been a four-team down this year and he's had two hits.
But he's a fine all-around athlete.
Started his baseball career as a first baseman.
Gibbon is a right-hand batter. Here's the pitch and it's a check swing foul ball.
Back in the thick and out of play for strike one.
Danny Murtagh, who retired last year as manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates,
is on hand here tonight and he was in the Mets dugout before the ball game,
renewing a few acquaintances.
He's still in the Pirate organization.
Murtagh took over here in 1957 from Bobby Reagan.
Here's the pitch and it's in for a called strike.
A two-strike count, not a Gibbon.
Runners lead for his second.
Here's the pitch, breaking ball swung on and missed and dropped by Canada.
He picks it up and Tag's Gibbon, the side, is retired.
No runs, one hit, one walk, no errors, two left.
The score at the end of two is the Pirates nothing and the Mets nothing.
Well, here's the date you want to make a note of, Saturday afternoon, July 24th,
because that will be the date of the annual Old Timers Day at Shade Stadium.
The top stars of the old New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers will be assembled
from all over the country to appear once again before the local fans.
We'll be telling you who they are throughout the next few weeks
as their acceptance has come in.
The Mets will play host to the Philadelphia Phillies that day
and that game will take place right after all the colorful and nostalgic ceremonies
that make Old Timers Day one of the most popular events of the year.
The date again, Saturday, July 24th, so make your plans to attend right now.
By the way, that will also be Lady's Day.
We're going to the third inning, no score on the ballgame,
and if anybody should be familiar with these surroundings,
it's a fellow named Ralph Keiner because during his fabulous career in the National League,
there were seven seasons when he was in a powered uniform
that nobody in the National League hit more home runs than Ralph Keiner.
Here he is.
Thank you, Lindsey, and hi there, everyone.
Top of the third, the first time up for Roy McMillan as he comes up against Joe Gibbons.
So far Joe has retired six in a row, striking out three in the process.
Roy, a right-hand batter, and the first pitch by the left-hand pitcher
is taking a fastball in for a strike.
McMillan batting at 2.56, one home run and 14 runs battered in.
He'll be followed by Chris Candacero and Galen Cisco here in the top of the third.
No score on the game.
And a swing and a miss at strike two.
All this game being beamed around the world through the Armed Forces,
by Armed Forces Radio, and salute from us right here in Forbes Field to all of you everywhere.
Two-strike delivery is way inside a slider, and Roy has to pull away the count now.
middle of Bay City. The Mets have their free kick.
It's one ball and two strikes.
It's the first pitch.
And the Mets have their free kick.
It's a two-strike delivery.
Twilight still taking some of the effect away from the lights here at Forbes Field.
And a swing and a miss.
It's a pitcher's night right up to now.
It's a two-strike delivery.
And the Mets have their free kick.
It's a two-strike delivery.
Well picked up by Bill Burton in center field.
Roy McGrillon, the first man to reach for the New York Mets.
in 36 games. At the end of two, Milwaukee won San Francisco nothing. Bob Shaw pitching
for the Johns against Ken Johnson for the Braves. Starting pitchers at St. Louis, the
Dodgers there. Sandy Koufax going for the Dodgers and Bob Perkey pitching for the St.
Louis Cardinals. First pitch to Chris Cannazeros, swung on and fouled at strike one. Bob Perkey
is taking over the starting rotation from Tracy Stalart. Tracy coming up with a back
injury in Houston. Also scheduled in the National League, Houston at Cincinnati, Philadelphia
and Chicago not scheduled. One game complete in the American League, Minnesota playing
Boston winning 4-3 behind Pasquale in seventh wind. The runner goes, a swing and the ball
dropped by the catcher and Roy McMillan goes in the second. Dolan Bates for Roy. Chris
Cannazeros on the pitch, swinging at a pitch that was low and inside protecting the runner.
Good play by Chris Cannazeros. It bothered Pallieroni and he dropped the ball. There
was no play at second. So the Mets have a runner at second base. No one out. Top of
the third. And the two strike pitch. Back to play. It's off of the club and it actually
hit Cannazeros. McMillan was off to third. He'll have to go back to second and Chris
Cannazeros who is rushed by the pitches on at first. So the Mets for the first time have
runners at first and second. Still low and away and Galen Sisco coming up. They are young
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office for details on this summer's youth opportunity campaign. Galen Sisco the batter.
And it has been up one time and had four hits. Correction, it has been up four times and
had one hit. Now the Barrett's looking for a punt and he swings away and fouls the ball
down the right field side. By Don Glendinan who didn't close. Both Glendinan and Bob Bailey
charging in and Galen Sisco not funny with the defense so tight. One strike count. Roy
McMillan at second base. A base hit and a stolen base is first this year. Chris Cannazeros
first and now fake and a throw at second base as Joe Gibbons swings around. No one covering
the ball. McMillan back to the back. Don Glendinan already at about 60 feet away from Galen Sisco.
He's just completely ignoring the runner at first base. Correction, Cannazeros there has
to worry about Bill Mazurowski. The second baseman. Now the pitch back. Taking inside
off the glove of Pali Rodin. McMillan trying for third. He gets in there and no play. Going
behind the play down to second base is Chris Cannazeros and a throw at a wild pitch. All
off the glove of Jim Pali Rodin. He picked it up right behind the batter and it looks
as though he might have a shot at third base but he didn't let go of the ball and Roy slid
in with no throw being made. So the Mets now have runners at second and third. No one away
in the top of the third. No score in the game. And the pitch back to Cannazeros to Chris.
And he swings and fouls it off. The count goes at one ball two strikes once again. One and
two on Galen Sisco. The wind up and the pitch back to the right hand batter. A foul ball
again this time on the right side into the stands and the count holds at one and two.
Infield playing it against the Mets here in the top of the third hoping to cut off a run.
On deck batter Bobby Clough. Now once again at Joe Gibbon back to the play. And the pitch
bounce to the middle. It goes on through in the center field. Throwing easy Roy McMillan
for third but holding at third base moving over from second is Chris Cannazeros. Chris
had to wait at second base to see whether or not Bill Mazurowski could come up with
a play. He almost got to the ball. It was a high bouncer right through the middle. But
it went around through and then Cannazeros moved over to third. So the Mets have taken
the early lead here by scoring a run in the top of the third. Joe Lowe went away. Galen
Sisco on at first base with his second hit this year. He's been up five times. And the
second coming up is Bobby Clough. Bobby a right hand batter hit the first pitch his
first time up. Cloughed out to the first baseman. Joe Gibbon in the stretch side and to the
right. And Clough takes the strike in the outside corner. One strike down on Bobby Clough.
Bobby batting at two-thirteen. Now the left hander back again and the curveball filed
away coming straight back from home plate. The cow moves up to hole in two. Tommy Sisco
the right hander warming up in the bullpen for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Mets lead one
nothing with no one out. We're in the top of the third inning. Runners at first and
third for the New York Saints. Two strike count on Bobby Clough. Infield back looking
for the double play with the exception of the third baseman Bob Bailey. And the pitch
back is low and away. One ball and two strikes. Don Glennendon at first base holding against
the runner there. Lights are starting to take much better effect now here at Forbes Field.
Twilight sort of disappearing. One-two pitch bounce slowly foul down the third base side
taken by Don Hefner. He looks at it and tosses it out to the mound. Count stays at one and
two on Clough. First 45 minutes of this game suddenly a difficult time for the hitters
to see as the Twilight had more effect than the field lights here at Forbes Field. Now
one ball and two strikes. Joe Given back to the plate and the pitch taken inside a fast
ball. Count evens at two and two. Two balls, two strikes. Given sets again. And his next
pitch is his hind here on the first base side. Bill Mazurowski and Don Glennendon there.
Don Glennendon makes the call and makes the catch. So the Firehouse have picked up their
first out here at the top of the third. Runners holding at first and third and it brings up
left hand hitting Eddie Craneball. Craneball struck out swinging at a three-two fastball
at first time up. One of the three strikeouts registered by the left-hander Joe Given. Mets
have one run and two hits. The Pirates have no run and one base hit. Runners at first
and third. The pitch by Joe Given is hit foul off to the left side and with a stand strike
one, Craneball behind a fastball fouling the ball off to the left side. One strike out
with one away in the top of the third. Mets in front one nothing. And given back to Craneball
and the ball is fouled again to the left side. This time a curveball fouled off the end of
the bat. So Joe Given out in front 0-2. John has scored a run in the top of the third against
Milwaukee that scored outside at 1-1 with the Braves coming up in the bottom half of the
third against Bob Shaw. Ken Johnson pitching for the Braves. Now the two strike pitch.
Curveball hits deep to center field. This will score a run. Tagged up a third is Cannadero.
Holding halfway at first base as the run scores across the plate to Mets take a lead 2-0 Galen
Sisko. So a fly ball, a sacrifice fly for Eddie Craneball. His 27th run batted in this
year. He leads the club in that department with the exception of runs for Bota who has
28. And the batter coming up is Joe Christopher. Joe, right hand batter, was called out and
strikes his first time up. Joe has a nine game consecutive game streak going. Over that
period he batted 382. And his first pitch is outside of Lowell. Fastball moving away
at ball one. Mets lead 2-0 with two outs in the top of the third. Larks with a 12 game
streak going for them, the longest in the league this year. Now the one-oh delivery slipping
out of the hand to give it a good play on it by Pagliaroni. Ball two. Ball is high and
away. Two balls, no strikes. Roy McMillan got it going with a single through the middle
of the first hit for the Mets in the third. Chris Catazero is hit by a pitch ball. McMillan
had stolen second for that put runner at first and second. A long fly ball to right. Galen
Sisko single in a run and a fly ball by Craneball got the other now done. Roberto Clemente makes
the catch to retire to size. Two runs in the inning for the Mets on two hits. No errors
and one man left on and the score at the end of two and a half the Mets two, the Pirates
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This is a New York Mets baseball network. A ten-on-the-dial WGY is connected. Ralph
Keiner along with Lindsay Nelson and Bob Murphy from Forts Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Mets leading 2-0 as the Pirates come up in the bottom half of the third. It'll be
the job of the batting order for the Pirates. Bob Bailey, Bill Burton and Roberto Cameni.
