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The St. Louis Cardinals faced the Pittsburgh Pirates for a Saturday night game at Three Rivers Stadium on August 14th, 1971.
The Cardinals made it to the World Series in 1967 and 68, but their dominance was fading, having lost the division to the Pirates in both 1970 and 71.
They entered this game trailing the Pirates by five and a half games and manager Red Shane Deest would send Bob Gibson to the mound to try and help the Cardinals tighten the pennant race in the NL East.
Pittsburgh, on the other hand, was on the rise. Having lost the NLCS in 1970 to the Reds, they were flying high in 1971 with a 71-48 record entering this game.
They are managed by Danny Myrtog as 11th season as skipper of the Pirates. This audio recording is from the St. Louis Radio broadcast featuring announcers Jack Buck and Jim Woods.
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Oh, again everybody with Jack Buck
This is Jim Woods to welcome you back to Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
As the Cardinals driving on the slipping Pirates go for their third in a row
Here on the banks of the Monongahela Bob Gibson takes the mound tonight his record is 10 and 10
Lifetime against Pittsburgh he has won 22 and he's lost 12
His pitching opponent will be the former American Liger Bob Johnson who has had a struggling seven and seven year
With the Pittsburgh Club and in facing the Cardinals once in his lifetime met the feet
He is on one the umpires are out with the respective captains Joe Tori of the Cardinals Bill
Maseroski the Pirates and here's the lineups they're turning in for st. Louis Matty Alou leads off first base
Ted Sizemore left field Jose Cruz in center Joe Tori will be at third Ted Simmons catching
Joe Hagan right Ted Kubiak stuck in base Dow Maxville the shortstop Bob Gibson is the pitcher
Pirates are a little all in around tonight
Murtaugh tries to get them out of their prolonged batting slump until many is not played
Dave Cash will lead off and he'll play at third base tonight
Vic D'Avilio the former Cardinal goes into right field
Al Oliver in center Willie Stargell in left
Milt May is the catcher Bob Robertson
first base
Bill Maseroski at second
Jack Hernandez is the shortstop and the pitcher right hander Bob Johnson
the umpiring alignment finds Harry Wendell stand at home plate and
Andy Olson will be at first base
Tom Gorman at second and
Chris Pelikoudis will call the plays at third and here come the Pirates
This ballgame is about to start with Matty Alou at the plate
Against the right hander Bob Johnson the big guy fire strike call and he is a big guy is from our broadcast
territory
He's from Aurora, Illinois lives in Lamont, Illinois
He delivers and alou on a change-up hits a foul ball which goes out of play for strike two
Cash is playing third base chased over there couldn't get it Hernandez. The shortstop was also over there
Maseroski's playing second tonight with Bob Robertson at first
Stargell and left Oliver in center and D'Avilio on right
Milton May giving the sign two strikes to count on alou who has seen a lot of off-speed pitches in this series
Here it comes off-speed pitch fouled back onto the screen keeping it strike two
It'll be alou's size Warren Cruz here in the Cardinal first
Sure, you're aware of the fact that the Cardinals have won both games of this series
And are now within six of the Pirates trying to make it five
Here it comes Matty swings and drills that foul into the seats look out
It's still strike two
The early starting time here of
705 on a Saturday night a good crowd on hand and a sellout for tomorrow here at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh
Cardinals won three to two the night before last and two to nothing last night
Johnson looks in gets the sign he's thrown nothing but strikes to alou ball one is outside
And another off-speed pitch
Harry Wendell step the plate umpire
Olsen at first Gorman at second base and Pellicudis third the pitch and it's low inside that makes it two and two
Bob Gibson will be the Cardinal pitcher in this ballgame Bob Johnson on the mound for the Pirates
His record is seven and seven
He fires fastball fouled back and out of play
And it's still two and two
Johnson has pitched one shutout. He has six complete games
An earned run average of four and a half
2.21 he's been tagged for 14 homers more than anybody else on the pirate staff
His two two delivery to Mattie alou
Is on the way low for ball three
Low inside breaking ball on a full count of three and two
Be great if the Cardinals could get out in front again early to
Sort of give the Pirates the idea that it could happen again tonight
the pitch
fastball
Low ball four and the catcher may thought they had him struck out
He threw the ball down to third
And he and the plate umpire get into it and the pitcher Bob Johnson comes down off the mound
a
highly
A highly
Debatable ball four call puts alou on and we're talking from a pirate player viewpoint
They thought the pitch had the strike zone at the knees the batter is Sizemore with their lou on base
That's the way the ballgame starts
Sizemore hitting 267 has an eight game hitting streak going
The pitch to him is over but low ball one
Johnson was way out ahead of alou no balls two strikes ended up losing him
And that gives Sizemore hitting room through the right side Robertson is holding against the runner
A lead by Matty i'll throw over there and he's back
Milton may is doing the catching he's a left-handed batter
The backup man for sanguine alou with the lead
The pitch to sizemore and a foul trying to go to right field off to the right it goes one ball one strike
The on deck batter is jose cruz
Some of our left-handed hitters like cruz and haig are due to pop the ball
It's been a long time since we've seen the long ball off their bats maybe tonight will be the night
They're playing straight away in the pirate outfield the one one pitch
Coming to sizemore and it's inside it almost hit him ball two
Spun him out of there
Johnson is not a real control artist
Although his base on balls total is not very high. He's walked 40 now and 126 innings
Alou with the lead
There he goes and a fly ball into the right field corner chased by the right fielder dolliver leo makes a running catch
Throws the first alou gets back. Oh, he made a good play on that ball
With the right-handed batter up there sizemore
The ball was hit right down the right field line about five feet off the line and double leo on the run
Caught up with the ball and made the catch
Alou had to scramble to get back and had that the leo missed that ball. It would have been big big trouble for pittsburgh
That ball would have gone down into the corner a run would have scored and sizemore probably would have ended up at third
But davalio made the catch
The hitter is cruz with the runner at first and one out
Tossed to first the runner back
Sizemore got a bad break on his ball. It just hung up long enough for davalio to get there
There cruz has four home runs the pitch
Low inside ball one and johnson thought he had a strike again
He's uh again at odds with the plate umpire wendell stuc
Cruz average is 248 alou at first one out
He's a little bit better than the other one
Maddie takes his lead the pitch swing and a foul trying to go to left that evens the count one and one
Well, the pirates have their big man back in the lineup tonight willy starjewel who sat out last evening's encounter
They're not playing clementi and sanguine this evening
The
Cruz waiting
I'll throw the first and alou gets back
Johnson doesn't appear to have a
Real good motion toward first
Looks like they might be able to run on him alou leads away not going cruz takes it outside ball two two and one
Johnson is not missing by a very large margin two balls in a strike
Cardinals hit and run on this couch with size more at the plate
Alou is not going and the pitch is a strike call that the letters outside edge two and two
Two down deck batter is tori
Gibson will be the cardinal hurler tonight trying for his 11th win
Maddie alou leads away
He's going a swing and a pop flying in a short left field down the line chased by cash
And he dropped the ball. It's fair and both runners are safe. He dropped the ball with his back to the plate and it's a base hit
Alou stopped at second. He had no chance to go to third because the ball was smack in cash's glove
And then popped out
The left fielder starjewel couldn't get there in time to help him out and tori is up with two men on base and one out
With a left-handed batter up there star joe was playing off the line somewhat
He couldn't get in quickly enough to make the catch
And went off cash his glove and it's a base hit now alou's at second
Cruz at first and tori the batter. He's leading the league again by one point over glenn beckert batting 355
They play him to pull
Johnson is set
his pitch
Steer right call at the knees
Tori 17 homers 94 runs batted in
Pirate infield a double play depth
Mazurowski trying to keep alou close at second base
It wouldn't be surprising to see maddie run the pitch sidearm curve low outside one and one
We'll have another side armor going tomorrow bruce keason
Reggie cleveland will work for the cards
Tori up there with two men on base and one man out here in the first inning
Alou leads away. There's a ground ball base hitter to right field and alou will score
He rounds third heads for the plate. There goes cruz to third. He's safe and the cardinals lead one to nothing
Tori slapped it through the right side and the cardinals have jumped out in front in this ballgame
Alou scored cruz raced to third
Tori gets his 95th run batted in of the year
The cardinals lead one to nothing and the batter is ted simons
And there goes a pitcher turning down to the pirate bullpen
Bob moose gets up and starts to throw
Ted simons can add to the lead. He's hitting 306. He has three home runs
The infield back with cruz at third and tori at first
They lead off
The pitch to simons a swing and a shot to right. That's a base hit that makes it two to nothing and tori stops at second
An rbi single for simons his 56th run batted in the cardinals and gibson are out in front by two
Cruz scored
Three hits in a row by cruz tori and simons
It's a two to nothing ballgame and the batter is joe hay boy would we like to see joe get a hold of one
He had really do joe's average is down to 209 10 home runs most of which he gathered very early in the season
And the truth about it is he got those home runs
Early before the pitchers were real sharp and started to get that off-speed stuff over to him
Oh if he could rip one now there are two men on with one man out
Tori at second and simons at first
Bob johnson of the pirates is on the ropes
A look in by the big right hander
The first pitch to joe hay a change up is low ball one and that helps they when the pitcher cannot get that slow stuff over
all one
One
Two to nothing the cardinals lead in the first on a walk in three singles
Johnson ready to pitch to haig here it is and it's low for ball to the undecider is kubiak
Johnson looks in at the umpire again
Pauses out there on the mound
The second pitch to joe hay
Now steps on and looks in the count is two balls no strikes they play haig to pull the ball
Here it comes
Oh
Well, I tried to talk him into that one
And with a count of two balls and no strikes haig homers with two on
And mix it a five run cardinal first you forget to worry me when you do things like that. You got est or something
I believe might head for vegas
Here comes danny murtaugh out of the dugout
Hey with a count of two balls and no strikes drilled one a line drive over the fence and right
Driving in tori driving in seven
Giving joe 11 home runs for the year
37 runs batted in
And it's five to nothing here in the first
The only put out was on the fine play but navali oh
Yeah, you look back on that and think how many runs we might have in the bank
I'm delighted with the five but uh not devilio come on to make that circus robbery on the ball hit by ted sizemore
We might have six or seven in the bank
Danny murtaugh made an awfully slow walk to the mound
Luz has been warming up very long
But it may be that the smiling arishman from chester, pennsylvania has seen enough of big
Bob johnson on this evening and that's what harry wendell said has gone out to find out
We've got a long way to go on this ball game and against a tough pirate hitting ball club
But the cardinals have bob gibson on the mound
He's been staked to a five run lead on four hits
And as I said if the cardinals can score early the pirates might get the idea that it could happen again
Well, they surely do have that idea
right now
Murtaugh leaves the mound without making a pitching chain
And bob moose continues to throw down in the bullpen
What's the story on moose?
