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Chicago Cubs faced the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium for a Sunday doubleheader on June 8, 1975.
The Cubs were managed by Jim Marshall in 1975. Marshall had the interim job midway through the 1974 season after the firing of Wally Lockman.
Lockman had taken over the team in 1972 after the firing of Leo DeRoscher.
DeRoscher had built a strong Cubs team that was able to finish in second place several times in the early 1970s, something that Cubs hadn't done in decades.
But after he left, the Cubs tumbled under Lockman, finishing in the cellar with 96 losses in 1974.
Cincinnati was managed by Sparky Anderson, who were a great team in the early 1970s, with over 95 wins in four of the past five seasons, including two trips to the World Series that fell short.
But the Big Red Machine was on its way in 1975, entering this game in first place with a 32-22 record.
This audio recording is from Game 1 of the doubleheader, featuring Cincinnati broadcasters Marty Brenneman and Joe Nuxhall.
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Now, for all the play-by-play action of Cincinnati Reds baseball, we go to Marty Brenneman and Joe Nuxhall.
Good afternoon, everybody. From Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Joe Nuxhall and yours truly, Marty Brenneman, welcoming you to Reds baseball.
Today, a double-header against Jim Marshall's Chicago Cubs to wrap up this particular series.
And the Reds ticket office announced just a short time ago that tickets are available for the Twin Bill today.
In the first game, right-hander Gary Nolan goes for his fifth consecutive victory.
And for the Chicago Cubs, it'll be right-hander Rick Ruschel.
We'll be back with a game line to do today after we pause for this message.
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If you're ready now, the lineup for the Chicago Cubs in Game 1, leading off and playing shortstop is John Kessinger.
Batting number 2 and in left field, Jose Cardinal. Billy Madlock at third base hitting third.
Batting fourth, the center fielder is Rick Mundich. Batting number 5 and at first base, Andy Thornton.
Hitting sixth, the right fielder is Pete LeConte. Manny Trio at second base batting seventh.
Hitting eighth and catching is Steve Swisher.
Batting number 9 and pitching for the Cubs in the first of our twin build today is right-hander Rick Ruschel.
The Reds are on the field. We'll pass along their starting lineup after the playing of our national anthem.
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Once again, quickly the Cub batting order today. Kessinger at shortstop, Cardinal in left field,
Matlock at third, Mundy in center, Thornton at first base, and LeCocque in right.
With Trio at second, Swisher catching and Ruschel pitching.
For Cincinnati, the leadoff hitter will be third baseman Pete Rose.
Batting number 2 and playing right field is Dan Dreeson.
Joe Morgan the second baseman, hitting third. Batting number 4 and the catcher is Johnny Bench.
Tony Perez at first base, hitting number 5. Batting 6 in center field, Cesar Geronimo.
Davy Concepcion at shortstop will bat 7. Hitting 8 in left field, George Foster.
Batting number 9 and pitching for the Reds and the first one is right hander Gary Nolen.
Again for Cincinnati, it's Rose at third, Dreeson in right field, and Morgan at second base.
Bench catching, Perez at first, Geronimo in center.
With Concepcion at shortstop, Foster in left field, and Nolen on the mound.
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Gary Nolen ready to go and Joe, a man with a great deal of momentum going for it.
I hope to tell you, five or four straight wins and things have been going very well for Gary
and certainly the ball club and I have to make that tremendous statement.
We can't win two if we don't win the first one.
Well, we've had good luck with it over the last couple of years.
Here's Kessinger to start off the game for the Chicago Cubs as Nolen delivers to him
a breaking pitch over on the inside of cause strike.
While the Reds start out today in first place in the West, the Dodgers shut out by
Steve Carlton and Philadelphia on two hits, four nothing last night.
Here's the 0-1 swung out on a fly ball into left center field.
Geronimo right there and Kessinger is at game first out.
Counter will be left fielder Jose Cardinal who miraculously recovered from an ankle injury
that he suffered late in yesterday's game.
Had to be helped off the field by Cubs trainer and then the manager Jim Marshall
and through the miracles of modern day science, he's back in the Chicago starting lineup.
Cardinal batting 326 with five homers and 26 RBIs.
Right-handed batter.
Gary Nolen delivers to the plate and the pitch is swung on and hit in the air to left field.
Concepcion is back there waiting on it and Davey puts it away and quickly two down.
So with two outs, the hitter will be third baseman Billy Madlock.
In that Philadelphia win last night, Dick Allen with two home runs off left-hander Doug Rauh,
Allen's first two in a Philly uniform this season and a late two run shot by Greg Luzinski.
Carlton picked up his second shutout of the year and the Reds are in first place by
four-tenths of a percentage point as we begin today.
Madlock looks at a strike.
Cubs third baseman in his second year in the Chicago uniform batting 325
has 32 RBIs and three homers.
Outfield straight away for him. He swings and hits a fly ball into right.
Danny Treason right there and the Cubs are very quickly out in the first inning.
Three up and three down. They're scoreless in the top of the first and the Cincinnati Reds are coming to bat.
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We go on to the bottom of the first inning as Pete Rose prepares to lead things off against right-hander Rick Ruschel who's won four of nine decisions and has a fourth 19 earned run average.
But Joe, we saw in a game of the week a couple of weeks ago this guy can be awfully tough on a given day.
I hope to tell you his ball really sinks Marty and runs in on the right-handed batter.
So if Rick is keeping the ball down, he can be an extremely tough guy to score on.
He has two complete games and one was the one we were talking about against the Dodgers when he beat Andy Messers-Smith at Wrigley Field.
Rose in and waiting as Ruschel delivers to the plate and the pitch hits Pete.
Rose slams a bat down in disgust. That pitch appeared to hit him in the lower part of the back.
And he's really upset as he fires a bat down and goes on down to first base.
Rose a little bit upset as he stands down atop the bag at first and he didn't let his feelings hide themselves at all.
He fired that bat down and well I would have to say that there was a purpose for that certainly.
I think Ruschel meant it.
Now we'll see what develops in this game. Here's Danny Dreeson that pitches low to it.
Dreeson playing right field today with a return of Tony Perez to the Reds' order and Danny's swinging a hot bat.
Sparky wanted to keep it in there. Hitting 257. Here's a throw to first base and Rose steps back.
Dreeson with his first home run of the season and certainly one of the longer shots that we've seen at Riverfront Stadium this season.
A right center yesterday. He takes it up high and he's out in front at 2-0.
Well if there was a purpose for Rick Ruschel hitting Pete Rose to start this inning maybe we can make him pay for it by getting some runs off.
Rose at first a 2-0 count on Danny Dreeson.
Joe Morgan swinging a bat in the on-deck circle as the right-hander checks in with Swisher and throws to the plate.
That's swung on and hammered foul down the left field line.
In the Cubs infield Andy Thornton is at first base. Manny Trio at second.
The captain of the Chicago Club, Kessinger at shortstop and Madlock at third.
In left field Jose Cardinal and center Rick Mundy and in right Pete LeCocque.
Swisher behind the plate and Rick Ruschel behind to the left-handed batting Dreeson bringing it up to the plate.
This one taken outside and high it's a ball three. Three and one.
Cubs losing each of the first two games of the series.
Five to one against Gullet. Eight to one against Billingham.
Ruschel Lopp throwing on to Thornton before throwing the three-one on to Danny Dreeson.
LeCocque deep in right field. Here's the pitch.
That is taken ball four low and the Reds get their first two men on in the first inning.
Joe Morgan batting 337 with seven homers. He got number seven yesterday and 32 RBIs.
He's been hitting 348 in his last six games with eight hits and 23 times up.
So Rose at second, Dreeson at first to hit back with a walk. Gets him on with nobody out.
Ruschel into his stretch motion as he checks Rose at second, delivers inside of ball to Morgan.
Well we were certainly witness to some Chicago pitching that had problems finding the strike zone yesterday
in the sixth inning in which the Reds scored three times and batting around had only one hit but Cub pitchers served up five walks.
Ruschel having trouble here in the first inning. Morgan is out in front ball two, two and nothing.
They've got the full complement of four umpires working today with Bob Engel returning.
He's at first base. Doug Harvey calling balls and strikes. Harry Wendel stand at second and Dutch Renner at third.