And on the mound for the Mets, Galen Cicco who has picked through two innings giving
up no runs allowing one base hit. He walked two and struck out three in that period. Bailey
struck out. He was gone looking at a slider first time. On his average it's 2-44. Right
hand batter. Bailey playing the third base wearing number seven. And Cicco with his first
pitch. The curve ball low at ball one. Now on the left field line in Forts Field at 3-65.
Right field line 300 feet. Area there guarded by a high fence. Pitch back is low and it's
ball two. Just a shade to the right of center field, 4-36. Just a shade to the left in center
field over 450 feet. Left center 406 feet and right center 3-75. So this is a big ballpark.
Totally the biggest park in the National League. Pitch back of the plate and it's in for a
strike. Two balls, one strike. Out in the center field area, beautiful background of
trees and vines. Back of that of Green Hill. So it's a good hitters background. Now Cicco
misses low again and the count goes to three balls and one strike. Ballpark located in
a very pleasant area. And Cicco now at 3-1 and the pitcher's bounce in the hole going
over McMillan in the backhand and he has a long draw and he can't get it there in time.
But what a play by Ross. Great backhand stop by McMillan. He got something on it. Made
a great throw but Bailey beat it out by about a step. So the Pirates have a runner at first
base in the bottom half of the third with no one out. Their second base hit off again
and Cicco, the batter will be Bill Burton, left hand hitting center fielder. Bill grounded
off at second base his first time up. His average is 3-0-1. And Cicco now in the set
position. Now look at first base, the pitch of the plate. It's going on a miss. Fastball,
he was late on it. Strike one. Burton, the second man in the batting order beyond deck
batter is Roberto Comenzi. Met's lead, 2-0. And the pitch back to the plate is inside
of the middle of the first base and Bailey dives back in safely. Close play and a good
tag on the play by a crane ball after a good throw by Chris Ganadero. One ball, one strike
count. No one out, bottom half of the third. Now Cicco look at first base and back again
and the pitch is on the outside corner. Ball strike two. One and two on Bill Burton. Cicco
looking for his first win this year. Both pitchers have not registered a victory. Cicco
is on two and Joe Given is on four. Given the only man of the starting rotation not
to win a game in the prior 12 game winning streak. Now the pitch back swung on him and
strike three and Cicco with a fastball on the inside corner picks up his fourth strike
count. Now your face Comenzi. Roberto Comenzi getting the hand as he comes up. He walks
in the three one pitch his first time up. He's batting the 3-0-8. Against the Mets he
has 11 for 19 in a four game series. The first time these two teams met. 5-79 average. So
he's still at that average against the Mets so far this year. And Galen Cicco with his
first pitch. It hard to the hole in the left field of base six. Now on the second base
goes Bob Batey and he holds there as the field comes in from Ron Svoboda. So that put runners
at first and second was going away and brings up Willie Starjow. Third hit for the Pirates.
On Starjow the big home run man for the Pirates coming up. He has 10 home runs and 23 runs
to get it in. He's batting at 2-39. First time up he ground it out hard to second base.
Galen Cicco with runners at first and second. And his first pitch to Starjow is a ball pitch.
Good play on it by Catazero. He moves out to his left to take it just off the ground.
Ball almost getting by. It's ball one. Bob Shaw has been knocked out of the box by the
Milwaukee's Rays in the bottom half of the third. No runs in that we have on our sheet
here but in pitching Ron Herbaugh. James Had one-one going to the bottom half of the third.
Swing at a low curve ball. One ball one strike. Ken Johnson pitching for Milwaukee. He was
a Guaric bum. They used to natural about two weeks ago. Now Tom Parsons warming up again
in the bullpen for the Mets. He was up in the second when the Pirates threatened on
a base hit and a walk. But Cicco worked out of the jam. A change curve bounce to the dirt.
It gets away and goes over to the Pirates. And the runners move up. Bob Bailey going
to third base and Roberto Cammini on down to second on the wild pit. So the jam run
at second base now and Galen Cicco in the middle of the jam. Two ball one strike in
and Chris Gennazer off to talk it over with Cicco. In the stands today the owner of the
Pittsburgh Pirates, the principal owner, Mr. John Galbraith. He was very instrumental
in Galen Cicco playing at Ohio State on the football team. John a very strong benefactor
of the Ohio State University. Galbraith makes his home in Columbus, Ohio and of course has
businesses here in New York and many other places. He brought into the Pirates in 1947
along with Frank McKinney of Indianapolis. Buying the ballclub from William Bensranger
who had the ballclub for many years there in Pittsburgh. He in turn had the ballclub
from Willie Dreyfus. Now the pitch as Darjeel takes outside misses and it's a ball three.
Three balls one strike. And Galen Cicco a pitch away from having the bases loaded. On
deck batter Don Glendinus. Now the three one delivery. It has taken Lone away ball four
and that loads him up. Third walk by Galen Cicco. Base is now loaded and Don Glendinus
a batter. Don ran it out the third his first time up. Bob Bailey at third base. Now Manny
at second base. Darjeel at first. Glendinus batting at three thirty seven with three home
runs and twenty seven runs battered in. That's leading by a score of two nothing with the
fire at the end of the pitch. It is hit off the handle. Little fly ball back to the short
top Roy McMillan. He backs up on the grass takes it and makes the play. Bill Cicco picks
up his second out now. Runners holding all the way around and Cicco will take on Bill
Mazurowski. Mazurowski walked his first time up on a three one pitch. He has an average
of three sixteen with two home runs and twelve runs battered in. That's the lead of two nothing
in jeopardy here with runners at first second and third. Two men away bottom half of the
third. And Galen Cicco working hard in the mound. He has a sign and wind up at fifth.
I picked almost getting away at zero one handed over the top of the head of Bill Mazurowski.
It was a high curve ball flipping out and almost going on back to the trees. One ball
no strikes. Infield set deep they have a play at any pace. Outfield shaded toward left field
and fairly deep against the right hand batter. Wind is going in from left field here tonight.
See the wind blows toward that field. It's been a pleasant cool day all day. Wind from
that direction usually brings that type of weather. Now the pitch back to the play. The
drive to left. It's in the air coming over Sopota. He has a chance for it and he makes
the play. On Sopota about two shifts away from the foul line taking that line drive
to retire the side. Throw the Mets get out of the jam as Galen Cicco leads three on.
Two base hits. And the score at the end of three. The Mets do the power of nothing. Now
word from Cool Filter King. Back for the fourth. The Mets in front do nothing as they come
up against Joe Gibbons. First man up will be Charlie Smith. Charlie batting for the
second time. He struck out of the curve ball his first time up. Right hand batter and Joe
Gibbons a left hander with his first pitch. It's fouled off and out of play. Strike one.
Charlie batting 274. He's been hitting well for the Mets. In fact was hitting extremely
well and was sidelined because of a heavy call. Now back in the regular lineup for the
first time in about five days. A one strike delivery. It has taken away and it's ball
one. One ball one strike. Charlie with five home runs and 20 runs batted in. Mets score
two runs in the third. They take the lead. They hold it at two nothing. Back to Charlie
hit hard. In the hole. It's in the left field of base hit. Coming in is Willie Satchel the
field of ball and Charlie Smith has it going again. He's on his first base. The Mets were
no one away now have Ron Favota coming up. Hit number three off Joe Gibbons. It's all
even at three at base with the Mets in front two nothing. Ron grounded out slowly back
to the pitchers mound his first time up. Batting the 271 with 11 home runs and 28 runs batted
in. And his first pitch is taken outside. Fastball missing just off the plate. One ball
no strikes. Ron playing for the first time in this ball park. He has now seen them all.
One ball no strikes. And the pitch is taken on a swing and fouled away. They count down
one ball and one strike. Mets playing against Chicago and Pittsburgh in this trip. Playing
in these ball parks for the first two times this year. For the first time to be more dramatically
correct. Now the pitch back to Ron hit the right field. Roberto Camini moving to his
left now waiting and he puts it away. One out. Back to first base Charlie Smith and
brings up Jim Hickman. Jim Favota to right field his first time up. Batting at 167.
Jim a three home runs and 11 runs batted in. He picked up eight runs batted in and the
three home runs against the Cubs. In an abbreviated two game series. It was scheduled for four
but the Mets tied one game which will have to be replayed. And another game rained out.
Both the Cubs and the Pirates rained out yesterday. Hickman a right hand batter and Joe Gibbon
with his first pitch. Blowing away at ball one. Fast ball away. Joe Gibbon's fast ball
moves away for right hand batter. He throws a slider and curve. At the end of one the
Dodgers nothing. St. Louis nothing. Colfax against Bob Berkey. Pitch back to Jim on the
inside corner. Breaking pitch one ball one strike. Houston at the top of the first with
no runs. Reds coming up. Not about going for the Astros and Gary O'Rico pitching for
Cincinnati. Philadelphia and Chicago not scheduled. They don't have two days off in a row. One
one pitch. A check on the swing but it's in there for strike two. Pitch in the inside
corner to count down. One ball and two strikes. One man away at the top of the fourth. The
Mets in front two nothing. This game the Percival five. Friday night a single game. Saturday
afternoon a single game and a doubleheader on Sunday coming up. Pitch back to Jim Fowler.
