Philadelphia Phillies faced the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium for a Thursday
night game on August 18, 1981.
The 1981 season was interrupted by a two-month-long player strike mid-season.
The league decided to split the season into two halves, with the leader in each division
getting a berth to the playoffs.
Philadelphia was the defending world champs and won the NL East in the first half of the
season under manager Dallas Green.
The Reds finished the first half of the season in second place, a game and a half behind
the Dodgers in the NL West under manager John McNamara.
They were fighting for the Astros for the lead in the second half of the season.
This audio recording is from the Cincinnati Radio broadcast featuring announcers Marty
Brenneman and Joe Nuxhall.
If you're ready now, the starting lineup tonight, first for the Phillies, leading off and playing
first base Pete Rose.
Manny Trillo will bat second and he'll play second base.
Gary Matthews will be in left field batting third, hitting fourth and third base Mike
Schmidt.
Blake McBride will bat fifth and play right field, hitting number six, center fielder
Gary Maddux.
Larry Bowe will be at shortstop and he'll bat seventh, hitting eighth and during the
catching Bob Boone is the crowd here at Riverfront, now starts up and a standing ovation for Pete
Rose as he is standing off to the right of the plate waiting to lead it off here.
And batting ninth and pitching for the Phillies, left-hander Steve Carlson.
Michael Philadelphia rose at first, Trillo at second, Matthews in left field.
Schmidt at third, McBride in right, Maddux in center, with Boa at short, Boone catching
and Carlson pitching.
For the Reds, Dave Collins to lead it off, he'll be in right.
Ronnie Oster will bat second and play second base.
Dave Concepcion hitting third will be at shortstop.
Left fielder George Foster will bat fourth.
Danny Dreeson will bat number five, he'll play first base.
Ray Knight will play third base and bat sixth, hitting seventh in center field, Sam Mejias.
Michael Berry will catch and bat eighth and on the mound pitching and batting number nine,
Tom Sievers.
Again, Collins in right, Oster at second, Concepcion at shortstop.
Foster in left, Dreeson at first, Knight at third, with Mejias in center, O'Berry catching
and Sievers on the mound.
Joe, a rematch of opening day.
Well, go back to opening day, both fish very well.
We have that tonight, doesn't look like there'll be too many runs scored.
Here's Rose and here's Sievers and the first pitch is inside for a ball and this game is
underway.
Tom, after his eighth victory of the season and this is his second start in the second
half of the season, did not pitch well in Los Angeles, line drive, base hit, center
field.
Well, Pete Rose jumps on the second pitch and lines one into center for a game opening
base hit and that'll bring to the plate second baseman Manny Trio.
Well, I guess you could say these ball clubs have been having the same problem since we
got started a week ago last night and that's lack of offense and with some exceptions,
not so strong pitching.
Well, you know, you look at both ball clubs, Marty, and you know they're very capable of
breaking loose at any time, so little ball clubs like this, you don't know when they
might break loose either.
Manny Trio takes a strike, got a fastball over on the inside corner, Rose at first base,
he has singled the center.
The Phillies come in with a record in the second half of only two wins and five losses.
They are three and a half back in the Eastern Division.
Here's a one strike pitch and Trio takes this one inside, a ball and a strike.
The Reds on the other hand have won three and lost four after the two to one win over
the Giants on Sunday afternoon and right now stand two back of the division leading Atlanta
Braves.
In field, a double play depth, Trio batting two 76, the one one to him, swinging a miss
on a pitch out of way.
Manny going after a pitch out of the strike zone to fall behind of the ball in two strikes.
Of course, realistically speaking, the way things are structured now, the pressure on
the Phillies is not nearly as great as it is on the Reds.
They have already been declared the first half champions of the Eastern Division.
So no matter what they do from here on out, they are in the inter-divisional playoffs
at season's end.
Trio swings and fouls it back and out of play.
Manny with three homers, 18 RBIs, Rose at first, Matthews, the left fielder in the on
deck circle, he'll be up next.
We've got Greeson at first, Oster at second, Concepcion at short stop, Knight at third,
Foster in left field, Mahias in center, Collins in right, and O'Berry catching.
The right hander with a pause and now he steps back off the pitching rubber, takes a look
over to Rose at first base as Trio backs away from the plate.
Okay, Sievers straightens up on the mound, he kicks and he throws, Trio swings a fly
ball in the right center and Sam Mahias will be there and that is out number one.
So following the leadoff single by Rose, Trio flies to center, that will bring up Gary Matthews.
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Matthews having a fine year batting 3-0-2 in his first year in the Philadelphia Double
Knits and Sievers misses high with a fastball to him.
Standard batter and a pitch coming to him and side ball too.
Talking about opening day and the fact that as is the case tonight so it was then, Sievers
against Carleton, neither starting pitcher gained a decision in that game won by Cincinnati
3-2.
Tommy Hume got the victory and Sparky Lyle took the loss when Danny Dreeson drew a bases
loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Reds a winning run.
But both pitched very, very well that particular day.
Siever behind 2-0, Matthews waving to bat around, swings, fly ball, center field, coming
over toward the alley is Mejias and he'll run it down.
He loses his cap but makes the catch and they're 2-0.
The matter will be third baseman and clean up batter Mike Schmidt.
Schmidty batting 2-94 leading the National League in home runs with 18 and his second
in the league and runs batted in with 47, some 10 behind George Foster.
And I'm sure you know the story in his career in this ballpark.
Schmidt has hit 15 career home runs here at Riverfront and has been on a tear of weight
as he takes a strike on the outside edge.
He's had four home runs in his last six ball games and has batted safely in 13 out of the
last 16 on a 3-39 clip.
Schmidty pitches low for a ball, the count evens on the right-handed batting Philadelphia
power plant, one ball and one strike.
Lee wire the plate on fire and specs the baseball.
On the bases, Harry Wendelstad at first, his second Dutch runner at third base, Ed Montague.
Rose led off the game with a single to center but 3-0's fly to center and so too is Gary
Matthews.
Mulberry sending out the sign and Siebert turns and throws on to first, Rose steps back.
Now the stretch and Siebert continues to be concerned about Rose possibly moving.
A couple of times he's checked off on the mound.
Now the stretch and out of the plate with a 1-1 and Schmidt takes strike two.
I tell you the Dodgers played and won this afternoon in Chicago after the Cubs beat them
3-1 yesterday.