Jim he's out of their rotation isn't he?
He was away for two weeks of marine duty as I understand it jack and then he came back and he had one start and he was very ineffective in it
And I think uh possibly danny just has him down there to try to get him back in shape and we full well know about all the military duty and how it's affected some of our men
Well now we're going to have a pitching change and we might have a little discussion here because
Danny murtaugh had left the mound and walked off the playing field that is beyond the foul lines
I was under the impression jim that once the manager did that without making a pitching change
The pitcher had to work to an additional batter
That was my understanding too but
It's like the umpires are going to allow this because moose has got his jacket and he's headed on the long walk in here
So the pirates are making a pitching change here in the first stunning and they are bringing in the right-hander bob moose
Moose has the same record as the gentleman whom he replaces on the mound
Johnson leaves with a mark of seven and seven and moose is the same
Well this isn't going to help johnson's earned run average any
He pitched a third of an inning
He allowed five runs four hits he struck out none and he walked one and it worked him for a walk sizemore line to right
Cruz got the pop single that went off the glove actually out of the glove of the third baseman cash out in short left field
Tori's single homerun simon's single homerun and haig hit a three run homer in the cardinals lead five to nothing
And moose comes into the ball game and kubiak will be at the plate against him
Murtagh and Wendelstedt the manager and the plate umpire got into a discussion out there in the mound
And it started to get heated then the pirates made the pitching change
Actually the plate umpire here did not call for the pitcher out of the bullpen nor did it appear that Murtagh called for the pitcher out of the bullpen
So I guess I must be mistaken about my interpretation of that rule
Just as when a manager makes two trips to the mound in one inning the pitcher has to come out
If he visits the mound at any time and then leaves I thought that the pitcher had to work to another batter but I guess I'm wrong
How the Giants do today Jim?
They're in the 10th inning they're tied up 5-5 with McGraw going against Don Mcmahon now
Donno who started the game for New York Brian started for the Giants but it's 5-5 last of the season
Donno who started the game for New York Brian started for the Giants but it's 5-5 last of the 10th
We continue now with the right-hander Bob Moose on the mound and Ted Kubiak at the plate hitting 2-29 with four homers
He takes a ball inside
I'll bet the Johnson the pirate starter will blame the umpire for part of his troubles because he didn't agree with about four or five calls
And Kubiak swings grounds it to the right of Robertson off his glove he picks it up and he throws too late
And that'll be a base hit
The ball was hit to the right of Robertson and went off his glove he made one grab at the ball but it had rolled away
And Kubiak is safely on with a hit the Cardinals fifth hit of the inning
The batter is Maxwell
I don't know if last night when we were describing the game the disappointment showed in my voice with regard to Maxville's accomplishments or lack of accomplishments
I should point out that Maxi with that sore side is playing with his chest all taped up
He injured his ribs in a belly flopper down at second base the other night
And he's just having a lot of trouble swinging the bat there's a throw to first and Kubiak gets back
So if I was a little harsh on Maxville it was because primarily of our disappointment more than anything else
The pitch to Dow and he takes it low for a ball
He's the eighth man to bat for the Cardinals in the inning
Robertson is holding against Kubiak and the outfield plays Maxville around to the right
The runner is on with one man out the pitch is made by Bob Moose Maxville takes it low outside ball two
Cardinals trying to move within five you remember they were 14 out at one time
Two balls no strikes the count to Maxville he's hitting 220
The pitch to him swing and a foul trying to go to right field two and one
Gibson kneeling in the on deck circle and he must be feeling pretty good about the situation at the moment
He has a five run lead
We've been underway here for about 25 minutes and the Pirates haven't swung a bat yet
There's a throw to first and Kubiak got back was pretty close
Two balls and a strike to Maxville the runner might be going here with one man out
The runner is not going and there's a foul out of play two and two the ball down in the right field
A walk to Elu Sizemore lined out Cruz a scratch single an RBI single by Torrey
An RBI single by Simmons a three run homer by Joe Hague five nothing Cardinals
Two and two on Maxville Moose is ready
Pitches swing and a miss he struck him out with a high delivery
Another second out of the inning
A pause for identification with Bob Gibson coming up the ninth man to bat here in the Cardinal first
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Gibson with two home runs five runs batted in is batting 200
There's a wild throw to first base Kubiak will go to second
That's all he can advance the ball got stuck underneath the grandstand and a throwing error is charged
To the pitcher on the pickoff play Kubiak moves to second as Moose threw badly to first base
These are the kind of signs that show up when teams are jittery
Plays they don't make not saying the Pirates are jittery but some of the signs are there
Gibson could drive home a run now the pitch swings and bounces it to short cut off by cash
He throws to first for the out
Gibson is out five three to hand the Cardinal first five runs five hits one error one left
Gibson goes to the mound and the Cardinals lead five nothing
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In the Pittsburgh first Gibson has a record of 10 and 10
He has a career mark of 22 and 12 against Pittsburgh with no record against them this season
Their leadoff hitter will be Dave Cash Davalio will follow him and Oliver
They have some left-handed batters in their lineup Davalio Oliver Stardew Milton May
Gibson's wind up in first pitch is high ball one
Cash batting 309 playing third base tonight
Next pitch low outside ball two
You out feel a bit to the right for the young pirate infielder
Gibson delivers and pumps one down the middle for a called strike one two and one
Two balls and a strike to Dave Cash
You know the wind up the cardinal right hander fires and a foul out of play back to the right two and two
And our best wishes to the Cardinal Football Club
Another new coach Bob Hallways he makes his debut tonight ball three to cash three and two of the pitch was high inside
There's a line drive into right field Hague is right there comes in as one of the three to pitch and
Gibson working with his usual rapidity brought it home cash fly to right there's one out the batter is Davalio
Former Cardinal longtime American Laker Davalio is batting 286 with one home run
Clever little hitter this guy moves the ball around they play him to pull
Franco Siak coaching a third for Pittsburgh and Don Leppard at first
The pitch on the way Davalio takes it low for a ball
Simmons the catcher and then field of Torrey Maxville Kubiak and Alou
Ball outside ball to Gibson's been behind the first two hitters here he came back and got cash
He's two and two and on Davalio with Al Oliver in the on deck circle
Stewart called two and one Davalio taking all the way and that's a problem of being behind by five
Gibson fires stir right to two and two another called strike two balls two strikes
Outfield to the right the pitch is made and a fly ball to center cruises their two out
Bob Gibson after being defeated the other evening
That was the Monday night game against the Dodgers was really crushed
I mean he was crushed he's a fellow doesn't show his feelings much but that defeat really hurt him
And when the Cardinals won these first two in Pittsburgh he said I better crank myself up a pretty good ballgame
Had not the pitch to Al Oliver inside ball one Oliver usually hits Gibson quite well
Remember some game winning blows that the pirate outfielder has delivered against the Cardinal pitcher
He has power to left center field Oliver batting 274 with six homers
Gibson has retired the first two there's a fly ball to left
Each outfielder will handle a ball Sizemore had trouble but made the catch he didn't see that ball right away
Hey got one Cruz caught one Sizemore caught one at the end of one the Cardinals lead five to nothing
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Right with the best beer in the ballpark
I'm almost a public servant you might say
I do say I can't imagine a ballgame without you Barney without beer
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Tell the game good Jim I'll see you later
Ice cold Bush, Bush does it like no other beer
Barney the Bush man say hi next time you see him
We go on to the second inning the Cardinals lead five nothing sent nine men to the plate in the first
As they routed Bob Johnson and they're hitting against Bob Moose with Manny Allu leading off
Manny walked to start the first inning merry-go-round faces Moose for the first time
The pitch is made and it's a ball outside Moose pitching for the Bucks
The division leading Pirates here's the pitch to Manny and it's a strike call at the letter as he looks back at the umpire
It's one and one it'll be a loose Sizemore and Cruz here in the second
Next pitch Brown foul rip past first base down into the corner that makes it one and two
Benson is coaching at third for the Cardinals with Ken Boyer at first
Pirates are playing Hernandez it's short again tonight with Gene Alley limping a bit on a bad knee
Allu to just missed with that one two and two Allu acted like he thought he was struck out
The Pirates were ready to throw that ball around two and two the count
Giants won their ballgame today we'll tell you about it in a moment the pitch now is called out on strikes Moose gets him
Moose gets his second strikeout
There was a slider that stayed on the inside corner as Allu pulled back one out in the batter's Sizemore
Like to see the Cardinals mount another attack because you never have too many runs here's the pitch to Ted
Sizemore hits one a diving try by the third baseman he can't get it and Sizemore has another hit
Sizemore singles with one man out that ball was in on the third base
Moose gets his second strikeout
Sizemore hits one a diving try by the third baseman he can't get it and Sizemore has another hit Sizemore singles with one man out that ball was in on him and he got around in the ball
He's now hit safely in nine straight ballgames
Batters Jose Cruz
Cardinals came here with a four game losing streak riding
Two against the Dodgers two against the Braves they could have won some of those games everybody on the ball club has agreed but that's history
The pitch to Cruz swing and a miss he was going for the long ball
Not just because he missed the last ball Jack but somehow Cash doesn't look comfortable at third base to me with these moves and everything