Pitch down low around the knees. One ball two strikes. They can't hold it. Tomorrow night
it's going to be Jack Fisher pitching for the Mets against Bob Prince. Game time will be
at 8.15 New York time. We'll be on the air at 8.10. One ball two strikes. Time to pitch
back to Jim. Swung on and missed strike three. Joe Gibbons picks up another strikeout. That
is his fourth in the ball game. He now has two away in the top of the fourth. The batter
Roy McMillan now stepping in. Roy started the Mets rally in the third when they scored
two runs when he got the first hit of the game for the Mets when he singled the center
field. Roy with that base hit. Getting his average up to 260. He too has been hitting
well for the Mets. Right hand batter. And Joe Gibbons with his first pitch. It's outside
ball one. Roy going to a heavier bat and crediting that to the success that he's had of raising
his average from under 200 up to 260. Roy using a bat of about 38 ounces now which is
heavy. Most batters use bats around 30. In the old days they used them all around 40
or over. Now to one open. Swung on and missed. Roy going for a pitch out of the way in the
count now. One ball one strike. Donnie Smith still at third base for the Mets. He singled
the lead off the inning but runs for a ball to fly out the right field and Jim Hickman
struck out. One ball one strike on Roy McMillan. And the left hander now. Look at first and
back to the plate. And the pitch foul off to the right side. The cam moves along the
one and two. Only one game scheduled in the American League. Minnesota won that to increase
the lead to one and a half games. Defending Boston four to three. It's past ball. Picked
up his seventh win. He has not lost one this year. Billy Marmboquette the losing pitcher.
Allison Olmgren in the second with the man on. Now the one two pitch. And down the right
field line. Extra bases on this one. If it bounces off the wall cleanly he'll get second.
Comenny holds him at first base even though he juggles the ball. And going over to third
base is Charlie Smith. Aferto Comenny taking that line shot off the wall playing it perfectly
and that was what stopped Roy McMillan. It was then juggle but Roy had already made up
his mind not to go against the thrown arm right fielder. Roy with his second hit. The
Mets now have runners at first and third with two away. And the batter coming up is Chris
Canazaro. That ball had bounced away. Charlie Smith could have scored with no trouble. He
hit the third base very easily. But Comenny who plays that ball well and who can throw
as well as anything. Waited perfectly although he did juggle the ball. Chris Canazaro the
batter. He was hit by a pitch ball his first time up. And the first pitch to him is low
and inside for ball one. Down the right field line as we mentioned earlier at three hundred
feet that ball hit against the wall on the fly about three hundred and twenty feet away.
Caromed off to Comenny who was about fifty feet away from the wall right into his hand.
Joe Given back to the plate and the pitch taken outside ball two. On deck batter is
Galen Sisco. So Joe Given working carefully to Chris Canazaro. Matsonori Murray Covey
has now relieved Ron Herbal for the time. All this action coming in the third. A two
all pitch to Canazaro. Low for ball three and Joe Given now at three and all with
the batters in first and third. That's the way two runs on four hits. All right now no
runs on three hits. Three balls no strikes. Given sets again and look at first base and
back to Canazaro. The slow and away ball four and that loads him up. Push down to second
base and the walk to Canazaro. The first walk is by Joe Given. It's Raleigh McMillan holding
the third base Johnny Smith in the battered game and Sisco. Eddie Matthews has hit a home
run in the third for the Milwaukee Braves. They lead by at least a score of three to
one and they're still batting. Two pitcher changes. Ron Herbal taking out he relieved
Bob John that inning. Matsonori Murray Covey also in the ball game for the Jack.
Bobby Sisco right hander has appeared in 13 previous ball games. He has won three and
lost none in that time. That's the total of 18 and two thirds innings and he'll be working
to Bobby Clouse. Bobby is 0 for 2. And the first pitch to Clouse is a curve ball low
ball one. Bases are loaded for the Mets. Roy McMillan at third base. Chris Canazaro is
at second base. Then game and Sisco at first. Mets leading by a score of three to nothing.
And the fifth back to the plate is ball two. Two balls, no strikes. Joe Given credited
with three and two thirds innings worth giving up three runs so far on five hits. In that
time he struck out four and lost one. That's going two runs on two hits in the third off
given. Have one run on three hits here in the fourth. Now the pitch back to Clouse.
It's in there for a called strike. So the count goes to two balls and one strike. The
Milwaukee Braves scored nine runs in the bottom half of the third against the San Francisco
Giants. They lead by a score of ten to one. One home run. Eddie Matthews in the third
with one on. Now the two one delivery. It's ball for ball three. And the count at three
and one with Bobby Clouse batting. Bases loaded so Donnie Sisco has nowhere to put him. Bobby
Clouse checking with Don Hefner as to whether or not he'll be hitting or taking the three
and one. Now Sisco right hander into the windup. His pitch to the plate is taken in there for
a called strike two. So a full count now at three and two with two men away. And the runners
will be going. There's a big pitch in the ball game. Three balls two strikes. Two men
out. Top of the fourth. Eddie Matthews runs three nothing. They have the bases loaded.
Now the pitcher going into the stretch position so the runners can't start too soon. The pitch
back to the plate. Low at four four and another run comes in. Forth game from third base.
Roy McMullen. Chris Cannaville moving over to third base. Gavis Sisco down to second
and on at first base with a run batted in. Here's Bobby Clouse. He took a close pitch.
It was coached at the time slightly by Kim Pallieroni. But the Mets now lead by a score
of four to nothing on the one. That run charged against Joe Gibbons. Don Swalwell now throwing
in the bullpen for the fires. And the batter coming up for the Mets is Eddie Cranesville.
And he looks low at ball one. And now out to take a look and to talk with Tommy Sisk.
15 coach five king. Former Brooklyn Dodgers. And while he's out there talking we'll pause
for station identification. This is the New York Mets baseball network. A ten of a dial
WGY is connected. Ralph Kynel on with Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy from Forbes Field. And
now the pitch back to the plate is all the way again ball two. Two balls no strikes.
Two and oh on Eddie Cranesville. Ed Robyn a run on the third with a sacrifice fly to centerfield.
He's home for one of the games. And his next pitch is looked at for a called strike. It's
got around the knees. McAd now at two and one. Cranesville batting at three thirty eight.
Now into the set position in the windup now and there comes a pitch. It's hit into left
center field. Cook left in a long run for Bill Burton. He can't get to it. A run scored.
Kendall-Jerro is going for third. Galen Siskill trying from second base. He scores and going
into second base with a double as Eddie Cranesville. And Bobby Foulkes moves to third. Go away.
Take two outs. Two balls. Two strikes. Double by Eddie Cranesville driving in two more runs.
And the Mets play five score six to nothing. Ball was a slicing looping line drive in the
left center field. Bill Burton tried for it. He couldn't quite get to it. Ball dropping
in and Cranesville had to slide in a second as a throw came in. But he beat the throw
and the Mets have the lead by a score of six to nothing. The batter coming up is Joe Christopher.
Joe is 0 for 2 in the game. And he takes the first pitch. It's low for ball one. Dug out
by Pallieroni. One ball and no strikes. Cranesville now with three runs batted in the ball game.
Leeds the club and runs batted in with 29. One more than Ron Sopota. And Joe Christopher
at one and all. He's the ninth man to bat in this inning. And the next pitch is in there
for a strike. One ball, one strike. All six runs in this game go against Joe Givens' record.
One ball, one strike. And the right hander back again and a drive to left. Going back
to left fielder. He can't get to it. It's over his head. Off of the wall. Going from
second base is Bobby Klaus. And from second base is Eddie Greenpool. The Mets now lead
on a long single. That throw was played off the wall in the second base by a score of eight
to nothing. And Joe Christopher with a 370 foot single off the wall and left. A line shot
over Willie Chargel that Chargel played it off the wall perfectly and fired it on in.
So the Mets have batted around. And batting now for the second time, Johnny Smith is single
to start the inning. And Joe Christopher has now extended his consecutive game streak to
10. These two runs in on Joe's single going against the record of Tommy Siss. And the
first pitch to Johnny Smith is inside ball one. Eight to nothing ball game is the Mets
lead in the top of the fourth. And the pitch back to Johnny is put on a miss. The count
evens at one and one. Now the right hander looks at first, comes back again to Smith
and a line drive to center of base hit. Joe Christopher going to second base. Ball bobbles
but picked up quickly by Bill Burton and Christopher holds it second. And Johnny Smith has had
two hits in this inning. Two for two for Johnny Smith. Mets getting their sixth base hit and
now out to the mound is Harry Walker and that will be all for Johnny Smith. Tommy came into
the ball game to pitch to Bobby Krause with two men away. He pitched to four batters, gave
up a walk, a double and two singles in that time. Two runs tied against his record. And
Don Swal who was warming up the ball pen is coming into the ball game. Now throwing down
into the ball pen is Wilbur Wood, a left hander. So Don Swal is coming in the ball game. The
third picker used in this inning, Joe Gibbon with Johnny pitches. Joe pitched first to Johnny
Smith, gave up a single then got two outs. Runner left at first base but then the Mets
exploded for a single, a walk, a single and that was all for Joe Gibbon. Don Smith came
in, he gave up a walk, a double and two singles. The Mets lead by a score of eight to nothing.
They have runners at first and second, still two men away and the batter is Ron Favota.
Officially Tommy says he did not pitch or get credit for any inning to work although
against his record two runs and two hits in the walk. And again here's Lindsey Nelson
to bring us up the date of the score. Alright Ralph in the National League it's all night
action and at the end of three innings it's the Milwaukee Braves 10 and the San Francisco
Giants 1. Bob Shaw starts with the Giants, Ron Hervel in the third and Masanori Muratami
in the third. When the Braves got nine runs including a two run home run by Eddie Matthews,
Ben Johnson pitching for the Milwaukee Braves. At the end of an inning and a half the Los
Angeles Dodgers three and the San Luis Cardinals nothing. Sandy Colfax going against Bob Perky.