Burt Hooten went the distance this afternoon shutting out Chicago, 5-0 to finals.
The Cubs got only four base hits as Hooten wins for the eighth time this season.
Schmidt behind on the count and swings and he misses.
Siebert struck him out.
In the Philadelphia first, no runs, one hit and one man left on.
After a half and a base fall in the first of a two game series, the Phillies nothing
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Well the action continues tomorrow night here at Riverfront.
The Reds and the Phillies game time is 7.35.
It will be Laurie Christensen against Bruce Beretti.
Plenty of seats available at all prices.
Looking ahead to the weekend, the New York Mets will be in Friday Shrine night, Saturday
Farmers night, there will be an afternoon game on Sunday and then on Monday it will
be cost cutter night and that's a senior citizens day too.
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Come on down tomorrow night as the Reds take on the Phillies game time, 7.35.
Steve Carlton, eight, nine wins and two losses.
With a 295 ERA, he was beaten in his last start, five to two against the St. Louis Cardinals
five days ago.
That was the first time that the Cardinals had beaten him after ten consecutive Carlton
victories over the St. Louis team.
And of course the last time he opposed the Reds here was on opening day when he went
seven and he's giving up nine hits in only one run.
He struck out eight and walked four.
Dave Collins deleted off batting 295.
Collins one of a number of Reds players and quite a slump of late.
First pitch is high for a ball to him.
Of course Carlton has not had much success in his career against the Reds as his nine
wins, 17 loss ledger will attest.
Left-hander with a big kick in the pitch and Collins grounds it to third.
Dere Schmidt drawn in making the play on the big hop and throwing on across the rows to
get the out.
That will bring up Ronnie Oster as we check out the Phillies defensively.
Rose at first, Trio at second, Schmidt third, Boa at short.
In the outfield Matthews in left, Maddox in center and McBride in right and Boone catching.
Going down those score bottom of the first inning, Oster hitting 284.
Pitch is at the knees for a call strike.
On deck shortstop Dave Concepcion.
Carlton dealing and Oster swings and sends a pop-up out behind second base.
Manny Trio calling for it as Boa gives way and the second baseman has it for the second
quick out of the Reds first inning.
Here's Concepcion a 3-0-4 batting average with five homers and third in the league and
runs batted in with 45.
You talk about Sieber and Carlton and Boa they can throw some numbers at you that individually
or collectively speaking are just awesome.
No question at all about the fact that these two fellows will, well you'd have to feel
they're going to be first ballot Hall of Fame selections when it comes about.
Pitch over for a call strike.
You serious?
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Stranger things have happened.
No balls in the strike and it's low for a ball one and one.
Carlton trying to retire the Reds in order.
Collins a grand out to third, Oster a pop to second, Concepcion a swing and a miss and
baby down a ball two strikes.
Carlton fifth on the all-time strikeout list.
Sieber of course is sixth, the second on the all-time nationally strikeout list behind
Bob Gibson and needs only 50 more to pass him.
He got around on the breaking ball.
That's all for Concepcion and that's all for Cincinnati.
Three up and three down.
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No score at the end of one inning of play and this one between the Reds and the Phillies.
Bate McBride will start off inning number two against Tom Seaver followed by Gary Maddux
and Larry Boa.
I guess from a physical standpoint the strike really helped Bate McBride.
He was on the disabled list after undergoing knee surgery when the strike came on the 12th
of June and of course in the period of time when no baseball on the major league level
was being played he got well and he's back active again.
The pitcher swung out and popped up outside of third.
Knight giving chase over to the Phillies dugout and reaching over the railing he makes the
catch.
One pitch one out as McBride pops up foul to third baseman Ray Knight and now as Larry
Boa Gary Maddux heads toward the plate Tom Seaver and Michael Berry meet between the
plate and the mound.
Knight reaching over the railing and making a nice pick off of the foul pop off the bat
of Bate McBride.
Maddux hitting 271 with four home runs and 25 runs batted in.
The Reds dividing a four game weekend series against the San Francisco Giants getting fine
pitching Sunday from Mario Soto and Tommy Hume.
Here's a foul to the screen by the right handed batter.
Other games in the National League tonight San Francisco plays at Pittsburgh.
Louis Teod making his second strike for the Bucs against Ed Witson who blanked the Reds
here Friday night.
That's a pitch a low ball one and one.
New York and Atlanta Ed Lynch against Rick Mailer.
San Diego plays at St. Louis Chris Welsh against Silvio Martinez and Montreal at Houston Steve
Rogers against Bob Nepper.
Here's a drive in the right center field.
Ryan Collins however will be there to make the catch.
Two outs.
Why that ball really in this case slicing back at Davie and almost ran under it.
He sure did.
Made the play on the ball with a running catch in the alley and now here's Larry Bowe the
Phillies with shooting shortstop who is having a pretty good year.
Bowe batting 278 has knocked in 20 runs.
We were making sure his defense is set and now brings it on up there and Bowe takes his
pitch high for a ball.
First game of a double header is underway in the American League involving the Brewers
and the Rangers down in Texas.
It's three nothing Milwaukee after three.
Ben Ogilvie hit a three run home run in the first inning on John Matlock.
This one hit foul and now a play down the left field line.
Talking about that Dodger loss yesterday the Dodgers in losing to the Cubs also lost to
services of their second baseman Davie Lopes.
Apparently he had a groin pull that has resulted in him being placed on a 15 day disable list.
Two balls and a strike and the Dodgers promptly call up a highly regarded second baseman from
their AA Farm Club at San Antonio Steve Sacks.
Two one pitch.
Swung on.
Popped up.
Left side.
That would be the inning.
Concepcion ranging back and squeezes it to the out.
Three up and three down.
We are in the middle of the second.
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Now the Reds big salute to the agriculture industry is coming up Saturday night.
It will be farmers night as the Reds take on the Mets here.
Hope you're planning on being on hand for the game.
You may take home that International Harvester diesel powered tractor or the Datsun 4x4 half
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that night.
And if you're coming to the game be sure to get here early for all the pregame funds.
Ron Oster and Russ Nixon will represent the Reds in the cow milking contest before the
game.
They'll go against Pat Zachary and Dyer Miller of the Mets.
Johnny Bench and Larry Bittner and the team of Michael Berry and Joe Nolan will make up
the Reds entry in the Egg Throw.