He's an outstanding young second baseman but it's not that easy to move from position to position
A ball in the dirt to Cruz blocked by Milton May the catcher and it's one and one
That ball was hit to his left
Talking about the base hit by Sizemore passed Cash went off his glove
Throw to first the runner back
Some infielders who can cover ground don't have that initial quickness that you need at certain positions
Another throw to first and Sizemore is back again Cruz single his first time up on a ball that Cash couldn't handle a pop fly into short left
Moose checks the runner
Fires to the plate Cruz fouled it back and had his best cut one ball two strikes
Jose had a good rip at that one but just couldn't handle it one ball two strikes five to nothing the Cardinals lead here in the second
Gibson set the pirates down in order in the first
Redbirds batting in the second Sizemore at first one out Cruz at the plate and Torrey up next
Throw to first nothing doing
Lead by the runner the pitch swing and a high fly ball to deep center field way back on the track Oliver way back he's got it
Four hundred and ten feet away
Back to first Sizemore and he had to hustle to get back that ball just kept going and going and going and Oliver could have gone no further
He was back to the wall alright if Cruz pulls that ball even a little bit little more over toward the power alley instead of straight away
This score is seven nothing in a hurry
He really hit that ball hard but almost straight away into center field must have gone about four hundred and five feet the batters Torrey single and runners first time
Takes a strike call a good fastball from Moose up and in in the strike zone strike one
Five to nothing here in the second for the Cardinals Sizemore at first two out
Torrey swings and fouls it back and two quick strikes on Joe
Then Becker in the Cubs play at Cincinnati tonight Torrey started the day at three fifty five one point ahead of Becker who was over for last night
Moose delivers with the runner going in a fly ball base hit in the right field Sizemore around second heads for third and he's got it
Sizemore around second heads for third Dabalio comes up with the ball they hold the runners at first and third
Torrey gets his second hit a line single into the right field corner and Dabalio did another good job of outfielding
Sure does he gets over that corner pretty well but been around a while but he's still got that fine speed and a sense of where the ball is going to go
Sizemore I think when he left the bag I think he was surprised when Benson threw the stop sign up at him
The relay was perfectly handled however and there was no chance for Sizemore to come home on that long single by Torrey
It's up to Simmons with two men out the Cardinals with a chance to score against Bob Moose Torrey is two for two
Simmons single his first time up drove in a run and he could hurt the Pirates again
The pitch swing and a bouncer to second a big hop to Mazurowski throws close out
Mazurowski had to wait for a big hop and then he got Simmons five out of step and the Cardinals lead two
No runs two hits there were no errors and two men left the Cardinals have left three
The Pirates come to bat in their second the Cardinals lead five to nothing
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Those pretty girls out there make walking a pleasure
Better not let Mrs. Barney hear that she's quite pretty herself
And that's odd too because she's got a sister who's really ugly
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We used to figure she put her face up in curlers enough wrinkles to store a three day rain
Every time she raised her eyebrows pulled up her stockings
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John Tory has raised his batting average a couple of points to 357
During the Pirates second Willie Stardew leads off and it's always nice to pitch to this big guy with the bases empty
Stardew hitting 304 with 39 home runs
Strike called Gibson drilled one across at the knees
Stardew has driven in 101 runs
There's a foul out of play and that's strike two
Stardew didn't play last night
Steve Carleton handled him beautifully the other evening
Stardew sat it out against Royce
Gibson fires and it's up and in
Ball in
Bob set Pittsburgh down in order in the first
On three fly balls he's working rapidly
Fire strike called
He let it up and he got him
First strike out for Gibson
The batter is Milton May
Gibson working with a five run lead
Has retired four in a row
May is a left handed batter hitting 243
He has power he's hit four home runs
He swings and misses chased a bad ball up and in
I think his first major league run batted in was against Bob Gibson in the ball game last year
It's from Gary Indiana
Swings and fouls at back that's strike two
Fan made a good play on the ball
May is a six footer 175 a fine catching prospect
The pitch on the way to him and a change up and he swings and strikes out but he'll go to first as
Simmons couldn't handle the ball in the dirt
The ball went back to the screen
It's a strike out and a wild pitch
Gibson is credited with a second strike out but a wild pitch
Puts Milton May at first with one out
So if Gibby gets a bad break there as Simmons was unable to
Prevent the ball from going back to the screen
Bob Robertson the batter is hitting 268 right handed hitter takes a ball gets away the runner does not advance
In the way Simmons is struggling behind the plate
You suspect that Gibson has a good breaking ball he goes out to talk with the pitcher
Robertson is the second leading home run hitter on the Pirate Ball Club
He's blasted 23
The outfield deep to the left for him
May at first one out the pitch swing and a foul and he had a home run cut it came back to the screen
Two strike outs in the setting for Gibson but there's a runner at first with one out
Robertson swinging late missed it one and two
Gibson's fastball appears to be a good one
Robertson looked over into the Cardinal dugout for some reason
One ball two strikes to count
The pitch struck him out with a good low breaking ball and that's three strike outs in a row for Gibson
Now the runners at first with two out
The batter is Mazurowski
There was a guy strike out four and one hit
It could happen
Mazurowski playing second base tonight hitting 262
First pitch to him
A fly ball behind first foul ball a play for Alou he's got it
Mazurowski fouled out the Pirates do nothing in the second they put a runner on and leave him on
No runs no hits no errors a wild pitch one left at the end of two the Cardinals five Pittsburgh nothing
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We're going to the third inning here the Cardinals lead 5-0
And here for the play-by-play of the ball game is Jim Woods
Thank you very much Jack and Joe Hague who struck the big blow in the first inning
The Cardinals looking at Moose's first pitch
It's over the outside corner for a call strike 0-1
Hague popped his 11th home run of the year
His first in quite a while but he picked a great spot for it I'll tell you that
Off-speed pitch by Bob Moose and it's a ball and a strike
Moose has not been the big winner that they hoped he would be this year
Ball outside two balls and a strike
He's pitched a no-hitter in the majors threw it against the Mets
Three years ago at Shea Stadium
2-1 pitch coming from Moose and a swing by Hague and a miss strike too to enter the count
Been seven hits in the ball game and the Cardinals have all of them
They ride high, wide and handsome here in game three but a long ways to go
Ball two is just a little low
Scoreboard for ball three rather, three and two
Not on and out
Kubiak will be next and then Maxwell
Pay off pitch from Bob Moose, swing on and miss strike three
Moose gets his third strike out
Puts one away and brings up Kubiak
If you're looking at this game from a pirate viewpoint it might be valuable for them to be able to bring a fellow like Bob Moose through in this game
Although he has given up three hits in the time that he has worked
The time to get back into the pitching rotation almost seems to be a must for Pittsburgh
I would think perhaps if he would work around, here's Kubiak waiting for the first pitch
Sends a high fly ball out toward rather deep right but D'Avilio is on the move and he gets to it and he has it to the eye
I think maybe he might replace Johnson in the pitching rotation because Johnson has got to be a disappointment
He gets to get him from the Kansas City club, gave up Freddy Patek and a good catcher in Jerry May and a pretty fair hurler in Bruce Dalkanton
And he's just not lived up to expectations
Two men out, here's Maxwell, Maxey strike out victim his first time up
Facing Moose
Sends the foul back out of play
Way, way into the upper deck
Cubs have gone out ahead of the Reds now, 3-1 at the end of two and one half innings
Houston and Atlanta play later, Montreal and LA later
Maxwell takes a ball down low, Phil's in San Diego not scheduled tonight
Minnesota drove the Tigers today, 9-4
Oakland beat the Yankees 1-0
The ball hit down to Mazurowski
The Golden Glove is up and on the first, that retires the side
No runs, no hits, no errors, nobody left
We go to the bottom of the third and it's 5-0 St. Louis
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Jackie Hernandez playing a shortstop tonight in place of the Aileen Jean Alley
Leads it off here, he's at 2-12, three home runs, 13 batted in
Gibson moves the strike right by him, 0-1 the count
Mr. Gibson has the plate pretty well zeroed in as he usually does
Swing and a miss by Hernandez and 0-2
A ball outside, a moving pitch that was outside, a little low, one ball, two strikes
Pirates have had the one baserunner on the strikeout wild pitch
And the delivery is ball two outside, 2-2 the count
Frank Osiak the coach at third, Don Leppard at first
Old Missouri and Bill Burton, Murtagh's first lieutenant
Possibly the heir apparent if Danny steps down after this year because of health reasons, there's ball three
Has not made any appearance on the field during this entire series
Full count three and two, Gibson got ahead of Hernandez and now has got him out to the full count
Here's the payoff pitch, he walked him, for Gibson lost Hernandez
And Bob Moose will bat for himself
Another great hitting pitcher, but he's going to base hit every now and then
He's been up 33 times, he's had four hits
Moose bounce here in the number nine spot, Alou laying in behind Hernandez and Moose fouls off the first pitch for a strike, 0-1
Cardinals with a five run out burst, driving Bob Johnson out in the first inning
Lead five nothing, Moose another foul straight back, 0-2 the count
Gibby has another 0-2 count on his second hitter in a row
He works in a hurry and Moose swings and misses strike three
That is Gibson's fourth strikeout
Puts one away and the top of the order comes up now, Dave Cash
Flied out to Hague in his first effort
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Fly ball rather deep right field, drifting back goes Hague, getting a beat on it and he makes the catch
Two men out and Hernandez returns to first and we'll pause for station identification on the Cardinals baseball network
Vic Devalio bats now, fly ball to Cruz, what happened to him the first time up?