No score in the first inning but we're trying to change that situation.
Here's a very, very high fly ball in the straightaway fairly shallow right field.
LeCocque is under and he makes the catch. One out and the batter will be Johnny Bench.
Johnny enjoying a most productive day in the eight to one victory yesterday as 12th homer of the year.
A two run single, a bases loaded walk. He now totals 43 RBIs which is topped not only in the National League but also in the Major League period.
And his 12 home runs the pace center in our league.
Batting 282. Rose leading at second. Griesen likewise at first but now one out in the inning.
The rush will pitch and Bench swings and does not get it.
Good day for baseball here in Cincinnati and another fine, fine crowd on hand.
It's the hottest club in the National League having won 14 out of their last 17 and with a win here yesterday now 10 over the 500 mark at 32 and 22.
Bench again does not get the pitch and it's 0-2.
So Rushal very quickly getting his act together after hitting Pied and walking Danny.
Got Morgan on a fly ball to LeCocque in right field and he's out in front two strikes on Johnny Bench.
The Chicago in field a double play depth.
Rushal pauses and delivers and Bench strikes out swinging as he went after a pitch away.
Two down and Tony Perez coming to the plate as Tony makes his first appearance in the Cincinnati starting lineup since May 25th.
The second game of that Memorial Day double header here in which he was hit in the right thumb by a Jim Lombard pitch.
Suffered a fracture on the tip end of that thumb and except for a couple of pinch hit rolls this is the first time for him.
He tries to get the Reds on the board with two out. Rushal delivers and Tony swings and misses.
Perez batting 219 with seven home runs and 31 runs batted in.
Strike one delivery missing on the inside it's a ball and it's even at one ball in one strike.
The San Francisco Giants and the Pittsburgh Clarence are underway in the first of their double dip.
Ed Helicki going against rookie left hander John Candelaria and the Giants have scored a run at the top of the first inning.
Strike two on a foul ball in the middle of Steve Swisher.
One ball and two strikes on Tony Perez and Rick Rushal doing a pretty good job right now.
The first two men in the inning get on against him but is a strike away from leaving those two stranded here in the bottom of the first inning.
The outfield for Perez is straight away in deep.
Swisher sends out the sign as Rushal checks in with him.
Right hander ready to go and he brings it to the play.
Perez strikes out swinging on a fastball up and in and the side retire.
No runs, no hits, no errors and two men left on and it's the end of one complete.
The Reds nothing and the Cubs nothing.
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Chicago Center fielder Rick Bundy and their cleanup hitter will lead off the top of the second against Gary Nolan who disposed of Kessinger, Cardinal and Madlock in bang bang fashion in the first inning.
Gary in his last start at physical problems developed stomach cramps so severe that he finally had to leave that game in Pittsburgh with one out of the seventh inning but got credit for an eight to four victory.
And his two victories before that a one run four hit performance against the Montreal Expos there and then came back in his next start to shut out the Expos and only two base hits.
So Gary Nolan is pitching very, very well. He delivers a strike to the taking Monday.
Rick hitting three oh two five homers and twenty five runs batted in for this veteran center fielder.
Wings and misses at an off speed pitch away and he's down at oh and two.
Andy Thornton on deck and he'll be followed by the right fielder Pete LeCocque.
Nolan working rapidly back with the oh two delivery and that is strike three swinging.
Gary Nolan picks up his first strike out of the game and his thirty seventh of the year. He's walked only 14 batters an amazing statistic in itself when you consider the two of them have been intentional walks and he's pitched the total now of eighty three eighty four innings complete.
That right handed batter hitting three twenty eight pitch to him is taken at the knees a call strike one. Gary Nolan continually throwing absolutely nothing but strikes.
I don't believe he's missed with a pitch out of the strike zone since this game started.
Thornton swings and misses at a curve outside a breaking ball he was lunging at that good strike to.
Cincinnati infield as Perez at first Morgan second concept the own a short rose at third an outfield of Foster Geronimo and recent left center and right bench behind the plate.
Thornton looks at the pitch down and away at the ball and two strikes.
Andy Thornton out of the batter's box but now back in. Gary Nolan starts into his wind up stops starts again and Thornton steps out.
Harvey will go to dusting the plate off. Now the ball two strikes one out bases empty in the second pitch just missing the outside ball to do and to.
To pitch that is like three call.
Came with a fastball at Thornton and he's going to argue a bit about it with the plate on fire.
Doug Harvey that looked from our vantage point to be one heck of a good fit but Thornton didn't think so and he talks about it.
Two away back to back strikeouts for Nolan. Here's right fielder Pete LeCocque.
LeCocque a left handed hitter he has appeared in both games in the series.
Swings on the first pitch and it's a fly ball to right field Danny Dreeson moving over to his right and puts it away to retire the side.
So the Cubs are as they were in the first inning quickly out of order in the second.
And after one and a half innings of play in our first game it's a reds nothing and the Cubs likewise.
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Russia with a long look and he shakes off Swisher and now deals the 0 1.
That backs Geronimo off the plate a ball and it's one ball and one strike.
Riverfront Stadium most kind of the Reds this season 20 wins and five losses in 25 games.
Now ball off the 1 1 pitch hope we can make it 22 and five after this twin bill today we want a double letter lost one and split one.
Split with Houston here lost to Philadelphia and.
Swept Montreal.
One and two delivery swung on a fly ball down the left field line it'll be out of play.
Tomorrow night the Pittsburgh Pirates come in for a two game series Freddie Norman will go against Jerry Royce the same match up as we witnessed in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night.
Quite a pitching duel between those two guys another foul as Geronimo stays alive.
Then on Tuesday night Pat Darcy will be going against left hander Sam McDowell.
Geronimo behind to the right end of Russia of all two strikes.
Russia ready Geronimo ground ball foul at first base and on down to the Reds bullpen.
We wrap up the series here against the Cubs the Dodgers and the Phillies are doing the same thing although a single game in Philadelphia today.
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That's one out of the base hit center field.
First Cincinnati hit first hit of the game for that matter goes to Geronimo as he lines one back up the middle off the one and two pitch.
And the hitter now will be our shortstop Dave Concepcion who is a proud owner of a nine game hitting streak coming in today.
The longest hitting streak on our club this season at 11 for 36 over the nine game span and on the year hitting two nine six with three homers and 27 RBI.
Russia working out of the stretch as the chief leads at first.
Here's a fun foul off the third base line by Concepcion.
Mention that San Francisco Pittsburgh double letter another double letter scheduled today up in Montreal San Diego and the Expos rained out two straight days up there.
Going in a pair this afternoon Frye Slevin or other McIntosh against McNally in the first game.
Madlock playing just a bit in shallow at third base but before Rushel throws to the plate he throws to first base.
One strike to count on David.
There goes Geronimo pitches swung on and missed the throw down to second is in time.
Concepcion as we saw yesterday simply threw his bat at the ball.
Trying to protect the runner and Geronimo cut down Swisher to trio two to four if you're scoring with.
So the bases are empty as Geronimo is caught stealing and a two strike count on Dave Concepcion with one out.
George Foster will be up next.
Maybe taking his time getting back in the batter's box as Russia waits patiently out on the mound.
Now the wine in the pitch strike three swinging.
Rushel's third strikeout inside the first two innings he'll be working against Foster now with two down.
Foster hitting 280 and he's second on the club with his nine homers.
The Johnny bench is twelve and has 17 runs better than.
Other single games in the National League today mention the L.A. Philadelphia game and Atlanta and New York.
Buzz Capra will go against Tommy Hall as the former Reds reliever makes his second start for Yogi Berra.
Foster fouls back the first pitch.
George with a home run here on Friday night.
Two down in the inning nobody on base and a no score game in the second.
Foster hits a broken bat slow ground ball the shortstop Kessinger has it in his throw to Thornton is in time to retire Foster and retire the side.
No runs a hit nobody left on replay to complete now with a score Cincinnati nothing Chicago nothing.
Everybody in baseball knows you have to expect the unexpected that all times you never know what might happen.
For example there was a play in a Cub Dodger game during the 1916 season.
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It happened on a strikeout the Cubs were at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn their batter only Zyder struck out.