Paul Mosco and Tom Hume will be partners in a blindfolded wheelbarrow competition.
The pregame funds starts about 6.30.
Then it's the Reds and the Mets at seven o'clock this Saturday evening on farmers night.
Final of the second about to unfold and the Reds will do it with George Foster.
Carlton works him long away.
George getting 310 with 16 home runs and as we mentioned earlier leading the major leagues
in RBI's with 57.
Last two balls and no strikes.
Foster has really been on a tear of late.
Has hit at a 435 since play resumed a week ago last night with two homers, five runs
scored and eight RBI's.
He swings on the 2-0 and doesn't get it.
In addition to leading the league in RBI's he's tied for second in home runs and also
in base hits with 76.
And his 310 batting average is tied for ninth place in the league.
He is having a fine, fine year at the plate.
Carlton ready with a 2-1 pitch and here it is.
Now back and over the screen.
Was George for the sixth time in his career here with the Reds at Riverfront hit a red
seed home run Friday night in the second game of that twin bill against the Giants.
Carlton's even with him two balls and two strikes as Danny Dreeson waits.
Here comes the pitch and a hard smash foul, just foul, pass Schmidt and down the third
baseline.
Gary Matthews apparently didn't see the foul signal given by Ed Montague.
He came up with that ball and ready to fire quickly towards second base.
He's a hustler out there.
2-2 in holding.
Carlton pitching.
Foster taking a full count.
It's low.
Bob Boone hanging a sign.
Carlton shakes him off now gets what he wants and brings it on up there.
That's ball four.
Missed with a breaking ball inside.
Foul to the first base runner for the Reds.
The batter Danny Dreeson.
Danny having a rough go of it at the play batting 192 with six homers and 25 RBIs.
Pitch is high, ball one.
Foster taking the short lead against Rose at first.
Dreeson taking a breaking ball, two balls in those strikes.
Carlton he doesn't waste any time on that mound.
Now throws to first and they call a balk on him.
Harry Wendelstadt, the first base umpire, immediately called it.
All Steve did, Harry Wendelstadt, the first base umpire, showed him.
He brought his right leg back across the pitching rubber and threw over there and that's a balk
Steve didn't question it at all.
Also Rezged Foster free access to second base on the balk call against Lefty, Carlton and
Danny waiting on the 2-0 pitch.
He swings and he misses.
Foster tender kicks and throws, swing and a miss, strike two, two balls and two strikes.
Danny's seeing a lot of breaking balls from Carlton and he started to go on that pitch
but held up in time and the count goes full.
Three and two.
Foster at second, nobody out.
Here in the bottom of the second inning and that is ball four.
He threw him a breaking ball and missed with it so Dreef and gets the second a back to
back walk as the Reds show them at first and second for third baseman Ray Knight.
Knight batting two fifty six.
He's homered five times and is driven in twenty runs.
Hits safely in sixth out of his last seven games batting three oh four.
That's a strike at the knees so Carlton in a bit of trouble of his own doing here in
the second inning walking Foster balking him to second and now walking Danny Dreeson missing
with a payoff pitch to the Reds first baseman.
The baseball strike cancel out two series between these two clubs one in Philadelphia
and one also here in Cincinnati the Reds still have one trip to go into Philly.
That's a fastball up and away one ball and one strike.
Philly's outfield specifically left fielder Matthews and right fielder McBride giving
Knight room down both lines.
The infielder double play depth to on and nobody out no score second inning the one
one tonight swung on and foul back.
Carlton ahead of the ball two strikes.
It's been an amazing story the success that the Reds have had over the Phillies.
Cincinnati has won the seasonal series from the Phillies fourteen times in the last sixteen
years and especially here at Riverfront the Phillies have really had a hard time winning
the game.
Swung on a big bouncer to third there Schmidt he'll go on to second for one and that's all
they'll get.
He fielded that big bouncer deep behind the third base bag and had only really one play
and that was the throw on to Manny Trio to get the force play on the middle man Danny
Dreeson.
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First and third one down the batter Sam Mahias hitting three fifty he swings and grounds
to third that's trouble Schmidt on to Trio.
Trio on to Rose double play and the Phillies are out of the inning.
Oh for the Reds in the second no runs on no base hits no errors and one man left on Mahias
bounces into a five four three double play at the end of two.
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Well we've had two quick innings of baseball the first of this two game series involving
the Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies.
Tom Sieber has been touched up for one hit that was a game lead off single by Pete Rose
but has since retired the last six in a row and he'll start it off here in the third against
catcher Bob Boone and here with a play by play Joe Nuxall.
Thank you Marty Boone hitting 232 three all runs 20 RBI seven doubles and of course Bob
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Oh the right handed batter the fills of that one base hit that was Pete Rose lead off single
to center field.
Sabre winds and delivers and Boone takes one outside a ball.
Boone Carlton and Rose for the fills as they bat here in the third inning.
Sabres 1 0 swung on in a fly ball left field.
Foster moving in George waiting and he has it one out.
I mean Steve Carlton to the plate Steve a 150 batting average for RBI is a double and
two triples.
He's a lifetime as a hitter.
He's been a pretty good inning pitcher.
Like to 207 batting average he's had 266 hits coming into this season takes a strike from
the season foul has nine home runs career wise and 106 RBI looks at a fastball low and
it evens one and one.
I'm back with a one one server gets the outside corner closed strike two and account one and
two to Steve Carlton.
We're working quickly.
Here's the one to that song on and foul back to the screen down holding a ball two strikes.
Last night in Indianapolis the Indians lost but for a householder continues swinging a
hot bat Carlton lines one foul back and off to the left of the screen.
Here it is 19 call run of the year with a man on but the Indians lost to Springfield
four to three one two again swung on and popped down the left field line foul giving chase
Dave Concepcion and he can't not get to it.
The ball bouncing on the mound down to the bullpen account holds a ball two strikes.
Meanwhile the Reds billing farm club scored three times in the last of the ninth inning
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One and two to count again the pitch Carlton swings and misses a slider in on him and Tom
has his second strike out.
The two away and Pete Rose the batter he's got a standing ovation as he stood off to
the right of the plate waiting on Steve to complete his warm-up to start the game.
New odd base is empty a line in the pitch Rose swings and bounces to Oster at second
Ron has it going to Dresden and a quick getting for Tom Seaver that's nine straight now for
Seaver and it's the middle of the third.