Little Vic who did the tremendous pinch hitting job for the Cardinals in the year of 1970
Been a fine player for the Pirates, big swing and a miss, 0-1
Came over here in the Mattie Alou deal
He really chased a bad ball that time, it was way up and in
Hernandez long lead, Devalio takes over low, ball one, one and one the count
End of three and a half, Cubs three, Reds one, fine Pappas
Gibson ready to pitch, jumped off the mound, Hernandez returns to first and Devalio gets out of the batter's box in a hurry
Two men out here in the third inning
Pirates are still looking for their first hit
Foul out of play, one ball two strikes
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And a sellout crowd expected, there's a tap out to Maxwell, he's up with it, goes on to second just in time for the force out of Hernandez to retire the side
No runs, no hits, no errors, one left, the end of three innings, five nothing St. Louis
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Bob Gibson just now striding out of the Cardinal dugout to come up and take his wax
Bounced out to third in his first effort
Facing Bob Moose who is all in relief for Bob Johnson who gave up all the Cardinal runs in the first inning
And Gibson takes the ball, it is just outside, one ball no strikes
Moose brings it in, took a little bit off of it and Gibson didn't get it, one ball, one strike
Outside of the first inning this ball game has moved right along
Usually does when Mr. Gibson goes about his business out there
Swings again, he didn't get it, one ball, two strikes
Bob's batting just under 200
Not been his most productive year with the bat and he's had some good ones
He swings, a delayed swing and a delayed call on the part of Wendelstadt and it's a strikeout
So that is four strikeouts for Moose
One out, top of the order up, Maddie Lou walked and struck out
Lou Brock's hand still causing him quite a problem and it's just a day to day thing when Lou is going to be back in left field and leading off
Moose throws a curve, it got Lou right down the middle, no balls and a strike
Little bit low, one and one to count
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And you should see the traffic pile up around here after a ball game
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Moose delivers, fly ball, center field, back goes Oliver, in position, waiting and has it
Two men out for the Cardinals in the fourth inning and Sizemore who is lined out and singled as the batter
Ted's been doing a good job in left field filling in for Brock
He hasn't been the most graceful outfielder going after one or two balls in out there but he's gotten the job done and that's what they pay off on
Fast strike for Moose, outside corner, knee high, one and one to count
Cash, a deep third base, eight feet off the line, here's Sizemore drilling one down the short, hops up Fernandez, the throw, that's it
No runs, no hits, no errors, nobody left
We move into the last half of the fourth inning, St. Louis five, pirates nothing
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Leaning off here in the last half of the fourth inning, Al Oliver stands in
He's skied one out in mid left field, it's first time up
And he'll see what he can do with Gibson
Pirates looking for their first hit, a strike call to the knees, one and one to count
In Atlanta, Cook goes for Houston, Pat Jarvis for the Atlanta Braves
Ball down low, one and one to count
Giants one in extra inning over the melt, six to five, there's a ball bounced in behind Don Leppard at first base foul, one ball, two strikes
Oliver, Stargell and Milt May
Here's Gibson with rapidity working again, there's a little flipper out behind second base, Maxwell runs back, he's got it
Oliver hit that ball on the fifths, and I mean Gibson really sawed him off
Oh what a way, here's Stargell, took a call, third strike, and he gets a big hand every time he comes up
Willie is so well liked around this town
Ball down into the dirt, one ball, no strikes
Does a lot of work with children
Also has the chicken business here
Hails from the Compton, California area, where so many fine athletes came from
Inside to Stargell, two balls, no strikes
One man out here and nobody on, with the Redbirds in front, five nothing, trying to make it three in a row, there's ball three to Stargell
Gibson, behind on the count, three and nothing
Fires in the next, Stargell went after it, he bangs it foul, he had the green light, five runs behind
Had the green light on a three nothing pitch, Myrtol let him go
Hoping I guess he could pop one out of here and try to get a little inspiration going on the part of the Pirates who just not hit at all
Ball four, way up high
Second walk given up by Gibson, puts the runner at first, brings up Milton May who struck out but reached first base
When what was ruled a wild pitch got past Simmons
Pirates have lost 13 out of their last 16
Gibson getting adjusted and waiting for the young left hand hitting catcher
To get fixed at the plate, and he jammed him, no foul, tip they say now, strike
Pitch was way inside and just barely kicked the bat, and it's all in one
The old Cardinal Nellie Briles is up and throwing in the Pirate bullpen, Milton May takes the ball down low, one and one
Had one run now in 21 innings since the Cardinals have been in town, high pop up left field
Sizemore goes drifting over toward left center, weaves around, got it
Sizemore likes to run to the spot, gets a pretty good beat on the ball, runs to the spot and then he looks for it
Two men out to Bob Robertson, struck out his first time up
Starjol the runner at first, two away, and Gibson and the Cardinals leading 5-0 in the fourth
Fastball, strike call to the letters of the big muscle man from Mount Savage, Maryland
Talk about some of the strong men of the game, this guy ranks right up there with them
Check swing, a foul, strike, and it's all in two, he did not get a cut that time
Briles has warmed up a couple of times, we're hoping that they can get something started here and get down into the bottom end of their batting order
Where he'd be forced to hit for Moose, but Mr. Gibson is not about to let that happen it would seem
Two strikes on Robertson, and the pitch foul, back out of play, he had a cut that time
0-2
Gibson has given up two walks and one runner reached on the wild pitch and that's all the Pirates have had so far tonight
Through the first three and two-thirds innings
Gibson brings it in, wide of the mark, one and two the count
Bob Robertson pounds the plate, Gibson gets quickly ready, sends it in and strikes Robinson out again
Robertson took a big healthy cut, got nothing, and Gibson has five strikeouts in the book
No runs, no hits, no errors, one left, the end of four innings, Cardinals five, Pirates nothing
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Fifth inning now, the Cardinals have out hit the Pirates, seven to nothing, lead in the ballgame five to nothing
with Jose Cruz leading off against Bob Moose who has pitched scoreless baseball over three and two-third innings
Moose has registered four strikeouts since we're leaving Bob Johnson
He's a hard-throwing right-hander and he pitches to Cruz who is singled and lined out very deep to center field
Left-handed batter in the first pitch, strike called, he kept it away, caught the corner, strike one
Cubs lead Cincinnati three to one in the bottom of the fifth at Cincinnati
Fly ball fouled out of the left field corner by Cruz, nice catch mister
Philadelphia and San Diego have the day off because of a San Diego football game, Giants beat the Mets today six to five
Houston and Atlanta later, Montreal and Los Angeles later, and that's the National League
With a count of own two, Cruz grounds one hard to second, Maseroski has it, throws him out, Cruz hustling all the way, was up by a step
As he was retired by Maseroski, one, four, seven, eight in a row retired by Bob Moose
Cardinals lead five nothing and here's Joe Torre who drove in the first run of the ballgame
He has two singles and he's batting three fifty eight so he's picked up three points tonight
Leading the league again, swings and misses the breaking ball, he got a base hit against Johnson, he's singled against Moose
The right-hander pitches, misses, low outside, one and one
Outfield playing Torre to pull the ball, he leans back from ball two inside, two and one
Torre is a fearless hitter at the plate, they move him off the plate, they hit him with pitches, they don't move him away
Two balls and a strike to count
And the pitch on the way, low outside, ball three, three and one
With Ted Simmons the next batter
We're in the Cardinal fifth and the Cardinals lead five nothing
We play the Pirates again tomorrow afternoon, Reggie Cleveland against Bruce Keeson
Torre takes a strike, a breaking ball
The ballgame here starts at one thirty five local time
Our dugout broadcast time tomorrow, St. Louis time will be twelve twenty and twelve thirty for the ballgame
If the Cardinals can win this one they'll be going for the sweep
Three two pitch to Torre, swing and a foul, rolling back into the Cardinal dugout
Cardinal scored five in the first, that's all the scoring in this game to this point
Bob Moose pitching to Joe Torre, swings and a base hit to left and he's three for three
That ball was up and in and Torre ripped it into left field
He is three for three in the ballgame tonight
And all three of his hits have been screamers
One a hard hit ground ball through the right side
The other a line drive single into right, this one he pulled into left
The batter is Simmons, Ted has won for two
Drove in a run with a first inning single and then against Bob Moose he grounded out, he's up there batting left handed
The pitch, swing and a line drive into left and the left fielder coming hard, Stardell he fumbled the ball
Torre rounds second and heads for third, Simmons going for second, they're both safe
It's a double, Stardell came hard in left field and he's a pretty good outfielder
He almost caught the ball at shoot-top level, it popped out of his glove, rolled behind him
And Torre scooted on to third and Simmons went down to second base with his second hit of the night
The batter is Haig and they might put him on
They'll walk Haig and load the bases
An intentional walk is being affected to Joe Haig
It's the first pass issued by Bob Moose
Cardinals with a chance to score their first runs off of this fellow will have the bases loaded one out
And Ted Kubiak up there batting left handed, nothing doing in the pirate bullpen
Haig hit a three run homer in the first and then struck out in the third
There's ball four, Joe's three run homer in the first inning
Made it five to nothing, was his eleventh homerun of the year giving him 37 runs batted in
Kubiak couldn't help the Redbirds here, he got a base hit in the first
Was a wasted single as it turned out then hit the ball deep to right, so he's one for two
Pirates looking for the double play and they have one of the great pivot men ever
Down at second base and the person of Maserowski
Robertson is playing in at first even with the bag, that's surprising
Swing and a smash, pissed him down into the right field corner, one run score, two runs score
Haig goes out of third base, they bring him around and now they hold him up
He tries to get back to third and he does and it's seven to nothing
Why Robertson was playing where he was playing I do not know
He was playing even with the bag at first and Kubiak doubled to his left
Robertson's left, down into the corner, driving in two, making it seven to nothing
Kubiak's second hit of the night, a two run double
And the runners are on at second and third with one out and Maxfield is up, he's 0 for 2 and the infield is in
Robertson and the others are playing up and there's a ball to Maxfield, ball one
Now Max he doesn't have to extend himself to the point of swinging a bad ball
Because the pitcher is coming up next because the next batter is Gibson and he can help himself
It's seven to nothing, second and third, one out and a ball a little bit high, ball two
They walked Haig but they lost Kubiak
Nelson Brails is warming up in the pirate bullpen
Now they're going to walk Maxfield and pitch to Gibson with the bases loaded
When the bases were loaded and Kubiak at the plate, the pirates looking for the double play