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Terry Nolan has retired the first six Cub batters to face him and as we go on to the top of the third inning he'll be first working against second baseman Manny Trio.
Here to call the action for you Joe Nuxall.
All right Marty and the trio Swisher and Russel here in the third inning.
Gary has had a couple of strikeouts got Monday swinging and Thornton looking in the second inning.
Nolan in his 12th start of the year ready to go to work to Manny Trio delivers the first pitch of fastball for a called strike.
Gary has completed four games and a fine 271 earned run average.
Nolan into the line the 0-1 that swung on and hit into right field Manny Dreesen moving in he has it one away.
One down and Steve Swisher to the plate. Swisher a 180 batting average with seven RBI's six doubles a triple.
Steve a graduate of Ohio University.
Now Nolan talking with Pete Rose on the mound and looking into the bench and now Larry Starr the trainer is going up and whether it's Pete or.
Well it's Pete apparently has something in his right eye.
Larry Starr checking things out. Doug Harvey the plate on fire there looking on.
First game at Pittsburgh after two innings the Giants lead the Pirates 1-0.
The only game underway at the moment other than this particular game in the National League.
Are you ready to go? Nolan's first pitch to Swisher is high and inside of all.
It's your Rick Rushell on deck.
Aligned the 1-0 Swisher takes us from the cost of a strike.
Larry getting the outside corner one and one.
Outfield shades just a bit toward right for Swisher the 1-1 delivery that swung on and popped up.
Larry Perez first base waiting he has it two away.
Two down that'll bring pitcher Rushell up.
He's hitting 0-87 he's had an RBI and a home run two hits and 23 times to the point.
Harry winds and the fastball gets the outside corner.
All strike.
Rushell a big guy.
0-1 delivery.
Perez was put on and missed.
Nolan quickly out in front 0-2 to Rushell.
The 0-2 on the way. Spectre call the fastball gets the outside corner and I'll tell you.
This man when he is going can make it look so easy it's almost pathetic.
So the Cubs out in order in the third nothing across and at the middle of the third no score.
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Reds coming to bat.
They'll send Gary Nolan to the plate to lead it off the bottom half to third.
Gary sent five hits and 25 times to the plate this year.
This is Brendan's man.
First pitch to Nolan is a called strike from Rushel.
Gary's had an RBI.
The 0-1.
Nolan takes a half swing and cost him 0-2.
Gary owns one major league home run that was hit in Candlestick Park a few years back.
0-2 delivery.
Missing low and outside.
1-2.
A while since we've had a pitcher hit a home run.
1-2 delivery.
Swung on and missed and Rushel has his fourth strikeout.
One away and here's Pete Rose and Pete was really upset in the first inning.
The first pitch of the ball game, two feet out of the ball game,
and hit Pete somewhere in the legs and boy he slammed the bat down and was very upset.
Rose with a 2-97 batting average.
Rushel delivers and that's taken inside and high a ball.
Made three home runs and 28 RBIs.
The op field for Pete straight away.
Rushel works.
Rose swings and it's a strike.
Pete tried to check.
Count evens one and one.
Great crowd in yesterday's ball game.
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1-1 delivery.
Swung on and fouled of all two strikes.
And this afternoon, well, even more than the 47,000.
A ball, two strikes to count to Rose.
The base is empty and one away.
Rushel has his sign and the 1-2.
Inside as Rose leans away from the slider.
Count evens two balls, two strikes.
Danny Dreesen waits on deck.
Rushel the 2-2.
Outside, full count to Pete.
Reds have had one hit off.
Rushel not being Geronimo's single leading off the second inning.
A payoff on the way.
That's a half swing bouncer to 3-0 at second.
He has it on the fourth and two down.
He tried to check the swing on the off speed pitch.
It bounces to 3-0, two away and Danny Dreesen to the plate.
Dan walked in the first inning.
Dreesen in right field.
This afternoon, Kenny Grippy having problems with that hand again.
Heard it quite a while ago.
Rushel delivers to Dreesen outside the corner of called strike.
All in one to count.
Rushel delivers.
Dreesen looks at it inside this time and it evens it 1-1.
Rushel a slow worker.
Now the 1-1 on the way.
That swung on a hard one bouncer.
Kessinger at short.
His throw on to Thornton and that's it for the Reds.
They're out in order in the third.
Nothing to cross.
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Well, we've gone through three quick innings here in the first game of the doubleheader.
The Cubs nothing to cross.
The Reds have had a hit.
It's going to be Don Kessinger leading it off in the fourth.
Back with the action, Marty Brenneman.
Kessinger leading off the ballgame at a fly ball to center field.
Nolan has struck out three in the first three innings.
As Joe mentioned, has not allowed anybody to reach on him.
In fact, only one hit in the game and that was a single by Geronimo leading off the second.
Kessinger a switch hitter batting 262.
Nolan throwing the first pitcher in the fourth and it's too much inside ball one.
Don is a left-handed batter hitting 268 this season.
He's had 10 of his 13 RBIs that way.
And a 250 hitter is a right-handed batter.
The 1-0 delivery, that stays in on him.
It's ball two.
Gary Nolan starting Kessinger out with two pitches in and both missing.
Two balls and no strikes.
Cardinal and Madlock to follow in the inning.
Rose playing a shallow third base.
Kessinger hits a fly ball in the right field.
Dreesen backing on it.
Danny waiting.
One out.
So make a tense straight that Gary Nolan is retired as he goes to work against left fielder Cardinal,
who popped out to shortstop the first inning.
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No score in the game, fourth inning.
Cardinal and it's a fastball down low a ball.
In the second game today, a left-hander will go for Chicago.
Jeff Zahn, the former Los Angeles Dodger.
And for Cincinnati, right-hander Clay Kirby.
Two balls, no strikes.
Cardinal, of course, a veteran.
Spent some years with the California Angels in the American League.
Had a good year with the St. Louis Cardinals.
There's ball three to it.
So Nolan has gone a three-ball count for the first time in this game.
Falls behind three and Oda Cardinal.
The pitch on the way, and that's over for a second strike.
Cardinal, back in 1970, hit 293 with the Cardinals.
Two years ago, a 303 batter with the Chicago team, his best year.
He swings on the 3-1 and pops it up.
Just behind second base, Morgan camping and makes the catch, so two down.
Here's Billy Madlock, the two-out hitter.
Fly ball to Dreesen in the first inning.
The Dodgers and the Phils are underway.
L.A. scoreless in the first against L'Anne Borgue, Philadelphia, batting against Sutton.
Talking about the fact the Dodgers are going to be going home.
They'll be facing Montreal and New York in a pair of two-game series.
Philadelphia three and Houston three.
Ball one.
It has not been a good road trip by any stretch of the imagination for Walter Alston's club.
Boy, it would be great to take a pair here today and get a Philadelphia victory over the Dodgers and open up a little daylight.
Here's the ground ball, base at center field.
So Gary Nolan, after retiring the first 11 batters in this game, gives up a two-out single to Billy Madlock.
That extends to Chicago fourth for Rick Mundy.
Mundy struck out swinging as a lead-off batter in the second inning.
Left-handed batting Rick Mundy at the plate, and it's a called strike on the inside edge.
Pointed out the other night, this fellow has a distinction of being the first player ever drafted in the free agent draft back in 1965 out of Arizona State by the Oakland A's.
Curve hangs high to him, one and one.
Madlock, the first Chicago base runner, he's on it first.
Nolan working with a 1-1 pitch to Rick Mundy.
Swung on a fly ball right field, Dreesen digging toward the line, coming hard, loses his cap, makes a cut, higher the side.
No runs, a hit, no errors, and one man is left on.
We're in the middle of the fourth inning at Riverfront Stadium, and the score, Cincinnati nothing, Chicago nothing.
There's always got to be an end to the game. There always comes a time when we go our own way.
I gave it all I had, but now I am. It's no use losing.
Good night, my friends.
Now it's time to go my own way.
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The current home stand continues here at Riverfront Stadium.
Tomorrow night, the Pirates come to town for night games Monday and Tuesday.
The Cardinals here Wednesday and Thursday nights.
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Here's Joe Morgan. Here's Rick Ruschel. And it's too low for a ball.
No score. Bottom of the fourth. The Reds have their hammers up in this inning.