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No scores the Reds bad and the bottom half the third it'll be Michael Berry then Tom Seaver
and Dave Collins against Steve Carlton.
Steve has struck out one has walked two and the Reds had a threat going in the second
when Foster and Greeson both walked but Ray Knight forced Greeson at second and then Mahias
rounded into a 5-4-3 double for you to end the threat.
Michael Berry deleted off Mike hitting 210 with all run for RBI's two doubles one triple.
Waiting on O'Berry Mike's there and Carlton winds and delivers the first pitch.
O'Berry swings and bounces at the board.
O'Berry has it to Rose one away.
One down and here's Tom Seaver.
Seaver hitting 133 all run for RBI's.
Both of these guys quick workers.
And ready to go and delivers Seaver swings and misses a fastball.
Outfield hitting Tom around to the right the 0-1 just outside and even as the ball is strike
Dave Collins up next one one pitch.
Swung on in line to left field and Matthews to play it on the bounce and Tom Seaver has
the first to the game for the Reds.
Tom drilling one to left and Matthews took a step in and then held up and played it on
the bounce.
A one-oh-I am Seaver's first base and Dave Collins steps in.
Dave leading off the game grounded to Mike Schmidt at third base.
Carlton has worked 113 innings coming into tonight's game allowing 100 base hits and
struck out 99 and they strike out of Concepcion in the first inning of course number 100.
Well now with a career total of 3069 strikeouts first pitch to Collins and Carlton strike.
Last year Carlton struck out 286 and that's the second in his career.
He struck out 310 back in 1972 his first year with Philadelphia.
The 0-1 swung on and a very high pop into shallow right center backing out his trio
and he has it two away.
Two down Ron Oster the batter.
Ron in the first inning popped out the trio at second base.
First pitch to Oster low and outside of ball.
A pitch Ron takes it high and it's 2-0.
Sandy Koufax of course struck out 382 batters in 1965 and again in 66 the pitch Oster swings
in a hard one bouncer to Boyd Shorty flips to 3-0 the force of Seaver and that's the
inning.
The Reds no runs they hit no errors they're under left hand at the end of three bullies
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Those scores will go to the fourth inning and it will be second base and many three oh
the leader off all of the Gary Matthews and then Mike Schmidt for the Phillies.
Each team with a base hit a one hit the boys have had that belongs to Pete Rose in the
first inning of course the reds one base hit belongs to Tom Seaver that's coming in the
third.
Seaver ready to go to work on Manny Trio.
Trio in the first inning a fly ball to Sam Mahias in right center field.
Trio a 276 batting average.
Seaver delivers.
Trio swings and fouls back to the screen.
Tom looking to Michael Berry has his sign double pumps and the 0-1 breaking ball low
and it evens a ball of strike to Trio.
Seaver looking for his eighth win of the year he's back with the 1-1.
Trio swings and misses a good change.
1-2.
1-2 pitch and Cindy Durden bounces through O'Berry.
Count evens 2-2.
Seaver's 2-2.
Strike three called at the outside corner and that's strike out number three for Seaver.
One away and Gary Matthews the batter.
Matthews also a fly ball to Mahias in right center in the first inning.
A pitch down low ball.
Matthews doing a great job for the Phils coming over from the Atlanta Braves.
Swing and a miss by Gary and it's 1-1.
Of course the player that went to the Braves, Bob Walke, was sent down to Richmond not too long ago.
Fast ball high and inside.
Two balls one strike.
Mike Schmidt the on deck batter.
A wind of 2-1.
Swung on fly ball right field.
Going back Collins he has room.
Backpedaling stepping onto the learning track he has.
Two down and here's Mike Schmidt.
Mike went down swinging in the first inning.
He pleads the league in home runs with 18. He has a 294 batting average and is driven in 47.
Schmidt into the batter's box and Seaver to the plate.
Swung on and foul off the shoulder of playdumpier Lee Weier.
All one to count to Schmidt.
Mike out of the batter's box now back in.
The 0-1. Swung on and a high fly ball to the left.
Dripping back Foster.
He's at the edge of the warning track waiting now and has it.
That's the inning and that one had a few of the folks booing it on here this evening.
But a very high fly ball and thank goodness for that.
So the fullies out in order in the fourth.
That's well straight now for Tom Seaver in the middle of the fourth.
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Now scores the Reds batting the bottom half of the fourth. It'll be Dave Concepcion, George Foster and Danny Dreeson to play Steve Carlin.
Steve has struck out one, has walked two and the Reds have had one hit and Carlin has committed a balk.
That balk coming in the second inning when Foster at first base he balked, moving George to second and then Dreeson walked to put the first two on in the inning but no damage done.
Concepcion struck out in the first to end the inning. He takes a strike from Carlin over the outside edge.
Concepcion, Foster, Dreeson here in the fourth for the Reds. Carlin is 0-1. Davey takes the breaking pitch low on inside.
Down evens 1-1.
1-1 delivery. Strike two called on the outside corner of the knees. Carlin in front of all two strikes to Concepcion.
Throne hangs the sign and the 1-2 swung on and bounced foul at a breaking pitch.
Hockfield straight away, again the 1-2, missing just off the plate with a fastball and it evens two balls, two strikes.
2-2 on the way and again he misses high and outside this time with a fastball, full count.
Charlotte walked 35 and 113 innings coming into tonight's game. Here's the payout. Davey swings and lines at the left field.
That's a base hit. Matthew plays it on the bounce so Davey gets things underway with a followed single to the left.
Letting George Foster to play and then George as I said let off the second inning with a walk.
That's the second hit of the game for the Reds. Foster hitting 3-10, 16 all-mounds, leads the league in RBIs with 57.
George had three hits Sunday afternoon against the Giants, dove in a run and scored what provided to be the winning run.
Foster takes low from Carlton the ball. Concepcion at first base, 1-0 to count to Foster.
Carlton to the belt, he'll throw over to first and Concepcion steps back.
Again the stretch and the pitch. Foster takes it high and outside, 2-0.
2-0 delivery, strike of the knees, 2-1.
Steve Reddy delivers, Foster takes outside.
Three balls, one strike and that pitch looked like Carlton tried to break the slider over the outside corner.
Foster away from the plate now back in, Boone hangs the side.
Carlton ready and delivers and Foster swings and fouls. Four count.
Four count, we'll see what Davey does at first base, the stretch.