They had Robertson, or he did it on his own, playing exactly parallel with the first base bag
He had no chance to get the ball, it was hit to his left, had he been deeper he might have flagged it down
And he's a right handed thrower with a glove on that side and things like that make a difference
Bases loaded, one out, Gibson at the plate, the Cardinals leading seven to nothing, Gibson is 0 for 2
Wants a fly ball if he can get it
Here is the pitch to Bob Gibson, swing and a fly ball to right, that'll get a run home
Both runners tag up, D'Avilio makes the catch, here comes Haig and he scores
Maxfield the second, he's safe
Everybody advanced on the fly ball by Gibson making it 8 to nothing
And Maxfield had to do that belly flopper again on those sore ribs on his second base
Gibson's sacrifice fly makes it 8 to nothing
His fly ball to right field
Now they're going to walk Helleu
Will be the third intentional walk of the inning, will load the bases again and they'll pitch to Sizemore
Helleu is being walked
The bases will be loaded with two men out
Helleu is cleaning his fingernails while Moose walks in
Just standing there
There's ball four, Sizemore up with the bases loaded, it's been a three run inning and the Cardinals lead 8 to nothing
They have Kubiak out at third, Maxfield down at second base
And Sizemore is up, he's 1 for 3
Gibson and the Cardinals now have an 8 to nothing lead
Sizemore can add to the lead, he's the ninth man to bat in the inning
Moose goes into a full windup and delivers to Ted Sizemore and it's high, ball one
Two run double in this inning by Kubiak, a big blow
After base hits by Torian Simmons with one man out
Next pitch to Sizemore with the bases loaded, a fly ball to right, should end the inning
Everybody running with two men out, Dabali onto the ball
He has it and the Cardinals score three
Sizemore flying to right, he's 1 for 4
The Cardinals score three times on three hits
No errors, three left, they have stranded six
They go into the bottom of the fifth inning, Gibby and the Cardinals lead 8 to nothing
Going to the Pirate fifth inning, Nelson Brials continues to throw in their bullpen
For the pitcher is due to bat
Here in the fifth, the batter is Mazarski, he is looking for his 2000th major league hit
He swings and misses, the first pitch was a strike call, this one's strike two
Now Bob Veale joins Brials in the bullpen
There's a ground ball, back to Gibson on one hop, Gibby flips it to Alou, one hop
Pirates have no hits in the game
The batter is Jackie Hernandez, the right handed hitting shortstop from Panama
He walked his first time, was left out
Pirates have had three baserunners, two on walks and the other on a missed third strike
Hernandez takes the ball way outside
The score is 8 to nothing, Cardinals
Charlie Sands, a catcher, is on deck for Pittsburgh to pinch hit
Hernandez takes the strike to even the count of one and one
The Cardinals have made eight runs on ten hits
Stewart called a Gibson fastball and Hernandez took it, he's in the hole one and two
Bob started to work again, stopped, pumps once more and fires and it's low
Two balls, two strikes
Gibson slows it down a little bit, turns around, checks the outfield, they're around to the right for Hernandez
This fella has some power
The pitch to him, high, all three
Here with one out, Gibson is in danger of walking Hernandez for the second time
The 3-2 pitch struck him out
A letter high fastball picks him up, six strikeouts for Gibson
Two on in the inning and the batter is Charlie Sands
Sands, a left-handed hitter, used to belong to the Yankees, we saw him in spring training with the Pirates
He's a big guy, about 6'4
They're two men out, base is empty, Sands batting for Moose
Here in the fifth
First pitch is swinging a miss and he took a home run cut
Moose pitched four and two thirds, he's charged with three runs and six hits
Next pitch to Sands and it hits his bat and goes foul, that strike two, he was ducking an inside pitch
Moose walked three men, they were all intentional walks
And while he was in there, he had four strikeouts
Either Veal or Brials will be their new pitcher
Sands takes the ball low inside, a breaking ball
He had to do everything in his power to keep from swinging at that one
Sands is up there with two men out, the pitch to him and a swing and a miss, the breaking ball got him
Gibson now has seven strikeouts and has not allowed a hit over the first five innings
And at the end of five, the Cardinals lead Pittsburgh 8-0
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The ground crew is out smoothing out the base pass
We're going into the sixth inning, the Pirates will use a new hurler
Looks like Bob Veale is going to make the leisurely walk into the ballgame
We're going to pause for identification here in just a moment
Want to check and make sure that it is Veale, both he and Braille's were warming up
Down in the bullpen
And it's Mr. Beale
We'll tell you about his pitching statistics when we come back
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Jim Woods, if I were to tell you that Veale is 6-0 for the year, 6 wins, no losses
And you were to tell me his earned run average was 7.26
You'd say that's not right, you're wrong
It's a misprint on this thing
He's got the only innings pitch that he's had for 6 wins
He's pitched a total of 31 innings
And in that time he's given up 25 earned runs
He hasn't had, well he's had two saves too
He was talking the other day about this, he said I know I haven't pitched well
But he said you've got to go with the record book, I'm 6-0
Well to score 8-0, Beale takes over here in the 6th
And Jose Cruz will be the first man up against him
Cruz is 1-3, delivered a key hit in the first when the Cardinals scored 5 times
They came back to get 3 more in the 5th
Cruz had been retired in the 5th inning and Moose had set down 8 in a row
Then things started to happen
The Cardinals scored 3 runs off of Moose after getting 5 off of Johnson
The pitch is on the way and Cruz takes a strike from big Bob Beale
And I mean this fella's big
6-6, 2-15, pitches, low for a ball
If Beale were a rent collector, you'd pay in advance
Big fella brings it home and a swing and a miss by Cruz makes it 1 ball 2 strikes
Jose will be followed by Torrey who will be up there looking for his 4th hit of the night
Beale pitches in the dirt, bounces back to the screen, makes the count 2-2
I've done that in room with Beale all the time, there were teammates over here
And Dylans told me there's just no way of telling how strong Beale is
He doesn't know himself, but he tears up phone books and things like that
And he can throw the ball
It's 2-2 delivery, swing and a foul out of play
Beale confesses that he has difficulty regimenting himself with regard to his weight
And he knows that he has hurt his career
He said I just can't make myself do it during the off season
2-2 pitch and a bouncer to second and a big hop to Mazurowski
He'll throw the first and Cruz is out
Cruz does get down that line
He's out and he's 1 for 4, here's Torrey trying to make it 4 for 4
Jim Woods and Torrey have a little something going with regard to a superstition
When we ride the bus to the ballpark, Torrey wants Jim to sit with him
Because he's had good success in the ballgame whenever that's occurred and happened tonight
The pitch to Joe, a ball outside, ball one
Torrey is 3 for 3, they're all singles, he has scored twice, he's driven in a run
And he swings and hits it slowly foul down the third base line to even the count 1-1
Alright Jim, you were seated elsewhere and he said get back here and sit with me
Started that night in the doubleheader in Montreal and he had the 7 hits
So when he gets on the bus now he looks around and sees where I am and makes me move
Swing and a foul, one ball, two strikes
Not that he's not a pleasant fellow to sit with anyway
One ball, two strikes to Torrey, one man out, 6th inning, 8-0 Cardinals
A pitch from Veal and it's a strike call
And Torrey says nothing but I don't believe he thought much of the call
He's out on strikes
That's Veal's first strike out, he's retired the first two and Torrey is 3 for 4
Here's Simmons who turns around to bat right handed, Ted is 2 for 3 tonight with 2 runs scored
And a run batted in
Swing and a miss and Veal can pump that ball
He kept that one away from Simmons
Cash at third, deep behind the bag, the pitch is made and a fly ball into right center field
And that is another hit for Simmons, his third hit of the night
Ted is on with 2 men out, Simmons is 3 for 4
Started the night at 3-0-6, he's up around 3-10 now
As we mentioned before, Lou Brock might be back in the Cardinal lineup tomorrow
A right hander, Keeson will be pitching against the Redbirds, here's Haig hitting against Veal
Joe with a 3 run homer in the first, then he struck out and was given a walk
A strike swinging, breaking ball fooled him
The Pirates will have the top of their order up in the 6th inning
Haig missed again, swinging hard, strike 2
On to the count, in the 0-2 pitch, misses outside
Veal is the third pitcher, Bob Johnson started it for the Pirates, gave up 5 runs in one third of an inning
And Bob Moose, allowed 3 runs
Pitch to Haig, low, we mentioned earlier this could prove to be a profitable night for the Pirates
Even if they lose, if they brought Bob Moose through, but he wasn't too impressive
2-2 delivery, and Haig takes it way high, ball 3
This Veal can hit a wild streak, the likes of which you've never seen
A full count of 3-2 on Haig, and the runners, Simmons at first, will go with 2 men out
As the Cardinals try to add to their 8-0 lead
Veal is ready, Simmons is running, and there's a ball drilled foul into the right field corner
The paid attendance tonight, 30,678
They had 31,000 last night, and they're going to be sold out tomorrow
They hold about 47 or so here, I believe
Ball 4, Haig walks
For the 3 dates the Cardinals have played here, the Pirates have drawn 83,000
Now Kubiak turns around and bats right-handed, and comes up with 2-on-2-out
Ted delivered a 2-run double in the 5th, also had a hit in the 1st, he's 2-for-3
2-on-2-out
Veal in his first inning of work, brings it home, breaking ball in there, and a called strike
I don't imagine Kubiak has ever faced Veal before
That's what they had in the press room tonight
Veal, not Kubiak, a strike call at the knees, strike 2
On to the count
2-on-2-out on the Cardinals' 6th inning
The pitch, high outside, way outside
1-2
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Here's the pitch to Kubiak, swings and fouls it back
1-2
Cardinals scored 5 in the first, 3 in the 5th, have 2 men out in the 6th
Veal slows it down, takes the handkerchief out of his pocket to mop his brow
And then gets back on
Simmons at second, Hague at first
The 1-2 delivery coming, swinging a foul on a fastball, trying to go to right
Ball back up on the screen and then down to the field
Kubiak hanging in there, looking for his third hit
Strike call, a fastball, forward in at the knees and Veal gets his second strike out of the inning
The Cardinals lead 2 and they have stranded 8 while scoring 8
No runs, one hit, no errors, a walk, two left
In the Pirate's 6th inning, the top of the order will come up, the Cardinals lead 8 to nothing
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In another baseball game, the Cubs hang on to their lead over Cincinnati 3-1 at the end of 7
And in football, the Cardinals and Houston scoreless after one period
Dave Cash leads off against Gibson and has held the Pirates Hitlers through the first five innings
Ball one high from Bob who has struck out seven
Walked two, Cardinals lead 8-0
Next delivery, swing and a foul out of play, 1-1 will be Cash, Dabaliol and Oliver
A lot of left-handed batters for Gibson to work on tonight
Crowd whoops it up and Cash swings and a fly ball to right
Hague is there, he's got it
Hard hit ball but Hague had him played well, drifted back and made the catch
Reaching above his head for the out
Dabaliol is 0-2
I know sometimes when we talk about a pitcher having a no hitter, people say we put the hex on
Well, maybe in Salem, Massachusetts but not in 1971
Dabaliol is 0-2
He'll glide to center and bounce to short
His first pitch is made and it is a ball high
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The next pitch and a fly ball to the shortstop, he got him on a change up