Morgan with Bench and Perez to follow.
Ruschel has been touched for only one hit. That's the Geronimo single in the second.
Morgan swings on the curve and does not get it.
It's also hit a batter. Rose walked a batter Dreeson has struck out four.
Ruschel has gotten off to a good start. As has our own Gary Nolan.
Count even to Joe Morgan. A ball, one strike.
Ruschel with that casual windup. And Morgan takes a fastball over. One and two.
Now San Diego has hit Dave McNally for a big three spot on the top of the first inning up at Jerry Park.
Strike three call as Ruschel slides one over on the inside at the letters.
Morgan a little bit upset and he's jawing with Doug Harvey as he strolls back to the dugout.
Rick Ruschel spotting his pitches extremely well. Giving five strikeouts and bring out Johnny Bench who he struck out on three pitches in the first inning.
J.B. Wading swings and misses. Now he's trying to make it a one nothing game with that cut.
Game moving rapidly along. Started out as a bona fide pitcher's duel.
Strike two. Ruschel has hit a batter.
Game moving rapidly along. Started out as a bona fide pitcher's duel. Strike two. Swinging.
No balls and two strikes. Ruschel against Bench.
Trio pull well over and behind the bag at second base for Johnny. Pitch missing outside and low one and two.
LA Philadelphia through one complete no score. Here nothing nothing affair. The bottom of the fourth one down. Bench behind on the count.
Pitch on the way and he hits a hard one hopper at Madlock. The third baseman long throwing a high throw but Thornton got up and got down before Bench got there.
Two away. Tony Perez struck out swinging in the first.
Tony really chomping at the bit the last few days to get back in the lineup after an absence of almost two weeks as a starter.
Low and outside the fastball.
The 1-0. That's upstairs. Two balls no strikes to Tony Perez.
Outfield playing in straight away and deep all the way around. Right now maybe six or seven steps off the warning track and left field.
3-0 the count.
Geronimo who is the only hit for Cincinnati would be up if Perez can keep the inning going. 3-0 pitch and Tony with a green light fouls it off.
Dribbler off to the left of home plate. Three and one now.
Tony Perez is in some kind of series attendance wise I'll tell you. At 47,340 last night 38,030 on Friday on a near capacity house today. Another foul and it's a full count.
Rick Ruschel behind three and nothing to Tony Perez is now getting set to deliver the payoff pitch to the Cincinnati first baseman.
Ruschel taking his time. He rocks and he deals. Swung on and fouls straight back upstairs into the red seats. Count stays at three and two.
Fire night the Pittsburgh Pirates in. Now the leaders in the National League Eastern Division race. Four more games left on what has so far started out to be a highly successful home stand.
Before the Reds go back on the road next weekend against the same Chicago club at Wrigley Field.
Ground ball off the end of the bat to first baseman Andy Thornton. He fields goes to the bag to retire Tony and the Reds are out in order in the fourth inning.
So at the end of four complete it remains Cincinnati nothing and Chicago nothing.
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Double letter here at Riverfront Stadium this afternoon and already we're in the cup fifth inning and a nothing nothing game and Andy Thornton will lead things off against Gary Nolan who retired eleven in a row before giving up the single in the fourth inning to Bill Madlock.
They got Thornton looking at a call third strike in the second inning one of three strikeouts for Gary first pitch here in the fifth inning misses a ball.
The important look out in trio and the totals in the game up to this point the same for each club no runs one hit.
Madlock for Chicago and Geronimo for Cincinnati call strike one and one.
Nolan's one one could swung on and lined back up the middle. Gary tried to play it on the line and slipped down out of the seat of his pants in a bid to take away a base hit from Andy Thornton.
So make that the second hit for Chicago and the hitter now will be the right fielder Pete LeCocque.
LeCocque a fly ball to right his first time up whereas the Reds are 10 over the 500 mark in our division the West.
It comes five over at twenty eight and twenty three there a game back of the Pirates and New York really bearing down.
They've been playing good ball of late only one out of second and two out of first.
Here's a fly ball hit the right field pretty deep recent just shy of the track will make the cut as Thornton halfway down a second moves quickly back in the first.
That's the first down in the end and here's Manny Trio.
Danny Dreeson getting quite a workout today.
That's a six fly ball he's had hit his way and it was trio led off the third inning with a fly ball the right field.
Today's scoreboard stumper in 1972 Billy Williams won the batting title with the Cubs who was the last Cub batting champion before Williams.
High throw to first not in time.
One ball the trio checks in with Irv Noren the third base coach for Chicago.
Back on top the mound sites aside from bench throws the first base.
All right doing a little housekeeping out on the mound as he readies himself one open swung on and hit in the air the center field.
Ronimo coming in a couple of steps he makes a catch two down.
Take a wild guess fire.
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I'll tell you now that might not be a bad guess.
You are the fact that he's here and every now and then they have a tendency to throw questions at the fans in that respect.
We'll wait and see.
Steve Swisher the hitter with two out.
Slow curve is in strike one.
Popped out to Tony in the third inning.
Born the first base on the strength of the second Cub hit in the game.
Dolan lot throwing out to Tony Perez.
Thornton gets back.
Swisher hitting only one seventy eight.
No homers seven RBI call strike two and he has not had a hit in this series.
Well that popped out of the third inning he's now been up eight times.
And the foreign Pittsburgh the Giants lead the Pirates two to one.
Add Hallicky against John Candelaria left hander making his first big league start.
Nolan stepping off the pitching rubber as he comes set.
Pirates calling Candelaria up after they put Ken Brett on the stable list.
How ball down the right field line heading toward the seats and it will be in there.
So two strikes and holding on Swisher should he get on it'll bring up the pitcher Rick Rushell.
Rose playing deep at third only a few steps off the foul line.
Concepcion on the back white line at shortstop for the right handed batter.
Another foul ball down beyond the reds dugout and they get into the seats.
Count stays two strikes this Wisher with two down on a runner at first base.
Nothing nothing to score in case you've just joined us.
When the Chicago fifth inning of Game 1.
Nolan ready he bounces one up there that knocks it down out in front of the plate.
One and two.
That's carrying three catchers on their 1975 club at this moment.
We should doing most of the everyday catching but also at Tim Hoseley and George Mitterwald.
What a ball has been playing some at first base.
How ball Steve Swisher hanging top Nolan got out in front quickly at two strikes and now he's fouled off three consecutive pitches.
Not three consecutive pitches the last one was a curve that Gary bounced up there.
Changed on him and popped him up shallow right center field Morgan is there.
And the side retired.
No runs one hit.
No Cincinnati errors a cub.
Please.
At first base and at the end of four and a half the Reds nothing in Chicago.
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Openers against Rick Ruschel.
No score the Reds impose the game's only threat that coming in the first inning.
Ball one to the Chief.
When Rose was hit by a pitch and Dreeson got a base on balls but since then nothing in the way of threats for either club.
Geronimo looks at a strike on the outside edge it's one and one.
The Reds are finding the hits falling few and far between over the last few games.
He hits a rope foul at first base.
He's behind one ball two strikes.
Ruschel's wind and pitch.
Pass ball outside two and two.
In the American League today one double header Texas at Cleveland at the end of three.
Atobie Harrah first inning home run as the Rangers out in front one nothing.
Jim Bibby against rookie Eric Reich.
Two to pitch.
Fly ball right center field.
Mundy on his horse.
He pulls up and makes the catch.
One away.
Here's Concepcion.
Other American League games all single games.
Minnesota at Boston.
Goltz against Dick Pohl.
Kansas City at Baltimore.
Busby against Palmer.
New York at Chicago.
Medich against Cotts.
California hosting Milwaukee.
Colburn against Figueroa.
And Detroit at Oakland.
Jill Coleman against Kenny Holtzman.
Reds nothing.
The Chicago Cubs nothing.
And our fifth with one out.
David a nine game hitting streak.
The pitch.
Pass ball in.
Strike one.
Now we quite obviously have gotten Rick Ruschel on one of his better days.
Swing and a miss.
He's lost more than he's won this season.
Five losses compared with four wins and a not so hot for 19 ERA.
Down a number on us so far.
Davey fouls this one straight back.
No balls.
Two strikes.
Foster on deck.
Just inside.