He goes nowhere, there he goes, the pitch is taken, ball pulled on outside.
And for the second time in the game, the first two of Leach for the Reds.
Foster is single and now a walk to Concepcion, the third issued by Carlton.
And here's Danny Dresen, Danny walked in the second inning.
Dresen looking down to Russ Nixon, the Reds' third base coach.
The first base is taken by Carlton. Dresen squares the bun, does first base side.
Rose has it, looks at third and now they'll throw back to Carrillo and the sacrifice worked.
Now Danny Dresen gets the job done, putting down a good sacrifice.
Rose feeling the ball, he looked at third and then decided better and threw back to Carrillo to retire Dresen.
He's gone away and Foster, or Concepcion at third base and Foster at second and the batter is Ray Knight.
Ray in the second inning forced Foster at second base, a pitch, a check swing and a breaking ball that's low.
Ray hitting.256, five home runs, 20 RBIs.
The Reds with Concepcion at third, Foster at second.
The right side of the Phillies infield plating in, the left side is back.
Carrillo and Rose pulled in on the right side.
Still working for the wind up, he delivers the 1-0 and Knight looks at a curve ball for Carl's strike and it evens 1-1.
Now Ray Knight asks plate umpire Lee Weier to check the baseball out and he does and returns it to Carl.
Stand the here, sliding on deck.
The Reds with a chance to get on the board here, the pitch, Knight swings and chops it foul.
Foul now in front of all two strikes.
The Reds with a chance to get on the board here, the pitch, Knight swings and chops it foul.
Foul now in front of all two strikes.
And he started off with Concepcion aligning a single to left and then the walk to Foster, a sacrifice bunt by Dreeson.
And the counterball, two strikes to Ray Knight.
The wind, the pitch, Knight takes it inside, it evens 2-2.
Mid and board deep at third and short, 3-0 and Rose in at second and first, the pitch.
Knight swings and he fouls it away, a breaking ball.
Count holding at two balls, two strikes.
Right out of the batter's box and now steps back in.
Foul to 2-2, Knight takes it low and inside, a breaking pitch and a full count now to Ray Knight.
Foul on the pitch away from loading him up for Sam Mejias.
Time call now as Bob Boone will walk to the mound and have a word with Carlton.
Meeting breaks up and Bowen heads back to the plate.
Three balls, two strikes.
The winds and the payoff, Knight swings and chops it foul, another breaking pitch.
Bowen hasn't thrown Knight a fastball yet.
And steps the on third base, faster at second.
Full count to Knight.
And again the payoff.
Fastball, drill foul into the seats over the Philadelphia dugout.
Ray getting out in front on the...
Ray into the count.
And again the 3-2 pitch, swung on and that's foul, the pitch down and away.
Knight again out of the batter's box and now steps back in.
Carlton winds and delivers, Knight swings and fouls again.
May ask for time, he wants the pine-tire rag from Sam Mejias on deck.
Carlton throwing strikes and Knight following them away.
Feds with the conception on the third, faster at second.
Knight back into the batter's box.
And the pitch, Knight swings and misses, got him with a breaking ball and that's out number two,
the second strikeout for Steve Carlton and the batter will be Sam Mejias.
Sam bounced into a 5-4-3 double play in the second inning.
He has a 3-50 batting average and has done an excellent job pulling in for Ken Griffey.
The pitch, swung on and missed, breaking pitch.
That's that slider and he's got a good one.
Carlton into the wide pitch, slider, swung on and shot foul and Carlton in front, 0-2 to Mejias.
Moon hangs to the side, Carlton winds and delivers, fast ball misses, ball outside, 1-2.
And the 1-2, swung on and that's foul back and out of play.
Opfield playing with his straight away and not too deep.
1-2 pitch, swung on, popped up, foul off the first baseline, rolls over but that one's going to settle back into the seats.
Carlton holding it, a ball, two strikes to Mejias.
Foul shakes off a sign from Moon and the 1-2, swung on and missed.
That's the slider bouncing away from Moon in front of the plate.
Moon has it, throws the rose and that's the inning.
So back-to-back strikeouts for Carlton.
That's him out of trouble, the Reds no runs, he hits no errors, two runners left on base.
And at the end of four, it's the Phil's nothing, the Reds nothing.
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Pointing totals show the first, no runs ahead, no errors.
The Reds, no runs to it, no errors.
It'll be Baik McBride to lead it off as the Phillies bat in the fifth.
Back with the action, Marty Benjamin.
Thank you, Joe. McBride led off the second and popped up foul to Ray Knight.
Siebers retired, 12 in a row.
He delivers and Baik takes a strike on the inside corner.
The only man to reach base so far for the Phillies,
Pete Rose, who hit the second pitch of the game in the center field for a base hit.
McBride batting, 298.
Left-handed batter with good speed, and the change misses,
and the count evens at 1-1, and McBride asks Lee Weier to take a look at the baseball.
He does and sends it on back to number 41.
Here's the pitch, and it's pretty much the same delivery as the previous pitch,
and it's high and away, 2-1.
Scoreboard stumper, 25 years ago today.
Cincinnati Red had three consecutive homers in one game at home for the first time in Red's history.
Name him. Swung on and fouled away, and the count evens at two balls and two strikes.
Siever behind the mound, now coming back on top.
Outfield playing McBride straight away.
Here's the 2-2 pitch.
Swing and a miss. He got him.
Siever has his fourth strikeout, and he'll turn his attentions now to center fielder Gary Maddux.
In the National League, games that are underway after two.
The Giants and the Bucks are tied at 1-1 after 2-1-1 in Atlanta.
Mets to Atlanta nothing.
New York scoring single runs in the first two innings.
In the American League, Chicago nothing in the top of the first at Yankee Stadium.
Trout against Guidry.
Maddux lines one into right.
Collins coming on, and he'll make the catch.
Collins picks it off.
Maddux first pitch hitting, and the two-out batter will be shortstop Boab.
After one, Minnesota and the Tigers nothing-nothing.
Roger Erickson against Mill Wilcox.
Detroit has run off four straight wins.
Toronto and Kansas City about to start.
Luis Leal against Mike Jones.
Milwaukee and Texas are in the eighth.
And the Brewers continue to lead at 3-0, first of a doubleheader.
Baltimore will play at California.
Boston at Oakland.
The A's have won three straight.
Cleveland at Seattle.