A little pop fly to Maxwell, you couldn't really call it a line drive, it was hit so softly and that's the second out of the inning
Now Oliver is up
He's flied to left, popped to short, he usually hits the ball the opposite field, he's a left-handed batter
Gibson's first one to him and it's a ball outside
Cardinals trying to move within five of Pittsburgh, lead eight to nothing
Swing and a bouncer to first, Gibson comes over to cover, Alou makes the out himself
And at the end of six, Gibson still has not allowed a hit
No runs, no hits, no errors and nobody left
You can start getting a little bit excited about this situation now
Gibson has never had a hit before
At the end of six, the Cardinals lead eight to nothing
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We're into the summer venting here, Maxville is the lead off
Batter and Veal slams a fastball passing for a strike
Max he is 0 for 2 on the night
Big left tender
Lays another one in and it's a foul ball out of play
Two quick strikes
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2 and 2
None on none out and the Cardinals comfortably in front
8 to nothing in the 7
Here's the pitch, it's wide, ball 3
Veal has been plagued with a lot of wildness during his career
Never was the great winner that they expected him to be off his minor league record
Another foul out of play
Full count 3 and 2
Outfield straight away for Maxville and Veal readies now for the payoff pitch
Drilling shot out towards center, here comes Oliver on the move, he got there
Maxville's good for a base hit
Taken away from him by Al Oliver and Bob Gibson will bat
Nothing for 2, he's driven in one of the 8 runs with a fly ball
The Pittsburgh fans are giving him a big hand as he comes up
He bats against Veal for the first time tonight
Fast ball right down the middle, 0-1
Robert Veal from Birmingham, Alabama
The overpowered Gibson with a fast ball as he swung and missed 2 strikes
And the next delivery, he just did get a piece of it and nicked it back onto the screen
And it runs back down, still no balls, 2 strikes
1 out here in the 7
Veal into the motion, here's the pitch to Gibby and it's a ball
Didn't miss by much, 1 and 2
Left hander delivers again and again he's wide
2 balls, 2 strikes
Johnson on the hook for the ball game, he gave up the first 5 runs after retiring
Only 1 run left, he's in the 7th
Johnson on the hook for the ball game, he gave up the first 5 runs after retiring
Only 1 man in the first inning before Murtaugh removed him
2-2 pitch, fly ball toward right
Davalillo drifting 2 or 3 steps to his left, grabs it off, 2 outs
2 and out of Manny Allou
Allou is hitless on the night, although he's walked twice
And he's going to be taking his time about getting up there with Gibson having run down the first baseline on the high fly ball
It was obviously going to be caught, Gibby didn't run all out
Final game of this series tomorrow and then on to the Rhineland, the Riverfront Stadium
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Working veal to Allou, bouncing ball up the middle, Mazurowski goes over, short hops and does not come up with it
It's an error, charge to Bill Mazurowski
And Allou gets a line, that's the second pirate error of the night
And Sizemore has a chance, 1 for 4
Maz got to the ball and couldn't handle the tricky in between hops, he played every hop well except the last one
Fastball over for a strike, going 1
Houston and Atlanta are scoreless at the end of 3 in their night game down at Lannaway
Veal's next pitch, fastball low, relying almost entirely on his fastball, which is still pretty zingy
Although it does not quite have the velocity as a young Bob Veal did several years ago
One ball, one strike, a pitch on the corner, 1 and 2
Cardinals got them in bunches tonight, 5 in the first and 3 in the fifth
They've had 11 hits overall, Sizemore taps one down to Bob Robertson
He's up on all over to Veal, safe!
A good hustling slide by Sizemore, just absolutely out-hustled Veal to the bank, is the only way you can call it
He went in there sliding, and that slide got him in ahead of Veal, and it'll be a base hit for Sizemore
And that is hustle all the way, my friends
On the play, Alou moved into second, and now Cruz will bat with 2 on and 2 out
Veal was extremely slow coming to cover
Cruz on the night, singled his first time up, has gone out the next 3 times, 1 for 4
They're in the ninth inning at Cincinnati, Cubs 3, Reds 1
The Cubs are hanging right on the coattails of the Cardinals
Looking at the score and saying they've got a pretty good chance to pick up a full game on the Pirates 2
Curve ball over, strike call
Alou leads off second, Sizemore off first
Real wicked fastball outside, 1 and 1 the count
This has been the only wide open game of this series, the other two were real tight-knit pitching battles
High to Cruz, and he's got a good shot
And Gibson has just been magnificent so far, he has a no-hitter going to the seventh inning
He gets through the seventh, the tension will be building up around here
And I'll tell you one reason why, or a lot of reasons, of course
People get excited about any no-hitter, and they get excited about the fact that they're going to be able to get a good shot
Of course, people get excited about any no-hitter, whether it's pitched against them or for them
Little pop foul, down, out of play
There has never been a no-hit game pitched in the city of Pittsburgh
In the old ballpark, Forbes Field, which was built in 1909, there was never a no-hitter thrown there
There's never been one thrown here
As close as anybody came was this year when Luke Walker took a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the Dodgers
And the first man up, Joe Ferguson, hit a home run to ruin it for him
Two balls, two strikes
Vio Works strike three called, and Cruz is out of there
No runs, one hit, one error, two left, and the Cardinals have stranded ten
But nonetheless, going to the bottom of the seventh, they lead
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Willie Starjil, struck out and walked
Gibson has walked a pair in the ballgame
Big swing by Starjil and a foul ball out of play
No balls and a strike
And this big crowd now is starting to roar
30,000 plus in here
Gibson brings it in to Willie, it's high
A blazing fastball from Gibson, one and one they count
Outfield, deep for Starjil, around toward right
Check swing, a drive down the left field line, it's foul
One and two
Milton A. is next and then Bob Robertson
Here's the pitch to Starjil, just off the corner, two and two they count
Gibson ready quickly, brings in the delivery, strike, three, swinging, Starjil goes down on strikes
That's now eight for Gibson, and there's one away in the seventh
Milton A. bats now, he's nothing for two
One of the three base runners that the Pirates have had all night
He struck out in the second inning and the pitch got away from Simmons
That was eventually ruled a wild pitch
And the two walks, the only men that the Pirates have have aboard
Gibson pops a fastball, just a little high, one ball no strikes
Works again to the left hand, inning catcher, there's a drilling shot
Deep left center field, Cruz on the move, way back, way back, and he got there
Cruz up the wall, saved it
Jose Cruz had to run a country mile, believe me my friends, and he got there
Ran out from under his cap and staggered at the base of the wall
And dragged it down, there are two men out
And here is Bob Robertson, up twice, struck out twice
Gibson has eight K's hung up in the book tonight
And he's had everything going for him
Robertson checks off the first pitch, he did everything but swing at it, one ball no strikes
Robbie out of the batter's box right now, I don't know what's the matter with him
Gibson doesn't wait very long for him, brings it in, strike call
You can just see the smoke pouring off some of Gibson's deliveries
Two men out, seven theny, nobody on, one one count
On the buck, first baseman, the delivery ripped down, he got a cut
Foul back into the screen, strike two, one ball, two strikes
Gibson again has to wait as Robertson tries to break his concentration and rhythm
Here's the delivery, a ball, breaking ball wide, two balls, two strikes
Mazeroski on deck
Here's Gibson, into the two-two movement, and a swing and a miss, no foul ball
The crowd roared but the ball just did roll out of the glove of Ted Simmons and was just barely tipped
Still two and two
Get a little apprehensive when you get that close to getting it out, here's the pitch outside
Full count now, three and two
And again Robertson backs away
He squeezes that bat, you can almost see the sawdust come running out of it
Three balls, two strikes, and the pitch, bouncing ball just foul past Torrey
Oh man, that was less than a foot, Torrey lunged for it, couldn't get a glove on it
And it was just outside the line, Gibson has had two close calls in this inning
The long drive hit by May and that one hit right there by Robertson
Three balls, two strikes, big right hander into the motion, here's the delivery, foul back and out of play
Oh Robertson is giving him a battle and staying alive here and Gibson is trying to put him away
Into the dugout, three-two pitch comes in again, let up delivery, he lost him, ball four
Third walk given up by Gibby, and now the batter will be Bill Mazurowski
Who has popped up, grounded out, and will pause for station identification on the Cardinals baseball network
Man has a drilling line drive and Maxey's got it, Maxville right at his knees
Took a scorching line drive off the bat of Bill Mazurowski and Gibson is safely through the seven
No runs, no hits, no errors and nobody left, at the end of seven innings the Cardinals eight runs on twelve hits
The Pirates no runs and no hits
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Ville fires the first pitch into touring, it's down low, one ball no strikes, Joe has three hits on the night
Three for four and it's wide, two and 0 the count, struck out his last time up or rather was called out on strikes
Ville didn't think it was, but Wendelstadt did, two nothing pitch from the king size left hander and a rip by Torrey and a foul
Two and one, Seidman has kind of died down here with the Cardinals batting, but it will build up and Gibson takes that no hitter to the mound in the eighth inning
There's a ball high to Torrey, up around the peak of the cap, here's Ville ready to move the delivery in again and a high pop up
Coming back, let's see, Milt May got it right at the screen, and he had a chance
Well Torrey has a three for five night as he fouls out to Milt May, Ted Simmons bats now and he's had a double and two singles in four trips to the plate
One out here in the top of the eighth inning, Cardinals have out hit the Pirates 12 to nothing
Here's a line drive by Simmons and I do believe he's got another hit, he has, Simmons hangs out his fourth hit of the night, he's four for five
This could be a night that Mr. Simmons will long remember, one on one out and Joe Hague, one hit and two official trips to the plate
It left the ballpark to cap off the five run first inning when the Cardinals clobbered Bob Johnson and drove him to an early shower
A ball outside, one and 0 the count, at Chicago, Cuellar for Baltimore, Bradley for the White Sox
Cuellar had been going very good, bouncing ball up the middle, center field, Simmons down to second and he's going to stop right there
As Joe Hague gets his second hit of the night and the Cardinals 14th base ball off pirate pitching
Kubiak the batter now, he had a big hit back in the fifth inning, a double down into the right field corner that drove in a couple and overall he's two for four
Cardinals came to play when they arrived in Pittsburgh early Thursday morning, fastball low from Veele, one ball no strikes
Simmons at second, Hague at first, only one man out and the Redbirds in front, eight nothing, eight inning
Big cut by Kubiak and he tried to go down that right field corner again, I'll tell you, one and one they count
Veele brings in his next pitch, it's nowhere near the plate, two balls and a strike
Johnson, Moose and Veele have been the three hurlers tonight for Danny Martell
Veele again has his handkerchief out, he has a lot of trouble with his eyeglasses that fog up on him and I can understand why, as smoggy as it is around here tonight