At the end of an inning and a half the Houston Astros three and the Cincinnati Reds nothing.
Don Nott of Wright going against Jerry Arrigo, Rusty Shaw at a three run homer in the second
inning. Philadelphia and Chicago are not scheduled in the National League. The American League
only one game scheduled today and that was an afternoon contest in which the league leading
the Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-3. Camilo Pascual the winner with help
from twice in the eighth, fifth down in the eighth and Nelson in the ninth. But Pascual
and Alex won seven games and lost none. Billy Mombroo gets started and hits the loss for
Boston with early relieving in the seventh inning. Bob Allison at a two run homer for
Minnesota in the second inning. And right here the New York Mets are leading the Pittsburgh
Pirates by a score of eight to nothing. And we are in the top half of the fourth inning.
First game of a five game set. The Pittsburgh Pirates having won 12 games in a row and with
Ryan Svoboda coming up coming back in here around town. Okay Lindsey, John Svoboda the
pitch against Ron Svoboda. He has appeared in eight previous ballgames, worked 17 innings.
He has an earned run average of 4.76 per nine innings. And he has a record of two and two.
John a right hander and Ron Svoboda right hand batter. Rod in his innings right out
the right field. He is 0 for 2 in the game. Runners at first and second two away and the
pitch to Svoboda is high and it's ball one. One ball no strikes. Ron the eleventh man
to bat here is the Mets have scored a total of six runs on six hits. One ball no strikes.
And Svoboda back to the plate. The pitch taken at the knees on the inside corner. One ball
and one strike. Mets have not won a ballgame from the Pirates this year. The Pirates swept
the series in New York when they played winning four. Now Svoboda in the set position has
won one delivery. He has flung on and fouled off. That makes it a one two count on Ron
Svoboda. Ron has his man's right here. One of his many now. Up in the tap deck the third
deck here in Forbes field. A batter which says O.A.I. loves Ron Svoboda. Now this could
be Ron's country around here. One ball two strikes. John Swal working and the pitch back
to the plate is flung on and fouled off the end of the bat. Another count of six one and
two. Swal going to his side on pitch and Ron getting just a piece of the end of the bat
on the ball. Mets leading by a score of eight and up against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Not
time called as the ball gets away in the bullpen down the right field line. Ron Lockett losing
up in the bullpen for the Mets. It's been a long inning. And the pitch back to the plate.
A second of swing in time. A good look at it by down in the count now two and two. Two
balls two strikes. And Swal back to the plate. A swing and a miss strike three and that ends
the inning. Up to the inning the Mets add to their lead. They've scored six runs on six
hits there with two walks. Two men left on base. And the score at the end of three and
a half innings the Mets eighth to Pittsburgh Pirates nothing. Bottom half of the fourth
inning the Mets leading by a score of eight to nothing. Going six runs from the top of
the fourth. Their biggest inning of the year five times now they have scored six runs and
won anything. On the mat for the Mets with the big lead is Gannon Zisco. Gannon looking
for his first win. He's contributed to the Mets cause with two singles and two runs batted
in. Gannon also has held the Pirates to no runs and three hits. He has struck out four
and walked three and he'll be pitching to Andre Rogers who had a single his first time up
in a high curve. Rogers a right hand batter and the first pitch is hit off the hands looped
toward right field going back Bobby Clough. He can't get to it. It drops in back of him
and the Pirates have a runner first base with no one out and their fourth hit. Rogers batting
at three fifty two before the base hit. So he's headed on a couple more points. The batter
is Jim Valerone who struck out looking at a curve his first time up. Jim batting two
thirty. And the first pitch to the catcher is a called strike strike one. Jose Fagan
is in the on deck circle. The pitcher is due up next to Jose who was acquired from San
Francisco for Scofield. He'll be batting for the first time against the Mets in a Pirate
uniform. A change up and it's fouled down the dirt. Now moving to oh and two on the catcher
Valerone. Ball bounced up and got the home plate umpire and for a while there Candice
Airol didn't know about. Now he's getting some assistance as Chris holds on to him as
he's doubled over. Coming down from first base Al Bollock and also Danny Whelan the
trainer of the Pirates coming out. Ball bounced down the dirt and bounced up. And now Mel
Steiner doubled over in apparent pain. Dan Landis walking in along with Augie Donatelli
as they all had their sympathy. Say why don't you come to the Rango Talent Quest every Friday
at 8 p.m. at the World's Fair. Amateur vocal and instrumental groups will compete for prizes
in the singer ball. Mission is free so you can go to the show and enjoy yourself. Maybe
see some new young talent discovered. No time call but Mel Steiner waving off everyone and
he's okay. It's a man here. Probably a good sized crowd in Phelpsville but not nightly
good all day. Barrett came into the ninth game with a 12 game winning streak and the
box office has picked up. John scored two runs to the top of the fourth to cut Milwaukee's
lead now to 10 to 3. Milwaukee scored nine runs in the bottom half of the third. Two
strike count on Jim Pallieroni. Time is in. A runner at first base. A curve ball hit foul.
Cisco coming in with a change curve ball. The ball pulled down the left field line and
bounced against the stands and went out in the left field and picked up by Ron Svoboda.
Jim and Cisco making their fourth strike for the Mets. Enjoying at this point an eight
game eight run lead. And the right hander now back to the play and the pitch foul off
the play. Straight back at home plate and count stays at O and 2. Barrett had a record
of nine and 24 before they started a 12 game winning streak. They are now 21 and 24. Again
a change up. It's in the dirt dug out by Cannazero. Fake throw to first base and Rogers back to
the back. Mets have a record of 18 wins and 29 losses. There are only two wins. Back to
the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs. One ball two strikes. Cisco now sets
again. His pitch curve ball bounced slowly towards short. Coming over Roy McMillan. He's
up with it. He throws to Bobby Clouse covering at second base for the fourth there. And exchanging
at first base is Jim Valeroni on the out. That'll bring up Jose Fagan. Jose fighting
for John Schwalb out in a 2-0-5. We'll see another pitch in the ball game. It'll be left
hander Wilbur Woods. Fourth pitcher to be used by the Pirates. He'll come in at the top of
the fifth. They got a right hand batter. Off runner at first base. And a hard swing at
the first pitch. Strike one. Mets leading 8-0. Mets have a modest two game winning streak
going for them. One strike count on Fagan. And the next delivery a curve ball. Swing and
a miss. Strike two. Fagan pulled completely on a big rolling curve. It was sort of a surprise
when the Giants traded Fagan off because there was never an indication in any previous years
that they were thinking about another shortstop. Taking up Schofield from Pittsburgh was not
too much of a surprise because Schofield was never really considered a strong contender
for the shortstop position. They liked him but he had not measured up. Now the pitch
back to the plate. One ball, two strikes. Pitch low and away. And a good play by Ken
O'Zerro to get out in front and keep the ball from going by. Schofield was scheduled to
take over and be the regular shortstop when Dick Grode was traded away. And of course
they must have felt very highly about Schofield when they got rid of Grode. He never did quite
measure up although with the Giants now he's going like a house of fire. One, two pitch
just outside. A slider missing off the outside corner to count it two and two. The Pirates
have been using three shortstops and dispersing their men getting good results. Andre Rogers
has been the top man because his bat has been red hot. Their number one fielding shortstop
is Gene Alley. He's batting at 260. Now a ground ball hit hard to short. Taken on a
short hop by Roy McMillan. The throw to second base for the fourth play is in time on the
first base for a double play. And the Mets with their 48 double play to retire the side.
6-4-3. No runs, one hit, no errors and no one left on. And the score at the end of four,
the Mets eight, the Pittsburgh Pirates nothing. And now once again Lindsay Nelson.
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album J Stadium Flushing, New York. Wilbur Wood is the pitcher in the ball game now for
the Pittsburgh Pirates. He's a left-hander and he is the fourth Pirate pitcher of this
ball game. Joe Gibbons started is the pitcher of record. Gibbons hits three and two thirds,
gave up six runs on five hits. This came in, faced four batters, was charged with two runs
and allowing three hits. Don Schwalp pitched a third of an inning, he retired one man and
was removed from the pinch hitter and now it's left-hander Wilbur Wood. And Jim Hickman
steps in now to lead off of the Mets. Jim has flied to right and struck out swinging
so far in this ball game. Wood looks for his side and Jim Pagliarone and here's the pitch.
Fung on, hit on the ground to third base, second deep by Bob Bailey, a long throw but
a clean done and in time and Hickman is out. One away here in the top half of the fifth
inning and Roy McMullin is the batter. Roy is two for two tonight. Wilbur Wood is making
his eleventh game appearance. He has no one or loss record. He has pitched a total of
seventeen innings in which he's allowed four runs, three of them earned. And the pitch
to Matt is in there for a cause strike. Wilbur Wood has an earned run average of 1.58. He
has struck out eighth, he has walked eleventh. One away, nobody on base. The Mets are leading
their score of eighth to nothing. Left-hander Wood pitches low for a ball. One and one, the
count's a nine. Wood with a one-one delivery and admits he's outside for a ball. He goes
behind two and one. St. Louis Cardinals have scored five runs off Sandy Kofax in the bottom
half of the second inning. So at the end of two it is the Dodgers three and the Cardinals
five. Here's a swing and a fly ball to right field. Going back is Clemente. He has it lined
up. He's there and he makes the catch. Ball is well hit by McMullin to right. Clemente
gets a good jump out there. Two away, nobody on base and Chris Cannadaro is coming up.