Concepcion had a notion but held up.
Ruschel on the way with a one and two and that is low and inside.
Evens a count of two balls and two strikes.
Kansas City in Baltimore that game started.
Royal scoreless in the first inning.
Now the two to delivery bounce right side the first baseman Thornton scoops it up waves
Ruschel off the bag to get the out.
So Geronimo with a fly ball.
Concepcion a ground out.
Two out hitter George Foster.
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Foster thrown out six three his first time up.
Fall inside to him.
Concepcion shouting something out toward Ruschel from the Reds dugout.
Nobody on with two out in the inning.
Foster out in front two and oh.
We've seen some outstanding pitching in the last week or so and then primarily from the Reds pitching staff for complete games in the last six tries.
Gallatin billing and have gone the distance in the first two games in this series.
Now ball. Reds team ERA as a result down to a season blow of three oh three Mark Anderson commenting earlier today you'd like to see it right around that three mark or maybe just a bit under.
He feels like with the offensive punch this club has that he can keep that ERA down to around three.
This team's going to have a very, very successful season.
Three balls and a strike to Foster.
Ruschel retiring 10 batters in a row since Toronto's second inning hit pitch away from walking George with two out. Here's a 3 1 that is swung on pop foul coming straight back and down just below us.
Full count.
Foster.
Taking a bit of time getting back in as for his habit.
Ruschel rocks and delivers three to a swung on and grounded the third madlock has a big convenient hot throws the first side retire.
Reds are out in order for the third consecutive inning and at the end of five full Cincinnati and the Cubs all locked in at nothing nothing.
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Here in the sixth inning no score in the game and Gary Nolan will be working against nine one and two Rick Ruschel Don Kessinger and Jose Cardinal.
Two Chicago hits up to this point a single by Bill Madlock in the fourth inning and a base hit center field by Andy Thornton leading off the fifth.
While the rest continue to be one hit it by Rick Ruschel that single by Geronimo in the second inning late scores in the American League last night the New York Yankees picking up another victory boy I'll tell you this club smoking only three games out of first in the Eastern Division behind Boston.
Six three over the White Sox and Bobby Bonds at his 14th home run of the year in that game while in Anaheim California the Angels down Milwaukee five to two.
Here's Russia all the pitch to him is swung out and fell away.
Look at a third strike in the third inning.
Giants leading Pittsburgh two to one of the fifth Dodgers and Phillies no score in the third.
San Diego three one over Montreal in the second curve is like to call.
Sun continues to begin and out of the clouds overhead.
Feel now vast and bright sunlight as Gary Nolan tries to put Rick Ruschel away and swung on a curve hit the left.
Not play at Concepcion a base that a breaking ball Russia went down and got it loop one of the shallow left field just over the glove of Concepcion.
So Rick Ruschel helps himself as he opens the sixth inning with a base hit.
And now in this no score game Don Kessinger steps in and he's looking down to her of Norton who in turn is checking it out with Jim Marshall in the cup dugout.
What do they want to do here Rose in the third base looking for the button.
Kessinger still looking that way.
Backs off checks again he's hit a fly ball to center and he's hit a fly ball to right and two trips.
So Russia look first base pitch to Kessinger is one down and this bench flopping a throw to first.
They've absolutely no indication at least on that pitch that he wanted to find.
Kessinger again checking with Norton.
Nolan has a sign and there goes Russia ball is funded first base side rolling Nolan picks it up grows the first.
Perez takes the throw and a sacrifice for Don Kessinger as Jim Marshall had Russia running on the pitch.
He's on its second base as Kessinger is retired one to three.
Runner in scoring position for the Chicago Cubs the first time in this game that they can lay claim to that.
Here's Cardinal who has popped a shortstop and popped out to Morgan.
Gary Nolan having to bear down for the first time today as he tries to keep the Cubs off the board.
Pitch on the way to the plate it's too low.
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In game pitches again Clay Kirby against left-hander Jeff Zahn. Call strike one and one.
Rachel a single a lap to sacrifice by Kessinger. Cubs trying to get on the board.
Cardinal waiting strike two is called. Nolan out in front one and two.
Madlock in the on deck circle. Nolan working bouncing ball third base rose up looks
Russell back to second and throws Cardinal out at first. Two down.
Here comes Madlock he's had one of the three Chicago hits a single in the fourth inning.
Did a fly ball to right in the first.
Gary Nolan two-thirds of the way home for it. Keeping this game and nothing nothing score.
Russell leading at second base here's a line drive down the left field line that's in for a base hit.
Here comes Foster they send Russell home the throw to the plate and not in time.
As bench had to go out in front of the plate to get it.
Two outs single to left field by Madlock scores Russell as the Cubs fracture the nothing nothing tie
and Madlock goes to second on the throw hole.
Thirty-third RBI of the year for Bill Madlock.
Really looked like the Reds might have had a shot at getting Russell at the plate but bench had to go out in front of the plate
about five feet to take Foster's throw and Russell as a result was safely sliding.
Here's Rick Monday with two down and a run in.
Starts to go looked like he went but third base umpire Dutch Rennert said he didn't.
Monday has struck out and fly it out.
A lead off single by Russell a sacrifice and a two out base hit to left by Madlock as it comes up one nothing.
Outside two balls and no strike.
Nolan into his motion. Ah ground ball wide at first Perez has it he leads Nolan he steps on the bag and that's it for the Cubs in the sixth inning.
But they got a run the game first on two hits and leave a man on.
In the middle of inning number six Chicago one and Cincinnati nothing.
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Stadium, Cincinnati. Cubs out in front, 1-0 as we come to bat in the sixth inning. Gary
Nolan will start it off. The Reds relegate it up to this point to only a one-hit roll
while the Cubs put together a hit, a sacrifice, and a base hit in the top of this inning.
The run scoring single by Billy Madlock to send them out in front. Nolan struck out swinging
his only time up, that in the third. Batter and pitcher ready, here it comes, fastball
inside, ball one. Dodgers and Philadelphia have now played two and a half innings with
no score in that game. Atlanta, New York, nothing, nothing at the end of one. Strike
is called to Nolan, one and one. Gary's had the luxury in his last few starts of getting
a great deal of runs, but gone the other way today against some pretty good pitching by
the Chicago right-handed. Call strike two. And it's strike three swinging. So, Russell
has strikeout number six. He'll be facing Pete Rose, who's been hit by a pitch, and
it bounced out to second base. Russell has now retired 12 hitters in a row. Rose batting
295 with three homers and 28 runs batted in. Seed up among the top five in the hit category
in the National League. Foul ball. Garvey leads with 75. Davey Cash bearing down on
Garvey. Two hits last night to raise his total to 71. Madlock, 67 with the two hits today,
then Rose with his 65, and Johnny Grubb with 63. Strike two, call. Outside corner and Rose
in a back off and talk about that one. One-nothing score, Chicago leading in the home sixth inning
with an out and nobody on. The strike two pits to Pete inside.
Still maintaining that slow, casual pace, been so successful for him this afternoon.
Two and two, missing high and outside. Jim Marshall, just a moment ago, sending out a
side to Mundy in center field, wanting to move a couple of steps more to his right and
play Pete pretty much straight away. Full count, off-speed pitches high and wide. Three
and two on Rose. Well, if we get Pete on, maybe something good can happen here. Danny
Dreesen due up next. Russell with a long look. Now his line and the three-two pitch on the
way. Swung on and hit hard directly at Thornton at first base. He beats Rose to the back,
two down. Dreesen has been on one time at a first inning walk, but then grounded out
to Kessinger in the third on a hard one-hopper. Dreesen beating right-handed pitchers 11 consecutive
times. Having a hard time here today. Call strike one. Run on four hits for the Cubs,
no runs, one hit for Cincinnati. Two out on the bottom of the sixth inning. Swung on,
ground ball first base, then Thornton again scoops it up and gets the bag first to retire
to the side. Three men up and three men down and through six complete. And a pitchers duel
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Andy Thornton first up for the Cubs in the seventh inning and back to call the action
for you, Joe Nutsol.