Here's the 2-1 pitch, foul back out of play, 2-2
Two balls, two strikes, two on, the Cardinals trying to get some more
Trying to get even with their frustrations against the Pirates last year and in the early part of this season
Wide ball three, full count three and two
Kubiak takes a look at Benson, another three-two count, not much Vern can help him with, we'll see if Red starts the runners here
He doesn't and the three-two pitch is high, he walked him and the Cardinals have the bases fall
And Maxey will bat, he's hitless on the night, he's 0-3, hit the ball hard last time up but Oliver made a fine running catch to deprive him of a base hit
Simmons on at third, Haig the runner at second and now Kubiak is at first with one out
And the Bucks keep their infield at double play depth
They are down by eight at this late stage of the ball game
Up high to Maxville, one ball no strikes, Veale who has a tendency to go wild, may be headed that direction
Big guy brings it down again, ball two is up high, two balls no strikes
And it is Veale forever, there's nobody warming up in the Pirate Bowl panel
You know you really don't like to see Gibson on the bench this long Jim
That's right, not with the rhythm that he's got going for him, there's ball three outside, three and all the count
And Veale is on the verge of walking in another Cardinal run
And this crowd is hooting and hollering even though they got a first place ball club here, they're really letting them have it in this slump
3-0 pitch, strike call, 3-1
Three runners lead away for the Cardinals, Veale gets ready in a hurry, fires it high, ball four and a run is forced in
That makes it nine to nothing
Maxville will receive credit for a run batted in and Veale's ERA may be creeping up a little higher
The base is still loaded to Bob Gibson, listen to the hands for him
Bob nothing for three, he drove in a run with a fly ball as the opportunity is the same here
And Veale is nowhere near the plate, he's gone wild, wild, one ball no strikes
Cardinal runners at every base, Robertson up a little bit at first, a strike poured right down the middle, one and one
Now Brials does come up in the parent bullpen
1-1 pitch from Big Bob, a throw down to first and back in plenty of time as Maxville pitch with the ball, two and one they count
Veale is only one batter away from the top of the batting order, Mattie Allou
Nine nothing, St. Louis, Veale wiping his glasses once more
He's a white handkerchief now, he used to always carry a big red bandana out there
With a trademark of his for a number of years, two balls one strike
Working to Gibson, swing by Bob and a miss two to the count, came right over the top with a fastball
Delivery is a shot to left field, the base hit, Hague is in the score
Here comes Kubiak and Stargell's throw is not in time, he scores, it's 11-0
Bob Gibson drives in his second and third runs of the night, he's got eight overall
And the Cardinals now have an 11-0 lead, Maxville stopped at second, still only one man out and Allou will be the batter
I guess I would see Gibson not run the bases in this spot, Jim, but that's a little additional effort he's going to have to put out this evening
Bring a jacket down to him, yeah I'm like you, it's a long inning for Gibby not to be on that mound
With the fasts he likes to pitch and his rhythm, but we'll just have to see how it works out
Cardinals 11 runs, 15 hits, Pirates no runs, no hits, and they're taking a jacket down to Gibson
Five runs in the first setting, three more in the fifth, three more in the eighth
And the Cardinals are giving the Pirates a real old fashioned thrashing
Pitch to Allou, wide and low, one ball no strikes
Sizemore will be next, still only one man out in the inning
Maddie a foul over the screen, one and one
Tomorrow afternoon, Bruce Keeson and Reggie Cleveland in the windup of this big, big four game set
And a packed house will be here, one-one delivery, swing by Allou, he got nothing, one and two
Most of the big crowd sticking around, and you know why, with this thing that Gibson's got going
There's a pitch foul back out of play, otherwise with an 11-0 score, I think many of them would have departed homeward
They're going to stick around to see if this, perhaps, is the night that the city of Pittsburgh will see its first no-hitter in baseball history
Swing and a miss, night three
Chuck points out, in the olden days, they discount their baseball history here from Forbes Field
There was one pitched here by somebody in 1907, but they never really counted that as modern-day baseball
They did everything from Forbes Field, which was built in 1909
Sizemore bats here with two outs and two on
Fouls off the first pitch for a strike, 0-1 the count
11-0, Redbirds, top of the eighth inning
Neal trying to put Sizemore away, and he almost threw that pitch away, one ball, one strike
At the end of four innings, Atlanta holds a 1-0 lead over Houston
Giants lost today, or won today, 6-5, the Dodgers are playing tonight
With the pressure on them
Neal works and Sizemore bangs it right down to Cash, who steps on third for the force-out of Maxwell to retire the side
Three more runs on three hits, no errors, two more left
Cardinals have left 12-1, but going to the bottom of the eighth, they lead 11-0
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He told me he was through for greener pastures, he had found
That he was tired of playing, old man was leaving his hip-hand
I said, okay, be on your way, someday you'll know
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And they're applauding Gibson on every out now
The batter is going to be Klienz, he'll pinch hit for Bob Veale, Gene Klienz
A right-hand hitter, batting at 3-0-3, a home run, 18-ban it in
And he's taking his time about getting up there
So this is the number 9 hitter coming up, Klienz to bat for Veale
You know, that walk that Gibson issued in the 7th is going to ensure the fact that Stargill is going to come up again
Yeah, sure is, you look back on it now, Jack
Torrey stays in tight, Klienz has got great speed
And has displayed it in this series so far
Gibby ready to work, Klienz takes the ball, down low, one ball, no strikes
Gibson has to wait for him, all these pirate hitters seem to be trying to break Gibson's rhythm and concentration
Here's the delivery, a swing and a miss, strike one, one and one the count
One out, nobody on, Gibson has issued three walks, here's the delivery, moved outside, ball two, two and one
And the strike out and the wild pitch that allowed Milton A. to get on, that's been the only four pirate baserunners tonight
Two balls and a strike, pitch coming, strike, two, call, right down the middle
And the count goes to two and two
And again, Gene Klienz steps out
Gibson just waits for him, pumps immediately, delivers, high ball three, full count three and two
Gibson looks around behind him, check the scoreboard, check his outfield, which is a little bit around toward right
And a big three-two pitch coming up here to the pinch hitter Klienz, here's the delivery and it's a foul out of play
I think Brooke Lawrence is feeling the pressure over there a little bit, Jack
I tell you, his hands are just as sweaty as mine, dude
Three balls, two strikes, Gibson works, got him, strike three, swinging
Number nine goes into the books for Gibson and now he has two men out in the last half of the eighth inning
And the top of the batting order, Dave Cash
I fear this fellow as much as anybody in the pirate lineup, Jim
Three times tonight, he has gone the right field
The last time it was a line drive that Hague caught
Gibson works to him, pops it through, strike call, low and one, the count
Torrey has deepened about a step, he's still up on the astroturf, here's the delivery
Ground ball, hit down to Torrey, leaps up high, gets it, throws and turns
Gibson's got a no-hitter through eight
At the end of eight, inning to play, 11 to nothing, St. Louis
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In the football game in St. Louis at the half, the Cardinals 7, Houston 7
Here in the ninth inning, the Cardinals lead 11 to nothing
And face Nelson Braus in the top of the ninth
Braus is the fourth, Clarence Hurler
But the heck with the top of the ninth
Let's play the bottom of the ninth right now
I wonder if you can wave your outs
Braus into the game with a record of 5-2, an earned run average of 3.90
Cardinals scored 5 off of Johnson, the starter
3 off of Moose, 3 against Veal
And will send up Cruz to start the ninth inning
The Cardinals have out hit Pittsburgh 15 to nothing
And lead 11 to nothing
And in the pirate ninth, folks, Davalio, Oliver, and Starjol
3 left-handed batters against Gibson who will have a no-hitter going into that ninth inning
We get the information that Nicholas Medics pitched a no-hitter in 1907
In the ballpark the pirates used before they were into Forbes Field
Jose Cruz leads off in the Cardinal ninth inning
And don't think, folks, that the plate umpire, who in this case is Harry Wendelstedt
Is not anticipating the bottom of the ninth
The pitch on the way to Cruz, a swing and a high pop foul
Coming back near the screen, on the screen, strike one to Cruz
Jose is 1 for 5 tonight
He got a base hit in the first inning off the glove of the third baseman
Which turned out to be a key hit in the first when the Cardinals scored 5
Torrey will be up next
Cruz takes a ball in the dirt
Torrey is 3 for 5 in the ball game tonight
No matter what he does in the last at bat, his average will increase
Riles pitches, Cruz a fly ball to center field, Oliver drifts back to make the catch
He's there and he has it for the out
Cruz fly to center
The batter is Joe Torrey
Joe single his first three times and struck out and fouled up
Outfield deep around to the left
Nelson Briles in his first inning of work pitches and Torrey takes a ball outside
He goes back to the screen
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Outfield deep to the left is Torrey waits, Briles brings it home
And there's a ground ball to the left of the third baseman, another hit for Torrey
Torrey is 4 for 6 on the night
Torrey gets a single with one out here
And the batter is Simmons who already has 4 hits in the ball game
Torrey now has 169 hits for the year
Simmons at the plate
Benning left handed against Briles, swings and hits it back to the pitcher
Great play, throws to second out, throws to first out
A tremendous play by Briles who grabbed that ball just off his left ear
Throw to the shortstop, on to first base
A 1-6-3 double play, no runs, one hit, no errors and nobody left
And here we go folks, into the bottom of the ninth
With Bob Gibson owning a no-hitter
It will be D'Avalio, Oliver and Stardale
And the Cardinals lead 11-0
Gibson has struck out 9
He has walked 3
One other batter reached as a result of a dropped third strike
4 base runners therefore allowed and 4 men left on base
Gibson taking his warm-up tosses
D'Avalio's flying to center, bounce to short and pop to short
Gibson got him on an off-speed breaking ball the last time
Last Cardinal no-hitter was by Ray Washburn against San Francisco a couple of years ago
Oh here's a dangerous hitter in this spot
Nick D'Avalio, left handed batter
For whom they play straight away
Torrey has to play in because D'Avalio likes to bunt
Kubiak is deep at second
Gibson on the mound
The wind-up, his first pitch and a swing and a pop foul out of play
Strike one
Well Torrey has picked up 4 points tonight, he's batting 359
Next pitch to D'Avalio coming
Strike called on the outside corner
Gibson really powdered one and he's got some fire left
0-2 to D'Avalio
Leading off in the ninth
Gibson pitches, a ground ball to short, Maxwell has it
The throw to first he's out and Gibson needs 2 more
Gibson needs 2 more, Oliver and Stargell
D'Avalio is out 6-3 to start it
Gibson in the last couple of innings has been helped
When a couple of line drives were caught and some good fielding plays were made behind him
Al Oliver is 0-3, left handed hitter, first pitch, inside ball one
Oliver flied to left, popped to short, grounded out to first
They play him to hit a little bit to left
Torrey is even with the bag at third and here's the pitch and a swing and a miss
And a letter high fastball and Gibson has this pirate crowd rooting for the no hitter
What will the score, 11 to nothing?