He's been hit by a pitch ball and walks. Right-hand batter. Tug McGraw is throwing in the Matt
bullpen. Left-hander number 45, Tug McGraw. Suddenly Larry Miller has reported he's going
to side number 35. Here's a pitch. It's in there for a called strike. We're in the top
half of the fifth inning of the first game of a five-game series here at Forbes Field
in Pittsburgh. The pitch to Cannadaro, breaking ball low. It's in the dirt. One and one. Forbes
Field is equipped with the only automatic field cover in the National League. It extends
from home plate up the third base line out to short left field. Here's a swing and a
foul ball back up first. A check swing and line just foul back up first base. The Milwaukee
Braves were the first in the National League to install an automatic field cover, but it
never did really work out there and they finally just dug it up and covered the trench over
and filled it in. So there's just no sign of it left at County Stadium, but the one
here at Forbes Field does work. Here's a breaking ball that goes high. And so there is no other
field covering here. For a year or two they used to keep the tarp rolled up around handy
just in case, but the automatic field cover works so well they dispensed with that. Two-two
pitch. Breaking ball swung on. In the air a high fly ball to the right. Clemente dribbles
back. He's underneath and waiting and Roberto makes the catch. So Wood gets the side in
order here at the top of the fifth. Wood no runs, no hits, no runs, no left. Scores the
end of four and a half innings. Here's the mess eight and the Pirates nothing. Here at
Forbes Field the Pittsburgh Pirates will be coming up and Bob Bailey will be up to lead
off in the bottom half of the fifth. We're keeping you posted on the progress of American
astronauts White and Mcdivitt. And they are now one hour into their seventh orbit. They
have 55 more of it to go. And White who has been asleep his past hour is about to relieve
Mcdivitt as the pilot so that Mcdivitt can get some sleep now. And in something like
20 minutes they'll pass the 10 hour mark of this particular project. Right here the Mets
are leading. The Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of eight to nothing. Galen Sisco on the mound
for the Mets. Bailey is one for two. He's a right hand batter. Sisco deals a pitch that
goes high up of all one. Pirates were scheduled to have played the Philadelphia Phillies here
last night and they were rained out. Mets were scheduled to have played the Cubs in Chicago
yesterday and they were rained out. The pitch went on and hit on the ground foul back at
third on down and to left field west of Obota now. It was, it was, it was actually off the
foot of Mark's Policemen down there and Fulvoda has retrieved it. One and one to count to
lead off man Bob Bailey of the Pirates who was signed originally for a bonus estimated
at $175,000. Here's the pitch low. Two and one. Bill Burton is waiting on deck. Dodgers
did not score in the top of the third so at the end of two and a half it's Cardinals five
and the Dodgers three. Here's a swing and a drive foul down across the Mets both then
out of play in the left field corner. Two and two. Well when the Dodgers picked up three
runs for Sandy Kopacz you might have thought he'd be in pretty good shape but the Cardinals
came back to get five off Kopacz and take the lead. Sisco looks in to get a side. Chris
is going to counter zero and the two-two delivery swung on. Hit deep to center and right there
Jim Hickman and he makes the catch. There's a lot of room in center field and Forbes field.
One away and I bring up Bill Burton who has rolled those acres out there for a number
of years so very well. He's nothing but two tonight. He has grounded out second. The person
struck out swinging. Burton started out in the Yankee system, went to the Cardinals and
the deal is brought in a slaughter through the Yankees. Here's a swing and a ground ball
to first. It is a fair ball taken by Cranesville behind the bag. He jogs over to make the play
unassisted. Two away and Roberto Clemente is coming up now. He has walked and guarded
out. Clemente was married last November. Batting champion of the National League. He is twice
all that out. Galen Sisco with the pitch to the right hand batter. It's bunned up into
the air foul over right hand to the med dugout. He was studying at Charlie Smith playing
a deep third base and he was trying to bun his way out. Strike one to Clemente. Cardinals
have picked up another run off Sandy Copac. Here's the pitch and it's just for a call
strike. Ken Boyer of the Cardinals has homeward off Copac to make it 6-3. Two strike deliveries
one run and foul back. Upstairs and out of play. Got hold of two strikes. Come up to
cool for the most refreshing coolness you can get in any cigarette. Smoke cool filter
king. Here's the swing and the ground ball up to first base line. Canadero recovers.
Fires out in time. A little number and Chris got out there and heard a pass run and threw
out the speedy Roberto Clemente. The side's out in order. No runs, no hits, no is not
left to score. At the end of five is the Mets eighth and the Pirates nothing. Well, Roy
McMillan's had a couple of base hits in this game. He has been going great in his usual.
He turns in a spark through two. He should tell you that the Mets play and you can find
out all about Roy McMillan and all the other Mets in the brand new revised 1965 Mets yearbook.
It has all the up to date facts and figures on the Mets plus 258 action photographs. As
you know, from time to time player personnel changes during the course of the season and
for that particular reason, the yearbook is updated from time to time with revised editions
and the first revised edition is now available with information on new Mets such as Chuck
Miller who came to the Mets from the San Francisco Giants. There's a special section on Yogi
Burrow and one on Warren Spahn, plenty of pictures of them. So to get the new 1965 Mets yearbook
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Mets yearbook Shea Stadium Flushing, New York. We'd like to call your attention too to an
event coming up at Shea Stadium Friday, July 9th will be date night at Shea Stadium when
the Mets meet the Houston Astros. There'll be Dixieland bands and other entertainments.
A Y board date accompanied by a mail escort will be admitted to the general admission area
for 50 cents. Right now we've got a station identification. This is the New York Mets
may phone at work. A gentleman WGY is connected. This is Lindsay Nelson with Bob Murphy and
Ralph Keiner at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh and Gail and Cisco is up for the Mets. It
is low inside the ball when Cisco has had two big hits in this game. The Mets is driving
the run each time and it keeps the rally alive. Wilbur Woods the fourth pirate pitcher of the
evening is on the mound. That pitcher is in for a call striking its one and one to Cisco.
We're in the top half of the sixth inning. And the one one delivery. Slow breaking ball
low and it's two and one. The same umpiring crew is working this game that worked the
Mets series in Chicago. Umpires came on over last night. Here's a two one delivery and
the Mets are on a high hopper towards second. Mazurowski charges gets rid of it in a hurry
in time and Cisco grounds five second to first. That'll bring up Bobby Klout. Bobby is nothing
for two but he hung in there to draw a walk. Where's the bases loaded and the top of the
second inning. And of course gotta run better than. Here's the pitch to Klout and it's low
and it's a one and one. Klout's back at second base tonight for the Mets with Charlie Smith
back in the lineup at third. There's a one oh pitch and it's in there for a call strike.
One and one. Ed Craneville waiting around on deck. Wilbur Woods with a one one delivery
of breaking ball. Swung out and missed. It's one and two. We'll be on the air tomorrow
night at eight ten p.m. with radio and television coverage of the second game of this series.
Here's a one two pitch. It's in the dirt. Bounds off the arm of Jim Pagliarone. He retrieves
it. Count levels at two two. Pagliarone came with Don Schwal. Two of the parrots from Boston
in the deal that sent pitcher Jack LeMay back first baseman Dick Stewart to Boston. Here's
a swing and a foul ball back and out of play. Two two count. And the two two deliveries.
A little never foul coming back out of play. Count holds at two two. Well I think that
anyone who was around here in 1960 will never forget the closing days of the National League
campaign and the final day of the World Series here in 1960 when the parrots won the World
Championship. Here's a two two pitch. And it's taking a high way. Count runs full at
three and two. It was one of the wildest scenes imaginable around here when the parrots clinched
the championship and when they won the World Championship. Here's a playoff. Pitch long
on as a high pop foul back a third. Bailey's over at the barrier and this one's going in
the seats out of play. Count holds full at three and two. One man out nobody on base
for the Mets batting in the top half of the sixth inning. There's one thing about the
National League in recent seasons that excitement of winning the championship and playing in
the World Series has been sort of spread around. The parrots won it in 60 Cincinnati in 61.
Giants in 62. Dodgers in 63. Here's a swing and a ground ball going through the hole in
the left field for a base hit for Bobby Clouse. Willie Stajula up with it plays it's act.
Mets have a base run over the one man out and Ed Crane is the batter. Ed is not in three
runs. He had a big double and the six run rally in the top of the fourth and he had
a sacrifice by the Sunniston drive and a run in the third. He is one for two officially.
Right now Crane Poole is hitting 342 for the seat. The left hander deals a pitch long on
it on the ground to Clint Denham at first. He goes across to Rogers for one to throw
back and not in time. That's Crane Poole beats the relay. Woods took the relay there. He
moved over to take the throw after Clint Denham had gone for the ball and played it to Rogers
for the force. Two away. Joe Christopher coming up. The Mets are leading by a score of eight
to nothing. Christopher had a single to drive in two runs in the sixth inning fourth. He's
one for three. Joe has a hitting streak going now. Out ten consecutive games. Wood checks
the runner first. Here's the pitch long on it and land over the head of Maseratski second
into right field and Clemente comes up with the ball underhanded back and Crane Poole
second. Christopher with his second hit of the night and that will bring up Charlie Smith.