The Mariners have won three in a row.
Call strike to Boab, who popped up to Davy Concepcion for the final out on the second.
Here the Reds and the Phillies are scoreless.
They're trying outside, one ball and one strike.
Swung on, line drive, caught by Concepcion.
Davy climbs a ladder to pick off.
Ball is good for a base hit.
Good play.
No runs, no hits, and nobody left on.
At the end of four and a half and a close encounter.
The Reds and the Phillies, no score.
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Here's O'Berry, and here's Carlson. We're in the bottom of the fifth and it's high, ball one.
Mike let off the third and ground it out short to first.
Swing and a foul. Wowee.
We got to the ballpark tonight and found out that longtime Cincinnati Post baseball writer Earl Lawson has been hospitalized down in Nashville, Tennessee.
And, well, Earl, very close to all of us. We hope he's doing well and we understand that hopefully he'll be coming back home to Cincinnati Thursday or Friday.
Call strike and it's one and two, the count on Mike O'Berry.
And missing in with a pitch Carlson.
We hope Earl is resting comfortably and we'll be back on the beat very, very soon.
2-2 pitch.
Check swing, it's just off the plate.
Carlson has run the string out.
Pay off delivery.
Ground ball, slap foul between the coaching box and the bag at third base.
Reggie had two hits off left-hander Carlson, a single by the man on deck, Tom Siever, and a base hit by Dave Concepcion.
Here's a pop-up that'll be out of play back upstairs into the red seats.
O'Berry batting 2-0-6, he's home at one time.
Ground ball to third, Schmidt has it. Here's his throw to Rose, one out.
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Siever with that hit to left in the third, he's one for one.
Takes it down low, ball one.
Tomorrow night, Bruce Borenny, Larry Christensen, a couple of right-handers in the 7.35 strike.
Strike is called, the Reds will have another off day Thursday, and then we'll have the Mets coming in Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
That'll wind up the homestand.
1-1 pitch.
Breaking ball is low, two balls and a strike.
Quick moving ball game tonight. Siever and Carlson hooked up on a good old good one.
Strong on fly ball, right center field, Maddox on the run, slows to a trot and makes the catch.
Two down.
And now we go back up top for Dave Collins, who's 0 for 2.
Collins is grounded a third and popped up.
Now, 25 years ago today, the man who had three consecutive homers in one game at home for the first time in Reds history, Bob Thurman.
Collins with two outs and the base is empty.
Takes a strike at the letters.
Carlson has struck out three, he's walked three.
They've had two opportunities against him once in the second and a real good one in the fourth when they had runners in second and third with only one out.
Strike two call.
That's when Carlson did his thing after Ray Knight fouled off numerous pitches, ended up striking him out swinging and also struck out Sam Vahias.
Collins in a two-strike hole as he settles back in and Carlson kicks and he fires, and the pitch is taken for strike three and that's the inning.
He gets Collins on three pitches.
The Reds are out on order for the first time since the opening inning and through five complete, nothing but zeros on the board.
Cincinnati and Philadelphia, nothing, nothing.
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Joe Knoxau and yours truly, Marty Brennan, back at Riverfront Stadium as the Phillies come calling in the sixth inning.
They'll do it with Bob Boone, Steve Carlton, and Pete Rose.
Has retired 15 batters in a row.
He was the same time throwing much better tonight than he did in his start out at Dodger Stadium last Wednesday night.
It's the second good pitch game in a row the Reds have had from the starting staff.
The effort that Mario Soto gave him on Sunday, getting up six hits in a run and six in a third.
And now Siever threw five innings tonight.
Happy birthday wishes go to the Reds turf superintendent, Luby Veale, who is celebrating one today.
Good man.
Bob Boone out on the flight of foster his first time up.
Better in Philadelphia catcher waiting at the plate and Siever delivers and the pitchers bounce foul at the plate.
Young man who plays a backup role to Bob Boone has really been swinging the bat of late Keith Morland.
Boone considered to be the regular, but there are a lot of people who feel like it's just a matter of time before Morland takes over behind that plate for the Phillies.
Strike two is called.
After this home stand, the Reds will be in Montreal beginning next Monday night.
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I'll make that next Tuesday night. We'll wrap up the home stand here next Monday against the Mets.
Two balls and two strikes play the Expos at Olympic Stadium Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights and then be in New York over that following weekend for a three game series.
Ground ball foul off third. That'll carry over to the Philadelphia dugout.
I was mentioning the fact that the Indianapolis club dropped a one run decision last night to Springfield.
Bill Bonham, as we mentioned, Sunday was scheduled to start. He could not go because of arm problems, which is not good news to report.
Jose Brito was rushed into the starting role when Bonham was unable to take his turn and Brito went one third of an inning.
Full count on Bob Boone.
Seaver was out ahead of him, but now has three balls and two strikes.
And the right hander deals a payoff pitch and he pops him up.
The first baseline and waiting is O'Berry. Now Dreesen comes into the picture and Danny makes the catch and foul territory.
Carlton a strikeout victim in the third inning.
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One down. Pitcher against pitcher in a scoreless game in the sixth and Carlton takes a fastball in for a strike.
Swing and a miss on a pitcher way. Strike two.
Talking about the way the Reds had handled the Phillies over the years in this ballpark since 1970. The Phillies had won 20 and lost 47 here.
That's a ball. Their only winning season here was in 1970 when they won four of the six games played.
Two balls, two strikes. They were three and three and 73 and again in the 76, their worst years. 0 and 6 in both 1975 and 1977.
Three balls and two strikes. And they only won one of five and one of six in 72 and again in 1980.
Carlton gets a walk.
Sieber getting out in front of Steve but ending up walking him.
So 16 in a row that Sieber set down before issuing the walk to Carlton and now goes against the only man who's got a hit off of him and that's Rose.
Pete single to center in the first, grounded to Oster in the third.
Pete playing in his 416th consecutive game tonight. He had the final 28 with the Reds back in 1978 and has played in every game since going over to the Philadelphia Phillies.
Swing and a hot bat is hit safely at 19 on a 21 game batting 372 during that time. Carlton goes to pitch a half swing foul.
Carlton was jogging on down to second base as the pitch came play with Rose fouled it off.
This season, Pete has had 18 two hit games and eight three hit games.
Of course, at the all time National League career hit record a week ago.
Last night when he had a base hit the eighth inning off of Cardinal right-handed Mark Lattell.