There's one out in the bottom of the ninth
1-1 the count and the pitch from Gibson is on the way and a swing and a ground ball to second
He's got it, Kubiak throws him out
One more to go
Oliver was jammed with a pitch on the fist and he grounded to Kubiak for the second out
And here is the biggest power hitter in the National League at the plate, Willie Stargell
With two men out and the crowd is roaring
Gibson into the windup, the pitch, a swing and a miss, strike one
Gibson is two strikes away from a no hitter
It'll be the first of a tremendously illustrious career
One strike on Stargell
The windup, the pitch, inside for a ball to even the count at one and one
As Gibson, jammed him with a breaking ball, two men out, nobody on, bottom of the ninth
11 to nothing Cardinals
1-1 on Stargell, the pitch on the way and a swing and a miss, strike two
A good ball breaking ball
And Gibson is one strike away from the no hitter
He takes off his cap, he mops his brow, he looks in and gets the side
He starts to windup, here's the pitch and it's a strike called
A no hitter for Gibson
Simmons roars to the mound
His race is Gibson losing, Gulp Feist is late
And the Cardinals win the game 11 to nothing
25 player pound Bob Gibson
For a tremendous effort here tonight
A called third strike
To Willie Stargell ended it
And Gibson, who has done everything else in the book
Except a no hitter
Got it here tonight
11 to nothing, the Cardinals win it
He set them down in order
He got D'Avalio, he got Oliver
And he struck out Stargell and a little foot shot coming out there pounding Gibson on the back
Woods had to jump over the air to get to him
And jump up he did and Gibson grabbed him
Everybody just all over him and a tremendous thrill for everybody
In the history of modern Pittsburgh baseball
The first no hitter thrown in this town and Jackson earlier
Won in 1907 and Bob Gibson did it in just magnificent fashion tonight
If you were here, it would have made you cry
The Cardinals win 11 to nothing, we'll have the totals and highlights in a minute
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You've hurt me one too many times
You gave me nothing but a hard way to go
You brought no comfort to my mind
Goodbye trouble, goodbye pain
I don't want no more of what you give
I'll find myself a bunch of good, good times
I'll find a brand new way to live
Goodbye is not the end
It's the chance to move on up and find something better
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I think that Jack and this announcer have used up about every adjudy we can think of tonight
describing what was just a superb, unbeatable pitching performance by Bob Gibson
and a heartwarming thing for this guy who all throughout his tremendous career, and that's what it has been, has never thrown one
He came close last year in San Diego, Ivan Morrell broke that one up in the eighth inning
but tonight he was not to be denied and he had 30,678 bug-eyed Pittsburghers rooting for him on every pitch
From the eighth inning on, every out recorded by the Cardinals was greeted with a wild roar from the crowd here
because they've always been pretty fair-minded here
Jack has already headed downstairs, there's going to be something to get Gibson out of what has got to be a mad scene down in our dressing room
Not only the no-hitter, but three straight now from the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cardinals closed over five lengths of the Eastern Division leaders
The Redbirds picked up five runs in the first inning here tonight, highlighted on Joe Haig's 11th home run of the year
Then they tacked on, three more in the fifth on three base hits and three more in the eighth inning
Haig drove in three runs, Gibson himself, the top-off his performance, drove in three runs
Torrey had a great night, he had four for six, Ted Simmons had four hits
and overall it was a Cardinal victory that just completely crushed the Pirates tonight
The only man to reach base off Gibson in the second inning, he struck out in May on a very bad ball that got away from Simmons
that was ruled a wild pitch, he walked Hernandez in the third, he walked Stargell in the fourth
and in the seventh inning he walked Bob Robertson and those were the only men that the Pirates got on base all night long
Cardinals 11 runs, 16 hits no errors, Pittsburgh no runs, no hits and two errors
The winner is Gibson, 11 and 10 and his first no-hitter ever, the loser is Bob Johnson and he is seven and eight
We're going to get this down, Jack, where's the disclaimer Al?
So we're going to wrap things up here and see if we can get Mr. Gibson on
Some of the crowd still sticking around here and just looking out at the field where this momentous thing occurred
Our producer tonight has been Al Chance, our engineer Bob Tolar, John Tolar rather
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The 201st win of Bob Gibson's illustrious career was a no-hitter here tonight
Bob, what a thrilling moment. I know that it had to be for you because I cried up in the booth
Yeah, it certainly was, Jack. It really did seem like we had won the 7th game of the World Series. I really enjoyed it
It almost seemed during your career, Bob, that you've accomplished everything there is for a pitcher to accomplish
but you were never going to get one of these because you came so close a couple of times
Well, I honestly didn't believe that I ever would basically because I'm a highball pitcher and most hitters are highball hitters
Usually you make pitches up there and if they don't hit it hard, they usually hit it over the infill or in the holes
And you had some tough hitters in that 9th inning. They're tough throughout the entire ballgame
but with the pressure on the line and everybody knew that you had a no-hitter going from the 4th inning on
to the 7th inning is when I first took note of it and I kept talking about it on the broadcast
Well, there's no doubt I was aware of it from the first inning on and after I got past the 7th inning
or at least when I got into the 7th inning is when I really started pitching like I wanted to pitch a no-hitter
Joe Torrey, you said that you told them before the game you were going to throw one
Yeah, I did, but we always say that
Bob, the last game I know I had to crush you knowing you and the way you hate to lose and you did lose that ballgame
but what a way to bounce back and not only you're a no-hitter Bob, but that makes three in a row from the Pirates
and moves us closer and that's what it's all about
That's right. You always say that you got to take them one at a time and of course we were looking forward to this
four-game series here in Pittsburgh and if we can possibly win that ballgame tomorrow, I think we're on our way
Bob, I didn't want to see you get that hit the last time you were up and run the bases
Oh, I don't mind running the bases. I'm in pretty good shape and I don't think that it really takes that much out of you
unless the weather is pretty hot and say you get two or three hits and you're running doubles and triples
but just for a pitcher to run down to first or maybe stand on first and run a second or third, I don't think that's going to worry him out
Bob, any particular ball off the bat that made your heart go pitty patter?
Well, the only one that really did bother me was a ball that was hit to Cash that bounced and Torrey had to jump to get it
I thought it was going to bounce over his head
Had him in the webbing of his glove
That's right. Just Torrey was in in case he bun it and the ball just about got over his head
Someone had a line drive at Maxville also
Yeah, a Mazuraskan, but it wasn't quite the way it looked. It was a slider that was away and he tried to pull it
When he hit it, I turned around and looked and I could tell pretty well that it was going right to Maxie
The young catcher hit a ball deep to left center. The crews stayed with all the way
Yeah, I wasn't worried about that at all. The ball was high enough
I wasn't worried about a hit. The only thing that I could possibly do is go out of the ballpark and I'm sure he didn't hit it that hard
The only thing he could do is go out of the ballpark
Well, that's right. I mean, as far as if the ball comes out, I know it's high enough for him to catch
Bob, congratulations on the win. We don't want to detain you any longer
Congratulations to get back on the winning track and you just gave all of us a thrill in the ball club, a big lift along with it
And now in the record book, it'll say Robert Gibson on this night, August 14th, no hitter against the Pirates. Nice going
Thank you, Jack