Charlie coming back into the line up tonight is two for three. He had been sidelined with
an upper respiratory infection. Two men out, two men on. The Mets leading by a score of
eight to nothing in the top half of the sixth inning at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Wilbur
Wood is up and set. Runner's lead first and second. Here's the pitch to Charlie. Swung
out in mids for strike one. Charlie Smith has a season's batting average right now of
286. And he is hitting clean up tonight and manages singles batting order. There's a
breaking ball that's in there for a called strike. A two strike catcher Smith. Rons for
the Mets. Wood looks for a sign as runners lead first and second. Two strike delivery
and it's a check swing pop out toward the bag at second and then D. Rogers makes the
catch. So the side is out with no runs. Two is in or two left and the score at the end
of five and a half is the Mets eight and the Parrots nothing. Here at Forbes Field tonight
the official paid attendance is 9,169. Ladies, 2,070 and total in the ballpark 11,239. We'll
be going to the bottom half of the sixth inning and Willie Stargell will be up to lead off
for the Pittsburgh Parrots. The Houston Astros have scored another run in the fourth inning.
So going to the bottom of the fourth it is Houston seven and Cincinnati nothing. A regal
out of the ball game. Saturas in the fourth inning. For Cincinnati, Don Nottabart still
pitching for the Houston Astros. Rusty Saab at a three run homer in the second inning
for Houston. Stargell has grounded out and walked so far tonight. Big left hand batter.
This goes pitch for on and lined. The second where it is off the webbing of the glove of
Plowett on out of the right field for a paid hit. It was a line shot and Plowett went up
into the air. The try just to smear it but he couldn't flag and went down. It was a shot.
Went on out of the right where it was picked up by Christopher and played back in and that's
when Don Nott is up. That's when Don Nott is grounded out and off that so far.
This goes off the stretch and the pitch to the right hand batter is inside for a ball.
The Mets are leading by a score of eight to nothing in the bottom half of the sixth inning.
Stargell leads it first. Crane Poole playing behind the runner. Here's a pitch a breaking
ball low. This goes behind to and on out of Don Glenn Dunnett. Let's play him straight
and he has excellent speed. This goes touch for the two-oh delivery. On and on the ground.
The shortstop. They come on over to cross for one. The relay to first and he's safe.
That's when Don Nott beats the relay with his good speed. First they got the ball. This
goes touch for the two-oh delivery. On and on the ground. The shortstop. They come on
over to cross for one. The relay to first and he's safe. That's when Don Nott beats the
relay with his good speed. First they got the lead man Willie Stargell as he went McClurn
DeClause one away and Bill Mandarocki is getting up. He has walked and lined out to left field
so far. With the bases loaded in the bottom of the third has lined the ball to left field
but Ron Favota at good position and blanked it down to the off. This goes off the stretch
to the right hand batter. On the ground is short. They get there by macking over to cross
for one. The throw to first this time a double play. It goes six four three and the side
is on with no runs one. It's a net eight and the par is nothing. In the seventh inning
the New York Mets have Ron Favota leading off against left-hander Wilbur Woods. Wilbur
took over for Pittsburgh back in the fifth inning. He's worked two innings a lot. No runs
in the first inning. He's got a nice run up to his. Here's the pitcher Ron a swing and
a fastball strike one. Ron has bounced out of the mound lined to right hand been struck
out nothing for three. The Mets have eight runs on ten base hits. A curve of swing and
a miss strike two on Favota. Probably the key RBI's of the game to date. The two driven
in by Galen Susco. He drove in the first run. The bases loaded two men down. He drove in
the second to the third run. Way inside Ron had to bail out in a hurry. They're double
checking. Actually Galen drove in the first run with runners on second and third. Nobody
had they pulled the infield down and he's single. Drainful sacrifice fly drove in the
second run. A towering infield pop fly by the mound. Coming in is Don Clendenin called
out by Bailey on third base when Bailey grabs it. Middle way between home plate and the pitcher's
mound. But the biggest hit of the mall for Galen came in the sixth run fourth inning.
The Mets had the bases loaded. There were two men away. Galen Susco single to right.
For his second hit in the second RBI that made it three nothing and the Mets went on
to score five more runs. They got all six runs in the fourth inning after two were down.
Now Jim Heckman batting against Wood as he whacks it foul back upstairs and out of play.
For Wood young left hander from Belmont, Massachusetts was originally given a large bonus to down
with the Red Sox. Fenway Park and Boston a very tough ballpark for a left hander unless
you're overpowering or have a great fangirl. Here's the pitch on the way whacked foul as
Hefner had to get out of the way in a hurry. Wilbur had a good minor league record. He
won 15 games out of Seattle last year with the Red Sox in that field. But he had to count
his stuff for a small ballpark and an inviting target for right hand hitters. Pittsburgh
on the other hand has a big ballpark for a pitcher and particularly big for the right
hand hitters they felt Wilbur Wood could help them a great deal. Inside letter high. One
ball and two strikes on Jim Heckman were in the seventh. A one two delivery. Check swing
and a foul ball drifting back toward the visiting dugout. Roy McMillan is the on deck batter
that's sitting in the visiting seventh. A swing and a miss he got him on a big curveball.
Strike out for Wilbur Wood. His first as he took over in relief. Now there are two away
on the batter is Roy McMillan. Roy has two hits and two times at bat. Two hits and three
times at bat. They got him out the last time up. And the curve is over for a call strike.
In the fourth inning he's singled a right field with two men. In the fourth inning he's
singled a right field with two men down and Charlie Smith on first. Charlie went around
to third. Canazaro walked and loaded the bases and Francisco singled in a run. Off the outside
corner one ball and one strike. Fitching one and one. A ground ball hit toward the hole
running to his left side is Maserowski. He comes up through to Clinton and in time on
the side is up. Three up and three down in the visiting seventh inning and the score
at the end of the six and a half inning. The New York Mets eight and the Pittsburgh Pirates
nothing. Last half of the seventh inning the Bucks coming up against Galen Fisco. Andy
Rogers will be leading off and Rogers has two hits and two times at bat. He has two
of the five given up by Galen Fisco. So Rogers is now hitting 364. Rogers came to the Pittsburgh
Pirates in the winter in a deal with Chicago in which Pittsburgh gave up a rookie short
stop Roberto Peña and quite a bit of money. Here's the wind up and the pitch a drive
hit deep toward left center field. Rob Swabota won't be able to reach it. This is an extra
base hit rolling back toward the wall and Rogers comes in the second standing up with
his third into the game. Lead off double in the seventh inning by Rogers. That'll bring
up Jim Pagliarone and the Pittsburgh catcher has been struck out. He's been a force play.
Warm up action and the Pirate bullpen. Andy getting to the very water will go to a pinch
batter. Andy Mota has come out on deck to hit the Welber Woods and the curve is over.
It's Frank Wundell. Frank Crappana left hander is warming. If he comes in he'll be the third
south ball that Harry Walker has used tonight. Now the pitch back. Galen low and inside.
One ball one strike to untie Yaroni. Bag a right hand batter and he'll pull the ball.
Throw the Mets play him around toward left of the outfield. Breaking ball outside is
low. Two balls to the strike. Larry Miller is now loosening up for the New York Mets.
Larry joined the ball club in Pittsburgh. Larry had one-sixth and lost only one of the
2.5 ERA at Buffalo. Did he wrap that or take it his place on the Buffalo pitching staff?
2-1 delivery. Outside ball three. Galen is behind now three and one on value running.
Galen slowing himself down. This is the longest stretch that Cisco has worked this year. 3-1
delivery. Bounce foul. He went after it. It's back toward the visiting dugout behind third.
So now the string is at three and two. Outfielder Manimoto is out of the undocked circle. He'll
be batting for pitcher Wilbur Wood. The Mets eight and the parents seven were in the last
two to seven. The three-two is popped high in the air. Back toward the backstop. Cannavero
hoping for a play. Half rim and grab. So Pagliarone on three and two fouls out to Cannavero.
Now Manimoto right hand batter will be hitting against Galen Cisco with one out and one on.
Mani has been platooning in center field with Bill Burton. Burton playing against the right
hand pitcher. Manimoto is pitching and Manimoto against the left handers. Manimoto is the
second pinch hitter that Harry Walker has felt on. He used Jose Pagan in the fourth
inning and Jose hit into a double play. Pitch by Galen Cisco. Baltimore chop off the plate.
Hit toward second. Grabbed by Clouse. He throws just in time to get him. Moving on to third.
Goes Andy Rogers. Bobby had to hurry. That ball bounced off on plate and it went out
toward second. Lead off batter Bob Bailey has one hit in three times at bat. He beat
out a base hit to deep shortstop back in the third inning. And until Andy Rogers tossed
over to third while Manimoto was being thrown out Bailey has been the only pirate runner
as far as third base. Breaking ball over strike one. Galen trying to win his first victory
over the Pittsburgh Pirates. He tried to punt and he missed to take the third save and it
was close. Rogers was almost picked off. Canozero whipping the ball to Charlie Smith. Bailey
trying to punt for a base hit and get a run home but he missed on the bun and temp. Now
Galen out of his wind up here with a pitch low and outside one and two. Will be on the
air at 810 tomorrow night with a second of this five game series. Saturday afternoon
the game will be on at 130. And on Sunday the double header at 1pm. Now Fusco delivers
one and two outside at low. Chris digging it out of the dirt. It's two balls and two
strikes. Bobby Clouse playing almost behind second against full hitter Bob Bailey. Andy
Rogers on third with two men down. Pitching two and two. Outside ball three and the string
out four. Allows no runs and a six base hit. This has been Galen's most impressive pitching
performance and this is the longest stretch he has worked. Ball four he lost it. So that
is the fourth walk surrendered by Fusco. Now the Bucs have runners at first and third.