Rose fouls this one up and out of here and Pete's behind on two.
Batting 327.
Homer was on the season. He's driven in 20 runs right now. Concepcion in behind him now to talk with Sieber.
Pete had a fine opening game here. He went three for five off for his pitching despite the Cincinnati victory.
Carlton at first one out.
And the 0-2 pitch popped up but that'll carry well back into the seats off the third baseline.
Talking with Pete on our pregame show tonight. I don't know that I don't know of a player who worked any harder during the strike to
stay prepared to get going again and this man did not surprising strike three call.
They were got him watching and he did not like the call.
He says something to Lee wire and still talking to him as he goes back to the Phillies dugout.
Number five for Tom and here is second baseman Manny Trio.
Pete still jawing as he stands in front of the bat rack.
Trio grounds at the second base at the inning.
Oster on to Dreeson.
Phillies are gone. No runs. No hits. One left.
In the middle of the sixth inning at Riverfront Cincinnati nothing and Philadelphia nothing.
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Ronnie Oster in the bottom of the sixth and Carlton misses high for a ball.
Joe we were talking about during the commercial break.
What percentage of break in ball, sliders or curves do you think Carlton has thrown?
You'd have to say seventy seventy five percent, maybe even more than that.
He throws a breaking pitch to Oster and he swings and he misses one and one.
Ronnie has popped up and reached on a fielder's choice.
Swing and a foul.
This game now about an hour and fifteen minutes old and we're already in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Oster takes it downstairs, two balls two strikes.
Not too often really in the course of the season that you have two of the great ones like these two guys getting together on the same night.
Oster checks his swing, fits just down low and Carlton is three and two with a red second baseman.
Lefty fires and Oster swings and hits it hard but to center field and Maddox quickly back to Hall of Inns.
Dave Concepcion has one of the two reds hits, he's single to left field in the fourth inning.
Hardly accepting for the two base hits, that's only the second put out to the outfield.
Exactly right, Sieber fly to center in the last inning.
And now this fly ball off the bat of Ronnie Oster so that's a good sign.
Dave he takes it at the knees, strike one call.
No score, Reds have had the two opportunities but were unable to catch him so Philadelphia has not had a scoring threat.
Line drive, center field, a little fall in front of Maddox base hit number two for Dave Concepcion.
George Foster two times up in the game and both times he has drawn walks.
Carlton showing a bit of respect for this man and well he should.
Walk in the second, a walk in the fourth.
John McNamara standing a couple of steps down on the stairwell, Reds dug out.
One out base hit by Concepcion, Foster slowly settles into the batter's box, the outfield deep and plain him to pull.
There's a throw to first, Davey back.
To the plate, swung on and a hit to left.
Concepcion to second as the Reds come up with back to back one out base hit.
Danny Dreesen is without an official at bat, he's drawn a base on balls and has put down a sacrifice run.
Now the ceremonial first pitch here tonight was delivered by 13 year old Tanya Schlegel of Hamilton.
Dreesen fouls it away and as we mentioned on our post game show Sunday, Tanya the winner of the All-American Sobox Derby Senior Division in Akron, Ohio over the weekend.
I want to congratulate that young lady again.
One ball and a strike on Dreesen.
Concepcion at second, Foster at first, one out.
Carlton with a 1-1 and Dreesen takes breaking ball, two balls and a strike.
Here's a pause and a pitch, there's strike two called.
Carlton even on Dreesen, 2-2.
And that one a bouncer up there that Bob Boone plays on the Hoppenly, wow, we'll take a look see at that baseball and give it back to Carlton.
Three balls, two strikes.
Let's see what John McNamara has in store here for Concepcion and George Foster, one out, three and two on the left handed batter.
Pay off pitch, the runner is sold and ball for their Lotus.
So scoring opportunity number three for the Cincinnati Reds.
Let's see if they can cash in this time.
Carlton has walked his fourth.
Gray Knight, I'm sure would love to be able to deliver a big blow here because it involved into quite a one-on-one battle between he and Carlton back in the fourth inning.
Knight fouled off a whole bunch of pitches and Carlton finally struck him out with a low breaking ball.
Concepcion, third, Foster second, Dreesen fills it up at first.
The Reds have him loaded with only one away in a scoreless game in the sixth inning.
Now starting to get revved up here is Knight who takes a lot of time getting into the batter's box this time around against a man who likes to work quickly.
At times that can upset the rhythm of a pitcher.
Carlton working, Knight swinging and fouling and I think Ray swung and fouled that ball off of his right leg.
He'll take a throw back behind Bob Boone and Lee Weier to walk the hurt out a little bit.
Now he'll play a Knight straight away, slowly gets back into the batter's box. Carlton who never changes expression on the mound.
Deals the one strike to it.
Slung out of the base and into left field.
Into score comes Concepcion.
They'll hold Foster at third.
The bases remain loaded and Ray Knight with a line drive hits a left and it's 1-0 Cincinnati.
A four in a row reach after Oster fly to center on a well hit ball to begin the inning.
And that run producing single by the Reds third baseman who's going to get the Philadelphia Bullpen active for the first time tonight.
Left hander Sparky Lyle will go down to start throwing.
Here's Samba he is. He's grounded into a double play and has struck out.
He swings and hits one into left center field. Gary Mattocks will make the catcher Gary Mattocks cut in front of Matthews to haul it in.
Foster tags and scores and it's 2-0.
Gary Mattoos must be wondering what happened. He was all set to make the play and Mattocks who has a better throwing arm of the two cut in front of him to make the play but really had no chance at all of anything.
In terms of throwing anybody out so get it. He has to sacrifice fly and bring up Michael Berry. He grounds one to second.
Manny Trio will make his play to first and that ends the inning. But the Reds in the sixth inning get two runs on three hits.
No errors and one man left on. Two men left on base and at the end of sixth it's the Reds two and the Phillies nothing.
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Reds 2, Phillies nothing. Seventh inning. And it's Gary Matthews to start things off for Dallas Green's club. Here's Joe.
All right Marty. Matthews 0 for 2 has hit a fly ball to left center, to right center rather.
To Sam Mahias and a fly ball to the right to Dave Collins and his two times up.
Reds leading 2 to nothing. The pitch and Matthews swings and fouls it off to the right and back into the seat.
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Beaver down behind the mound rubbing up the baseball. Reds scoring two times in the sixth inning.