All right, Marty, as you pointed out, a real pitcher's battle here this afternoon. The first
game, the Cubs have that four hits off Gary Nolan. Andy Thornton has one of the four and
Nolan delivers a curveball way outside to Thornton the ball. Thornton is struck out,
was called out in strikes in the second inning and then single the center in the fifth. Cubs
leading one to nothing. Nolan winds, delivers. Fastball is flung on and grounded to Concepcion.
In short, he has long throw to Perez, one away. That'll bring Peter Lecoq to the plate.
He is all for two both times. He's hit fly balls to Dan Dresen in right field. The Cubs
getting their run in the sixth inning. Rushall scoring the run. He let off the inning with
a single with sacrifice to second by Kissinger and then after Cardenas, or Cardenaux, grounded
the rows. He takes inside a ball, Lecoq. Then Maddox singles the left and Foster's throw
was off the plate. Rushall scored the one run in the ball game. One and no to Concepcion.
Nolan delivers. Lecoq swings, ground ball. Perez has it at first, waves Nolan away and
quickly two away here in the seventh. Two down and Manny Trillo steps in, all for two,
fly ball to right and a fly ball to center. Nolan winds and delivers to Trillo. He takes
a fast ball to call a strike. The Cubs look like they're trying to setting on Gary's breaking
stuff at the moment. The 0-1 on the way. Fast ball grounded to Concepcion. Deep and short
Bob was the ball, picks it up, throws and did not get it. Tony Perez digging the ball
out to the right of the bag but Trillo hustling down the line, beats the throw and that's
going to be an arrow charge to Dave Concepcion. First arrow in the ball game. No, a two away
Trillo at first base and stepping in is the catcher, Steve Swisher. Nolan sets and delivers.
Swisher swings, ground ball in the hole in the left field, a base hit. Foster up with
the ball, returns it to the infield and that is hit number five for Chicago off Gary Nolan
and brings pitcher Rick Ruschel to the plate. Ruschel, one for two, was caught out on strikes
in the third and then singled in the sixth and scored the one Chicago run. Looking at
the stolen bases for the Cubs, that's 17 steals and 11 times they have been caught. Harden
all leads for the 11 of those 17 steals, he's been caught once. All right, Ruschel to play.
Trillo at second, Swisher at first. Going outside with a fast ball. Gary Nolan, one
and all. Gary the stretch and delivers that swung on and popped foul behind the plate,
bench off with a bash coming back and that one drops into the seat. Not even one and
one. Pedro were balled and the Reds both then loosening up. Well, the Reds is beating right
handers 11 straight times. Well, you're going to have to get us a couple here soon. First,
we've got to get Ruschel. Here's the pitch. Fast ball is swung on, hits the left field.
George Foster moving a bit to his left, pats the glove once and has it and that's it. In
the inning, no runs, they hit one error. Two runners left on base and at the middle of
the seventh, the Cubs won, the Reds nothing.
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Val Veradge in the seventh inning will send up Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench and Tony Perez.
It's about time we got on the old board. Rick Ruskell is fixin' an excellent ball game.
We've had just one hit and that was Geronimo's single in the second inning. And the Chief
of course cut down on the steal attempt. So really Ruskell, with the help of the throw
of Steve Swisher to the trio to cut down Geronimo, he's retired their base, I should say, just
15 men in the last five innings. All right, Joe Morgan at the plate. Joe is
0-2. He's hit a fly ball to the right and has been called out on strikes. And the crowd
comes alive here at Riverfront. Morgan takes the first pitch from Ruskell, a called strike.
Ruskell has struck out 6, walked one and has hit a batter. Hitting Rose to lead off the
game in the first inning and then walked Grecian. That was it as he got Morgan on a fly ball
to right and then struck out Benchen Perez. Outfield about straight away from Morgan.
Bill Madlock to third baseman right at the end line. Ruskell's 0-1 delivery. Low and
inside a breaking ball. County was 1-1. Then just while Freeman to second base in the game,
Pete Rose got there in the first inning for the Reds. Ruskell got there and scored for
the Cubs in the sixth. The pitch to Morgan, he swings and misses an off-speed pitch. 1-2.
Then of course, trio reach second in the top of this inning on an error by Concepcion,
the single by Swisher. One ball, two strikes to Joe Morgan. Ruskell delivers and Joe swings
and fouls a slider. Count holding the ball, two strikes. Now they're in the fourth inning
in Philadelphia, no score. The Dodgers and the Phils. Giants leading Pittsburgh 3-1 in
the sixth. One Pittsburgh home run by Richie Hebner. Again the 1-2 to Morgan. That's taken
just off the plate. Ruskell trying to drop the breaking ball on the outside corner. Count
evens 2-2. Ruskell the 2-2. That's ball three outside and oh, he'd like to get a little
joy. Full count to Morgan leading off here in the seventh inning, the Cubs leading it
1-0. Ruskell's the payoff. That's ball four outside and we've got something more. Second
walk issued by Rick Ruskell and that was going to bring activity in the Chicago bullpen.
We would assume Oscar Zamora, the one of them, and Darryl Knowles the other, and all the
left-handers are more right-handers as the Reds get their lead off batter on in Joe Morgan.
Ruskell sets. Bench at the plate. Now a throw over the first and Joe steps back. Morgan
with 24 stolen bases in 29 attempts. Bench, 0-2. Ruskell again to the belt. Delivers.
Morgan does not go in the pitches inside the ball. John struck out the first inning and
grounded to Matlock at third base and the fourth. One ball, no strikes. Ruskell sets.
Goes again to first base and Morgan is back. That's about the quickest move we've seen
Ruskell use. We would assume he has a quicker one. We'll see. Morgan with his normal lead.
Ruskell ready and again a throw over there and this time it is a bit quicker and Morgan
has to go back hands first. 1-0 to count to John. Bench with 12 home runs and 43 RBI.
Big day yesterday for Rilley. Ruskell to the belt. Again a throw to first and again Morgan
is back. Rilley going back again hands first. Time call now as Morgan wants to tidy up just
a bit down at first. Bob Engel with first base on fire. Bob missed the first two games of the series.
Engel of course will be behind the plate in the second game of the double header. Ruskell sets now.
Still looking and now there's a bop right there.
Ruskell moved his feet before he threw and he certainly bopped. There's no question about that.
Here comes Jim Marshall, the manager and I think Jim knows that Ruskell has bopped but he probably
wants to go out and just well maybe settle him down a bit. Let's see. So Morgan draws a bop from
Rick Ruskell. He's at second base now and there's been just one pitch made to Johnny Bench.
Don Kessinger at the mound as he lays Pat Ruskell on the right arm and now
Marshall calls Kessinger back and they're going to keep a good eye on Morgan at second base also.
Joe has stolen third I think twice this year. Now Kessinger will talk to Manny Trillo.
He uh Trillo's responsibility. Settle him down a bit. Let's see.
Let's see. So Morgan draws a bop from Rick Ruskell. He's at second base now and there's
been just one pitch made to Johnny Bench. Don Kessinger at the mound as he lays Pat
Ruskell on the right arm and now Marshall calls Kessinger back and they're going to keep a good
eye on Morgan at second base also. Joe has stolen third I think twice this year.
Now Kessinger will talk to Manny Trillo.
The uh Trillo's responsibility I would imagine here to hold Morgan close as Kessinger will be
playing John well around to the left at shortstop. Trillo is only about 10-12 feet from the second
base back trying to hold Morgan close. All right. Ruskell ready. He delivers to Bench and John
swings and grounds at foul over to the Chicago dugout. Count evens one and one. Darrell Knowles and
then Aster Zamora throwing in the Chicago bullpen and Clay Carroll has started to throw an arp in.
Ruskell ready and the one-one. Bench swings and hits it deep to left field. Stay fair baseball.
Go on. Johnny Bench rips one down the left field line and I mean an absolute shot. The Reds lead it 2-1.
Johnny Bench who's 13th home run of the year gives him 45 RBIs and the Reds lead it 2-1.
And boy that was an absolute shot. Ruskell trying to get up and in the look like defense but John
really got the good part of the bat on that one. All right. Ruskell ready to work now to Tony Perez.
He swings and fouls the fastball. Reds leading it now 2-1.
The Reds only their second hit of the game off Ruskell.
On one the count of Perez. Ruskell delivers. Perez swings and pops it foul out of play to the right.