Two men down and Burton coming up. Burton has bounced to second and been struck out
and bounced to first nothing for three. The veteran outfielder hitting at 297. Left hand
hitter against right hand pitcher. Here's the pitch to him a drive in the air to center
field drifting back at Jim Hickman. He's there. Makes the catch the side is up. Burton skies
to rather deep center on the first delivery and the side is out. No runs one hit. No errors
two left. At the end of seven it hangs the score of the New York Mets eight and the Pittsburgh
Barrett's nothing. Bob Murphy with Leslie Nelson and Ralph Kanner. We go to the eighth
inning here at Pittsburgh. The Mets in front of eight nothing. Cannazero leading off against
Carpenter. Bowels it back to the crowd. Strike one. This has been hit by a pitch. They're
on a walk and fly to right. Frank Carpenter is on a relief for the fourth time. A bouncing
ball whacked to short. Handled by Andy Rogers to play the first of the downs and then in
one down. One out and nobody on. That'll bring up Galen Susco. Well Galen has had quite a
night. He has shut out the Pirates over seven innings. He's had two hits driving and he runs
full time. And Galen gets a hand as he comes up. But now Galen steps in against Brooklyn
born Frank Carpenter. Frank a 25 year old south ball was born in Brooklyn. Makes his
winter home now at Richmond, Virginia. He originally started out at the Yankee farm
system and was drafted by Pittsburgh from Columbus, Georgia in the 64 winter meetings.
One ball, one strike on Susco and now Galen steps up. Carpenter cranks up. Down comes
his pitch and it's outside to Galen. Frank Carpenter was really used out of that bullpen
last year. He was in 69 ball games. One five and lost three and had a 2.7 earned run average.
Pitching two and one. Foul ball hit down the right field line and up into the upper deck.
In the second inning with runners on second and third and nobody out. The infield playing
again, Galen bounced one through the middle scoring Roy McMillan with the first run of
this ball game. Grainful sacrifice fly made it two nothing. A swing and a miss he struck
him out. Galen is fanned by Frank Carpenter. The big explosion came in the fourth inning.
The bases loaded and two men down. Galen Susco single to right scoring McMillan once again.
That made it three nothing. Bobby Klaus walked on three and two with the bases loaded forcing
in a run. That made it four to two. Eddie Crane pulled in double to left center driving
in the fifth and sixth runs and Joe Christopher singled off the wall and left driving in the
seventh and eighth. Outside to Bobby Klaus one ball and no strikes. Bobby got a hit his
hand up as one for three and a one. Pitch by Carpenter is over for a strike one ball
one strike. Slow curve the drift fin of the knees for a strike one and two on Klaus.
The one two pitch. It's inside of the knees two and two. Eddie Crane goal waiting on deck.
That's the Rangool Chugga Mug is a wide mouthed last buck that holds 12 ounces of beer and
it even feels right when you pick it up. They're just about the handiest thirst quenchers in
town. You'll find special Chugga Mug displays in your area. Bobby takes the count goes to
three and two. Now Carpenter over the head down comes the pitch. Bow ball walks it back
out of play and the counter remains three and two. Three two delivery a bouncing ball
hit towards second. He comes up throwing and it's in time for the off. Frank Harpen comes
on to get the side one two three in the eighth inning. No runs no hits no errors done left.
At the end of seven and a half innings the score the Mets eight and the Pirates nothing.
Roberto Clemente will be up against Galen Fisco in the last of the eighth inning. Clemente
is trying to walk single to left and been thrown out by Chris Cannazero when he tapped
one out in front of the plate.
Fisco Wines here's the pitch outside and low he came sidearm with it one ball and no strikes.
Big swing and a scribbler fouled on the third base and once again he went for a high breaking
ball. Very similar pitch to the one that he was thrown out on by Cannazero his last time
up. The Mets were rained out yesterday Tuesday afternoon and beating Chicago ten to five
they had a six run inning in the fourth. Now tonight the Mets had a six run inning. Five
times in the young season the Mets have scored as many as six runs in one inning. Foul ball
hit down the third baseline by Clemente.
They're in the ninth inning now in Milwaukee. Braves leading the Giants ten to three. In
the fourth inning in St. Louis the Dodgers came up with four runs and chasing Bob Perky.
The Dodgers and the Cardinals are now tied seven to seven after three and a half. Low
and outside. Now it's two and two on Roberto Glimini. Both of the starters, Sammy Kovacs
and Bob Perky are out of it and the game is tied seven to seven after three and a half
in it. Long drive, it's deep to left center field, way out by the wall in left center
field. Four hundred and six foot dribble by Roberto Glimini. The ball struck in the
vines that just about covered the brick wall. Then dropped the right screen down on the
track right at the four hundred and six foot mark. What a cloud by Glimini. Willie Sargell
is the batter. Sargell has passed the second, drawn a walk single to right. A long hit by
Roberto, the seventh in the ball game for the Bucks. Fusco into his land up now to pitch
outside to Willie Sargell. Don Glenn Dunn is on deck. Gary Crowell and Frank Leary who
are midway between starts are losing in the bullfist. And the change up is a high drive.
Willie Sargell hit a change up to glad he's throwing power and hit the ball in the head
corner. That pin HTV is
to work in the bullpen. Along with Tom Parsons, Gary Krull, and Frank Larry were just tuning
up for future starting assignments Saturday and Sunday. And so now Larry Miller is coming
in the ball game and he's coming in having thrown only about four warm-ups. Larry was
not in the bullpen, Larry Miller that is, when Casey went to the mouse. And now Larry
Miller is being brought in. He'll have eight tosses on the mat and that's all he'll be
getting with him, although he did warm-up earlier in the ball game tonight. So now the
first two runs gave up eight hits. He walked four and struck out four. And hard-throwing
Larry Miller is now in the ball game for New York. Larry acquired during the winter and
a swap with the Dodgers. It was impressive in the spring, the best felt that he needed
this. Work under fire, he opened with Buffalo, he had one-sixth and lost only one and had
a DRA of 2.5. So did he, right then, has been sent to Buffalo and Larry Miller now takes
his place in the Miss Pitching staff. Larry was with the Dodgers most of last year. He
got off to a fast start to the Niners, the Dodgers brought him up, he was fishing well,
he hurt his knee in September and that hampered him the rest of the way. The hitter is Dan
Glenn Dunn. Glenn Dunn is 0-3, that counts the third, stops the short, reaches in a fourth
play. Bonnet down a third base flat, a beauty of a block, a play by Spiti, he's out of
base fifth. Glenn Dunn and Bunny for a base fifth and the Pirates are picking up momentum.
The Pirates are back in base fifth, he's got his foot made to play perfectly but simply
not in back. He raced in, picked it up with his fair hand through accurately, all in the
same motion but not in back. Now the hitter is Bill Masurowski. Doug McGraw and Tom Parsons
are warming up for New York. Masurowski, right-hand batter facing Larry Miller. Curve a little
bit outside, one ball and no strike. Larry Miller has been winning as a starting pitcher
at Buffalo. Now Larry will be pitching out of the bullpen with a New York miss. Nobody
out if he pitches to Masurowski. A foul ball hit towards the middle, a base fifth to center.
That hot grounder was just an entrance ball beyond the reach of the bellies. It was almost
a twin kill. It was hit hard by Masurowski through the middle of the base fifth, four
hits in a row by Fitzburg. Now the runner is on first and second, still nobody out of
the hitter is Andre Rogers. He is really hot. He's had three for three in the ball game
today. Last time up a long double. He's hitting.364. The Fitz-Pan Miller is fouled upstairs
and out of play. Larry had very little time to get ready. He was not warming up in case
he went to the mat. So he had only four or five quick warm-ups in the bullpen and then
came to the mat. Runners at first and third. The pitch, a line drive in the air, but right
here it's going to be a base fifth. Five in a row. The third foul is run. Four gets away
from Christopher. Giving on the third goes Masurowski and Rogers goes to second. It's
one and one, a base fifth and an error. And the Pirates are very quickly fighting back
into the football game. The crowd's standing here at Bucks Field. The Bucks have a 12-game
streak on the line. They now have rattled off five straight hits. Once again, Casey goes
to the mat. That's four hits and four times the pass for Rogers. He went on to second
on the error and drives to Christopher in the outfield. It's eight to three now and
Tom Parsons is coming in to see what he can do about it. Jim Paliorone will be coming
up. And Harry Walker still has a lot of bench hitting that he can call on. He has men like
Jerry Lynch and Gene Freeze still in the dugout, along with Ozzie Virgil, Gene Alley, and
Del Randall. Earlier in the ball game, he used two of his left-hander centers, Ozzie
Sagat and Manny Modus. Now Tom Parsons is the third pitcher of the inning. Tom's going
to be the second and third and nobody out. The Pirates have five straight hits. Manny's
406-foot double to left center. Virgil's 11th home run of the year, a two-run shot. A bunch
single by Glenn Bannon, a ground single through the middle by Nazarovsky, and a lying single
to right by Rogers. It's over at County Stadium in Milwaukee. The Braves beat the Giants tonight
10-3. Ken Johnson all the way was the winning pitcher. Starter Bob Shaw, the loser for the
Giants. Braves scored nine of their ten runs in the third inning. The only American League
game schedule was played this afternoon with Minnesota tightening the grip on first place
by beating the Red Sox 4-3, a fastball, one of your seventh game without a loss. Here
we go. Jim Palioroni, 6-foot-3-inch right hand batter stepping in against Tom Parsons.
The Pirates, if they pick up the two in scoring position, are really back at it. Dean Freeze
is the first to score. Jerry Lynch is also around the bat rack. Here's the pitch on the
way. Inside, ball one. Parsons started against the Bears over the weekend at Chase City.