Ruskell out in front. No balls. Two strikes to Tony. Perez 0-2. He struck out the first inning
and bounced to threaten at first base in the fourth.
All right. The 0-2 swung on and missed and that's strike out number seven for Ruskell.
Two away or make that one out and stepping in is Seysar Geronimo.
The Chief owns the other hit off Ruskell or the single back in the second inning.
I feel straight away to Geronimo as Ruskell delivers going inside the ball.
Second game it'll be a left-hander for the Cubs. Jeff Zahn to the Reds close out the second inning.
One-oh to Geronimo. He swings and misses a slider in. One and one.
Johnny Benz 13th home run of the year puts the Reds out in front.
Morgan at second base when the home run struck. One-one delivery. Swung on and missed again.
Same pitch, same spot. Ruskell now a ball, two strikes with the Chief.
Zamora and Noles in the Chicago bullpen.
All right. The 1-2. That's flowing inside. Blocked by Swisher. Count even.
Two balls, two strikes. Lake Carroll throwing in the Cincinnati bullpen.
Merv Retman loosening up and that would mean that Merv will probably go into the game and then
right field replacing Dan Dreesen. Ruskell's 2-2 on the way. Swung on and missed. Eight strikeouts
for Rick Ruskell. Rick has made one bad pitch in the game and it cost him two runs.
Toolway and Dave Concepcion to the plate. Dave has struck out and bounced to first in two times up.
David hitting a 2-93. It's 2-96 coming in to the first game. A fastball is applied to Concepcion.
1-0. Ruskell delivers. Concepcion swings and misses, making a foul tip into the mid of Swisher. 1-1.
Pirates in town to Barnight.
Two games. Series 1-1 delivery. David bluffs the button that cost him strike two, a fastball to
Denise. 1-2 now to Concepcion. Dave just takes the bat and kind of holds it against his chest.
I'm not so sure it was.
All right. The 1-2 on the way. That's swung on. A bounce from Madlock charging a third. He gets
the running throw away to Thornton and that's it. But in the ending, the Reds go on top with two runs
on one hit. So with no errors, no one left on base. The end of seven. It's the Reds 2, the Cubs 1.
Now we've gone through seven. The Cubs are on five hits. No errors. The Reds two runs,
two hits and one error. For the Cubs, the top of the order. Come to the plate in the eighth inning
and back with the action. Here's Marty. And as Gary Nolan prepares to work to Don Kessinger to
start off the Chicago eighth innings, Parky Anderson has double barrel action in his bullpen.
Left-hander Will McAnany and right-hander Clay Carroll begin to throw. And also a defensive
change in right field. Murav Rettman has replaced Danny Dreeson, as Joe pointed out,
with that possibility while the Reds were batting in the seventh. Kessinger 0 for 2 with a sacrifice.
It was his butt in the sixth inning following Rick Ruschel's single that set up the Cubs' run.
Madlock delivering a two-out base hit to left field to give them a one-nothing lead and Johnny
Bench is 13th of the year. The last inning with Morgan on base gives the Reds a one-run edge.
Here's Kessinger. Here's Nolan. The pitch is swung on and popped up.
Left side of the Reds infield, Concepcion calling. He has it for out number one.
So one pitch and one out at a point in the game when you like to see that type of thing happening.
Jose Cardinal come in play. What he's popped is short, popped to second base,
and his last time in in the sixth inning was thrown out 5 to 3.
Foster back-pedaling a couple of steps in left field as Cardinal
digs in. Nolan five outs away from his fifth consecutive victory. The pitch to Cardinal
is swung on and fouled. Dodgers and the Phillies are in the bottom of the fifth inning now and
nothing, nothing in that game. Sutton and Lomborg hooked up in a duel.
The Reds going into first place last night by four-tenths of a percentage point over the Dodgers
as they fell four-nothing. The first time that club had been shut out this season.
Carlton did it holding him to two hits. A breaking ball is away to Cardinal and it's one and one.
Phil Madlock on deck. Nolan back to the play. Cardinal swings,
bouncing ball. Rose has it to his lap throwing the first two down. Here's Bill Madlock.
He has had two of the five Chicago hits including the single that brought in their run in the sixth
inning. 33rd RBI of the year and batting a very, very impressive 3.30. This young man should be
a very strong candidate for third base honors in the all-star game coming up next month. Fastball
high inside.
1-0 pitch. Line shot left center of base hit. And Madlock has his third hit in the game.
And the inning continues for center fielder Rick Mundy who's 0 for 3.
Madlock 3-4-4 in this game is now 5 for 12 in the series. Done a good job at the plate.
Has a couple of runs batted in. The tie and run on for Chicago in the eighth inning with two out.
Left handed batting Rick Mundy at the plate. Nolan delivers to him and Mundy hits a ground
ball squiggler to shortstop. David's throw will be the first and the side retires. No runs in the
Chicago eighth on a hit. A man is left in the middle of the eighth inning. The Reds 2 and the Cubs 1.
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with each order for handling. George Fonster opening up our 80 fouls off Rick Ruschel's first
pitch. George Hitless in two tries has bounced both times to the left side of the infield once
to Kessinger and once to Madlach. Gary Nolan on deck. Reds have had but two hits but the long
ball has us out in front two to one. Check swing on a curve in on him and it's strike two. No balls
in two strikes. While we look ahead to the Cub ninth inning Andy Thornton, Pete Lecock, and Manny
Trio are the scheduled batters. Foster hitting 276. Ruschel winds and throws and George Line drives
a base hit to left field. Well we would take an insurance run. And now with that lead-off single
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Madlach creeping in, still coming in. Ball is taken up high by Nolan. Well you've got the left
handed Darrell Noles, you've got the right-hander Oscar Zamora back throwing in the Cub bullpen.
We've got Foster at first, we've got a two to one lead in the bottom of the eighth inning. Nobody out.
Here's a 1-0. Nolan Buntz first base side and a foul ball.
One and one.
Swisher straight up behind the plate now goes to the squad.
Madlach coming in again. Here's a pitch inside but a check a foul tip into Swisher's mitt makes it
strike two. A tough break for Gary Nolan and the Reds. That pitch was way in on him. An off-speed
pitch just did. Nick Vibat and he's behind it. One ball, two strikes.
Madlach looking into the Cub dugout to find out whether or not he
wanted to still play for the Buntz, which he is. That ball Buntz first base line and rolls foul
and again a situation where Nolan was bailing out. That'll go as a strikeout for Rushel.
One out of the inning and Pete Rose will be at the plate if we go back to the top of the Reds batting.
He has pitched himself a whale of a game but as Joe pointed out he has made one mistake and that's
the one that hopefully will make him a loser. Rose has been hit by a pitch and grounded out two times.
Foster back leading at first base against a holding Andy Thornton.
Pete looks at a strike away.
Stretch in the pitch. That misses ball one and strike one. Well Davey Cash has broken the scoreless
tie in Philadelphia with his first home run of the year with a man on base and the Fills lead
the Dodgers two to nothing.
One and one. Rushel with Pete Rose with an out and Foster at first base. Throw to first but not in time.
Rushel taking his time. One one pitch Foster goes. Swung on fly ball hammered back into left center
field. Mundy going back to the warning track and makes the catch as he bangs against the wall.
Now the throw back to the infield Foster trying to get back and does.
Well I'll tell you now Rose hit that ball a long way into left center field.
But Mundy left is left the ground at the warning track to come up with it. Foster back in safely
at first with two out and the batter will be Merv Redmond.
Merv up for the first time he came on to play right field in the top of the inning.
Merv Redmond batting and even 200 has no homers and five runs batted in.
Back to the double yesterday came out as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning and double in the eighth
off of Oscar Zamora. Call strike one and one.
There's a one one pitch to Redmond he tried to check his swing and apparently was not able to or at least that pitch was over on the outside corner and he's going to get it.
Merv down one and two with two down Foster at first and the eight the Reds two and the Cubs one.
The Cubs one.
Line drive to left field that's in for a hit. Redmond hit that ball well as Foster moves to second base and holds there and as Morgan comes up we'll pause for station identification on the Reds baseball network.
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Now with two men on on base hits by Foster and Merv Redmond Joe Morgan is in but he'll have to wait a moment Jim Marshall the Chicago Cubs skipper is on his way to the mound and we will have a pitching change as a left hander Darrell Knowles has gotten the call to come on.
So we got a break in the action here in the bottom of the eighth change of Chicago pitchers and we'll step out for this message.
Darrell Knowles the left hander is on now to pitch to Joe Morgan with two men on and two men out and we just got word that Philadelphia added another run in addition to the two runs by Davey Cash's home run they lead the Dodgers three nothing at the end of five complete.
Knows his one two last two leads his pitching staff and appearances this is twenty first a four oh six earned run average he's working to Morgan with Foster at second right minute first the pitch is high ball one.
Joe for two but at that big lead off walk in the seventh inning got the balk from Rick Rushel and rode home on Johnny Bench's 13.
Here's a one oh delivery check swing on a pitch too low at ball to.
Well they put it on the board here at the end of five full Phillies three Dodgers nothing.
We could win this game it could be a big day indeed.
Two to one to score Cincinnati Morgan out in front of the count and he's now ball three and those strikes.
I tell you Jim Marshall has had a world of trouble with his bullpen in this series he went to a time and again yesterday.
Eddie Watkin frailing Bobby Locker all had trouble finding the strike zone and now Darryl Knowles in his first appearance has gone three nothing on Morgan with you know who on deck.
Here's a look at the swisher.
The pitch that ball for inside and their bases are loaded.
Now let's see if Marshall will come back and bring on the right handers of more to face Johnny Bench.
Johnny had the home run in the last inning a line hugger to left.
Now with 13 and 45 RBI and apparently knows will stay on the pitch the J.B.
Foster third Rettman second they had it Morgan at first he had a walk.
That's with two grand slam home runs already this season the pitch.
Taking high and away a ball.
The stretch in the pit that's outside and well it's two and nothing to Johnny Bench.
And those came on after Rettman base hit Russia.
A walk Morgan on four straight pitches and is two and nothing with Bench.
Got to come in with a strike pitch and Johnny knows it all too well.
Former Oakland A's reliever checking in.
Checking the runners to all delivery.
That is a strike pitch.
He kept it down.
Two and one.
Play Carol is not growing in the red bullpen but Will Mackinney has not.
The two one on the way.
Check swing and strike two and Bench is really upset now.
He got a little bit bent out of shape over the first call strike.
But now making his feelings known to the plate umpire Doug Harvey.
Two balls two strikes two out.
The bases are loaded for the Reds in the eighth inning.
We lead by a run.
Knowles a strike away from ending it.
Or if you look at it optimistically a strike away from disaster.
Two to put.
Swung out and ripped out of the cup dugout.
Whoa what a shot.
Fortunately that didn't get anybody but it woke a few people up.
Two and two it remains.
I don't know who that is in the corner of the dugout Don.
I call it.
He was.
Looks like Jerry Morales it is.
Knows cranking it up again two toing to Bench.
Swing and a miss he struck him out the side retired.
No runs in the eighth for Cincinnati on two hits three men left.
And as we go to the ninth inning we got a hole in the Reds two and the Cubs one.
Top of the ninth inning here at Riverfront Stadium and before Andy Thornton steps in here is a completed pitching line now on Cubs starter Rick Rushley went seven and two thirds innings today gave up only four hits.
Two runs both earned and both coming on Johnny Bench's seventh inning home run he struck out nine walked to hit a batter and also committed a ball.
Gary Nolan will be first innings.
He's a man of three or at least there the schedule batters through eight Nolan has given them that one run in the sixth inning and six base that comes to not have a hit for the first three but it had one hit over the last five innings and two in the sixth inning when they scored their run.
Andy Thornton is one for three a single leading off the fifth inning.
Nolan is set to work and Thornton is in.
Here's a pitch.
Swung out a bouncing ball left side contender.
He has a long throw to make and did not get it.
Now he gave it one heck of a shot.
He went deep behind the back white line and pull well over toward third base to feel that ground ball and Thornton who has better than average speed for a big man still just did beat the throw.
So the infield hit to start the night for Chicago.
They have the tie and run out and here is left handed batting people a cock.
Two fly balls to right field and is bounced out to Tony.
See what he's going to do.
He's swinging away or at least doesn't even blump a button on the first pitch it's outside.
Comes about at a seven to four but trail two to one.
Now let's turn our first double play of the game.
One oh pitch swung on hit in the air shallow right center field Morgan calling for it all the way and he's got it.
One out.
It will be many trio to fly balls to the outfield he reached in the seventh on an Arab by conception the only era in this game.
Phillies are now batting in the bottom of the six.
Still they lead the Dodgers three nothing.
The Reds up by one run two to one here in our first game.
Oscar Zamora walking back down to the cup bullpen as Nolan takes a long look to bench the pitch the trio strike one call.
Manny checking in with her of Norrin and he thought that first base one out foul ball to the screen it's on to hope you'll stay tuned on most of these same stations immediately following the completion of game number one Joe will be back with red wrap up.
This one not over yet in the night the 0 2 pitch the trio foul back and out of play.
Second game pitchers will have played Kirby for Cincinnati.
He's three and three on the year and left hander Jeff's on for the Dodgers are for the Cubs former Dodger one win and two losses breaking ball outside one and two.
Nolan taking his time as he walks around the mound Steve Swisher is he on deck batter.
Manny trio commanding Gary Nolan's attention right now the pitch on the way.
He'll backing out of this Merve Rettman he has room to play it he's got it to down.
Dave Swisher scheduled a hit but he has been called back by manager Jim Marshall and champs summers will be the pinch hitter.
Summers the left handed batter who was a starter in right field yesterday was hit listen four times up will be the pinch hitter with two out of the ninth inning.
Two men out Thornton leading at first base here is a pitch the summers of all outside.
Should he get on.
We'll have another pinch hitter up for the pitcher.
To a no Adrian Garrett is on deck to bat for.
Darrell knows but hopefully we won't get there. Nolan behind his summers to and nothing check in and dealing swung out and foul back.
It is a two to one game Cincinnati here in the ninth inning.
Johnny bench with a seventh inning home run following a walk to Joe Morgan after the Reds a trail one nothing on one hit.
The two one delivery that is low and it's three balls of a strike.
Swung out on a base hit center field Geronimo quickly up with a ball as Thornton takes a turn he'll stay right there.
And Summers has kept the ninth inning going for Chicago with a pitch single up the middle.
Adrian Garrett another left handed batter will hit for the pitcher Darrell knows.
They have Will McEnany come on out and pitch to Garrett.
Adrian Smokey Garrett Jr. left handed hitter who has some power.
Been up 19 times this season batting 105 with a home run he hits a ground ball right side Morgan has it.
Bobbles cannot find it and all hands are safe.
While Joe had it behind the back white line and simply could not find the handle on it.
He dropped the ball and rolled between his legs he looked back to find it and by that time no play anywhere.
So the bases are loaded on Morgan's two out here in the ninth inning and the batter will be Don Kessinger the Chicago shortstop and leadoff hitter.
Kessinger 0 for 3 has had a sacrifice so now the tie and run at third the go ahead run and champ Summers at second base.
And all of a sudden things have turned out to be just a little bit sticky here.
Nolan delivers inside a ball.
Gordon at third Summers at second Garrett on at first base.
Nolan really having to bear down dealing the one 0 pitch swung on fly ball left center field Geronimo back and this one belongs to the ref.
Here in the ninth inning for the Chicago Cubs no run two hits one arrow three left.
Your final score the Reds 2 the Cubs won in our first game and we'll be back in just a moment.
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Well before this capacity house at Riverfront Stadium Gary Nolan has gotten Don Kessinger on a line drive to Geronimo and center field the Cubs leave him loaded.
And the Reds have scored a two to one first game victory here this afternoon two runs on four hits to Cincinnati errors with five men left on the Cubs had a run on eight hits no errors and they stranded nine.
Gary Nolan and winning his fifth consecutive game is now six and three on the year and Rick Rushel who pitched an out of sight ballgame for Chicago but still a loser and a record of four and six.
The Cubs with a run in the sixth inning but Johnny Bench is 13th homer of the year in the seventh following a Joe Morgan leadoff walk was a blow that won the ballgame for the Reds by a score of two to one.
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