The ball is in the starting role. The tall right-hander, Wyanton Fitch, is a high drive
to deep right center. Way back, the fifth-over, he's getting under it, makes the catch in
deep right center. Mazurowski comes down the line to score, and Rogers takes and goes to
third after the catch. The ball is up deep enough in the right center so that it's not
only a score to run, but moves the runner from second to third. Now, pinch hitter deluxe,
Jerry Lynch, will bat for blank curve in the fifth-over center. Jerry Lynch, better on
the right side. The ball is in the center, and one of the best games ever known. A high
drive to deep right center. Jerry Lynch getting a tremendous two-run honor on the first pitch
thrown by Parsons. His fourth home run of the year is fifth and eleventh, runs down and
again, KC has gone to the mound. Now, Jambucky and Blank-Larry are warming in the bullpen.
That was the 17th pinch hit home run in Jerry Lynch's career, which is a Major League record.
Billy Cowan and Shani Lewis are quickly warming their arms up for defensive maneuvers, and
the Pirates are on the verge of making one of the greatest comebacks in a ball game that's
been pulled off in a long, long, long time. Parsons remains in. Larry and Besky are warming
in the bullpen, and now KC comes out of the dugout. He was stalling for more time for
his bullpen. And now the changes are going to be in the outfield. Cowan and Lewis have
been warming up down the left field line. You need a lot of speed in the outfield with
this big ballpark. But now KC goes over to the third base umpire, Dan Landis, to signify
the changes that KC once made in the outfield. Shani Lewis will replace Joe Christopher in
right field. Shani Lewis goes to right, relieving Joe Christopher as a defensive move. Blank
Larry and Jim Besky warming up as rapidly as they can in the bullpen. KC has gone back
to his dugout. He's trying to get as much time for his bullpen as he can, and you cannot
blame him for that. It's a chilly night, and things are happening so fast, he's trying
to stop the momentum. Six runs are in for the Pirates. Six runs in on six hits, only
one out. Now Billy Cowan goes to left field, replacing Ron Swabota. Billy Cowan to left
field, Ron Swabota coming up. New York in the outfield now has Billy Cowan in left,
Jim Hickman in center, and Johnny Lewis in right. Barsen's a safe two hitter, Pal Yaroni
hit one about 390 to drive it a run it was caught. Jerry Lynch hit one over the screen
for a two run homer. The Bucks have had two home runs in this inning, they've got six
runs in on six hits. The Mets have a two run lead, now the wind up by Barsen, and the pitch
to Bailey is high, one ball to no strike. The Mets came in to the last of the eighth
inning with a lead of eight to nothing, it is now eight to six. Here's the wind up pitch
on the way, fouls by Bailey, one ball, one strike. Bill Burton is the on deck batter.
Bailey is the eighth man up in the inning, but many led the inning off and so the big
pirate guns are about set to come up again. Bailey a long ball hitting for the batter
now, though he's the lead off hitter. The one one pitch, low and outside, two and one.
Down to Parsons, pitching in relief. The doll right hander whines and pitches a smash on
the ground to short, he's filling up with it. The peg across the dam and two men down.
Bailey grounded hard to shortstop, two men out. Now Bill Burton is coming up, Burton is
down for four. Bill Burton is the ninth man to battle the inning. Parsons trying to get
on his target, here's the pitch on the way, outside and high, it's ball one. As you can
bet, Parsons would love to get Burton, so he'd have some money as a lead off hitter
instead of coming up with somebody on base. Now the left hand hitter waits and the pitch
gets the outside corner for a strike. One ball and one strike. Six runs are in on six
hits, including two two run homers. Each team has had a six run inning. A smash right back
to the mound, knocked down by Parsons, he thrills to first to side his outs. That was
a line drive but it was hit right back at Parsons who knocked it down with his glove.
And then through to first for the third out. Six runs, six hits, one error, none left off.
But the Pirates throw a tremendous scare into the Mets in the last of the eighth inning
and they'll be within reach when they hit the ninth. At the end of the eight innings
the score now of the New York Mets eight and the Pittsburgh Pirates six. Bob Murphy with
Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Keiner. Al McPean is now the new pitcher. Jerry Lynch who hit
a two run homer as a pinch hitter and established a major league record by doing so. Stays in
the ball game and goes to left field. Al McPean will be hitting in Bill Burton's spot. Burton
made the last out. So the Pirate outfield has Jerry Lynch in left. Roberto Clemente is
flying center and Willie Sargell has moved over to right. Now the eighth fan on the Pittsburgh
staff. Al McPean is pitching to Eddie Crane Poole as we go to the ninth. Outside and highball
once. McPean is the sixth pitcher that Harry Walker has called on. Right in for a strike
to Eddie. Eddie has driven in three runs tonight for the Mets with a sacrifice fly and a two
run double. So Eddie has one for three and three RBIs. He now leads the club in RBIs
taking over the leadership from Ron Swaboda. A liner hits beyond the reach of Rackers in
the left center for a base hit. Lynch plays the ball back in and Eddie Crane Poole has
his second hit. Now Johnny Lewis will be hitting for the first time. He went to the right field
replacing Christopher to tighten up the defense when the Pirates were scoring runs. Johnny
Lewis the batter against Al McPean. McPean has been given credit for saving eight victories
for the Pirates this year. They look for the punch. The pitch to Johnny Lewis a strike
on the outside corner. Bob Skinner a former Pirate has been a two run homer for the Cardinals
in the last of the fifth innings. Adam had a high scoring battle between the Dodgers
and the Cards. The Cards are back in front. He bumps it foul. No play on the count strike
two. Wayne Lewis nine to Los Angeles Dodgers seven with the Cardinals hitting in the last
of the fifth innings. Houston behind Don Nadebort out in front of Cincinnati eight to one. They're
the last of the seventh of Cincinnati. Right here what was an eight to nothing ball game
is now eight to six in favor of New York. Pitch to Lewis a ground ball to second base.
Mazalasky goes to second for one. Rogers the first. Not in time. Lewis gets there ahead
of the throw. One out and one on. Charlie Smith coming up. Charlie has two for four.
Frank Lary and Larry Banaras are warming up for New York. Pittsburgh in the ninth inning
will have Clemente, Sargell and Glenn Benning. There are three big hitters coming up. Now
the pitch. Chopped foul off the plate going off to the left side. No play. So Harry Walker,
the Pittsburgh manager has the three men he would call on first to come up and hit. As
the Bucks hit in the last of the ninth innings. So the Mets would love to pick up another
runner too if they possibly can. Off to the left side. No play. So Harry Walker, the Pittsburgh
manager has the three men he would call on first to come up and hit. As the Bucks hit
in the last of the ninth innings. So the Mets would love to pick up another runner too if
they possibly can. Throw to first. Not in time. Now the pitcher on the way. It's too
high. Charlie lets it go. One ball, one strike. Billy Cowan in the on deck circle. He relieved
rounds for Bota in left field. Now the 1-1 pitch. Foul ball hit him off the fist with
a good pitch. Back toward the first box. One out and one on in the ninth innings. They've
been in front on the count. The 1-2 pitch. Inside the letters two balls and two strikes.
Another Cardinal homer against Dodger pitching in the fifth inning by Hoolie and Havie or
Nobody on. So the Cardinals have at least three runs in. And they're leading the Dodgers
by at least 10 to 7 in the last half of the fifth inning. The 2-2 pitch. A ground ball
foul down the third base line. You usually won't score 10 runs off the Dodger pitching
staff in three or four ball games. 2-1-2. Johnny Lewis is on first. Charlie Smith is
the batter. Al McBean and relief. Down comes the pitch and it's a foul ball that's not
playable back up into the crowd. Quite a few of the fans left before that six run explosion
by the Bucks. The Mets were sailing along with an 8 to nothing lead coming into the
last of the eighth innings. Roberto Clementi's 406 foot triple started things up. Here's
the 2-2 delivery. Low and outside. Now a full count 3-2. Charlie has hiked his batting average
out of 283. Charlie has real good power. And Jerry Lynch the left fielder is playing him
almost back to the track in left field. Now Lewis edging off. There he goes. Here's the
pitch. A foul ball that lost it out of play over behind the third base dugout. Johnny
Lewis is the base runner at first with one out at 3-2. Let's see if Casey has him running
in. Now the stretch by McBean. There goes Lewis. A high fly to center field. Lewis slams
on the break. Lameni drifting in. He's under it. Makes the catch. Two men down. Throw two
outs to the top of the ninth inning and Billy Cowan will be up for the first time. Billy
went to the outfield for Ron Sloboda. Ron had gone headless and four times up. Here's
the pitch by McBean. A foul ball that knocked the Hellman right off of Cowan's head. Billy
grabs his forehead. Trainer guffs my turning out of the dugout but Billy says I'm alright.
Don't worry about me. That ball came back. It fouled off the bat handle into the dirt.
Bounced up and knocked the Hellman right off of Billy's head. Larry Minneth and Frank Larry
are keeping warm in the New York bullpen. Here's the pitch. Ground ball hit down to
third. Handle by Bailey. He throws the second. Fourth play on Lewis. The side is out. So
we'll be going to the last of the ninth inning. The side is trailing by two and there are
big hitters coming up. No runs, one hit. No errors, one left on. At the end of eight and
a half innings the score of the New York Mets eight and the Pittsburgh Pirates six. If
you've been wondering what Swedish Americans sing after the smorgasbord, listen to this.
Touralerie is a song that Swedish Americans sing over and over at their parties and picnics
until they raise a fearful thirst. Then they change their tune. Halon Gorr is the traditional
Swedish drinking. Unfortunately we are missing the audio for the Pirates last of the ninth.
Here's a recap of what happened. Roberto Clemente struck out and Willie Stardew grounded out
from pitcher to shortstop to first. And Don Clendenin fly to right field. Nothing across.
The final score was the Mets eight, Pirates six. Mets had eight runs, 11 hits, one error
and six left on base. And Pittsburgh had six runs, 12 hits, no errors and eight left on
base.