Leading it 2 to nothing. Beavers 1-1 delivery. That ball swung on and the fly ball center to you.
Mahias waiting on it, moving in a few steps now. He has it. Go away.
One down and the batter is Mike Schmidt. Mike, all for two, struck out in the first and a high fly ball to Foster and Luff in the fourth.
Now the Giants leading Pittsburgh 4-1 in the fifth inning at Pittsburgh. Pitch to Schmidt high and inside and that hits Mike right in the middle of the back.
Schmidt moves on to first base being hit by the pitch and that'll bring up Bates McBride.
Looks like a change up that Schmidt got hit with.
At the Indianapolis tonight, Springfield leading 2 to nothing after one inning.
Still Dolly on the mound for the Indians. The pitch to McBride. He swings and fouls straight back.
Bates go for two. Popped out tonight and foul territory and it struck out and he's two times up.
Smithic first base with one away. He resets and delivers and McBride takes low on outside and evens one and one.
One one on the way. Swung on in the fly ball center field. He is coasting in. He's there waiting and he has it two out.
Two down and Gary Maddux steps in. Gary both times as fly balls to Collins in the right and he hit the ball hard both times up.
He resets and delivers and it swung on and hit off the fifth.
Then Davey Concepcion misjudged the ball. He charged in and the ball hung up and went over Davey's head and he stayed in his position.
Probably would have caught it head high but Davey charged in on it and then leaped for it and couldn't get to it.
So Mike Schmidt all the way around the third. Second hit of the game for facilities in the batter is Larry Ball.
He's really getting jammed on the pitch. Concepcion started in on it and well as we said he misjudged it.
Sparky Lyle starts throwing and they pull it off your bullpen. The pitch to Boyd. Larry swings and fouls it off the mid of Michael Berry.
On his first and third two out. The 0-1. Boa swings and fly ball left field. Foster there waiting and he has it left field.
Collins in the seventh. No one's hit. No one's left on base and in the middle of the seventh it's the red two and the Phil's coming.
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For the Reds in the bottom half of the seventh inning Tom Siever will lead it out followed by Dave Collins and Ron Oster.
Tom Siever has pitched quite a baseball game here tonight. He allowed the Phillies for two hits.
Oh, it's Pete Rose who led off the game with a single to center and then the misjudged stop liner off the bat of Gary Maddux in the seventh inning.
So Siever gets a nice hand as he makes his way to the plate.
Now after two innings out of Indianapolis it's two to one Springfield. Siever takes high from Carlton the ball.
Siever has walked for the rest of that five hits and they lead it two to nothing.
A one-oh. Siever swings in a foul out of the middle of Boone. Not evens one to one.
One-one pitch. Slider misses inside. Two-alls a strike.
Carlton's two-one delivery. Tom looks at strike two, another slider. And it evens two and two.
New York leading Atlanta two to nothing. Fifth inning at Atlanta.
Siever swings and doesn't get it. And that's strikeout number five for Steve Carlton.
And the batter is Dave Collin.
Collin's 0 for three, has gone to the third, popped the second, and called out on strikes.
Outfield playing Collin's shallow and about straight away.
The pitch, maybe it takes high and outside of ball.
Carlton back to the play. Collin looks at a strike on the inside edge, belt high. One-on-one.
A one-one delivery. That's just inside. Two balls to strike.
Carlton's two-one on the way. Fung on and bounced to three-oh second.
And he charges, has it, quick throwing the rows, two out.
Two away, and here's Ron Oster. Ron, 0 for three, is last time up, lined to Maddox and center field.
Carlton to the plate, and he misses high and outside. One-on-one.
One-oh pitch. Take swing and a strike call. One-on-one.
Ron Reed starts throwing, and the Philadelphia Bullpen are right-handed.
Wind the one-one, fung on and fouled, and that went into the broadcast booth to our right.
On account of all two strikes, and here comes Carlton. Oster takes inside a breaking pitch, two-and-two.
And the two-two. Fung on and grounded in the hole in the right field of base hit.
Ron Oster reaches out and punches it into right. That's hit number six for the Reds, and Dave Concepcion to the plate.
Maybe two for three after striking out in the first inning. He's singled to left in the fourth,
and then got the two-run sixth on the way with a single to center.
Carlton ready, and he'll throw over the first, and Oster steps back.
The O-one, the team outside, one-on-one.
The Reds, scoring two times in the sixth, they lead it two to nothing.
Mitch on the way, swung on, ground ball, Schmidt off to his left a couple of steps, goes on to three-oh.
They force Oster, and that's the inning. The Reds, no runs, they hit, no errors.
Runner left on, and at the end of seven, it's the Reds two and the Thills nothing.
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Seven-inning total show the Phil's no runs, two hits, no errors.
The Reds two runs, six hits, and no errors.
Forth Philadelphia, Bob Boone will lead it off.
We have activity in the Cincinnati bullpen. Tommy Hume and Joe Price both throwing,
and it looks like Del Unser on deck to hit for,
in fact, Greg Gross on deck to hit for Steve Carl.
They're ready to go on the eighth. Here's Marty.
Bob Boone, 0 for 2 tonight. Tom Siever working with a two-run lead.
As limited the Phillies as Joe pointed out to two hits, a single and a first by Rose,
and the ball that Maddox hit in the last inning that appeared to be misplayed by Concepcion,
maybe misjudging the ball, allowing it to get over his head.
Siever into the plate, and Boone takes it down on away ball one.
Tommy Hume, Joe Price, a right-hander and a left-hander getting ready.
Swung on on a ground ball to third. Ray Knight has a chest tie
and brings it on to Danny Dreesen, one out.
Greg Gross, a left-handed batter, will pinch hit for Steve Carlton.
Carlton again has the type of ball game that he has had so many times in the past against the Reds,
pitching well enough on most other nights to come up with a victory,
but giving up six hits and two runs in seven innings, struck out five and walked four,
and he'll turn it over to Ron Reed now with a pinch hitter Gross coming on here with one out.
Greg batting 269, no home runs, five RBI, 22 times up as a pinch hitter.
He's delivered four base hits.
Siever delivers and the pitch is high, ball one.
We've got a final in from the American League.
In the first of the twin bill in Arlington, Texas, Milwaukee defeats the Rangers three to one.
Call strike.
So the Brewers continue to play good baseball here in the season's second half.
The Brewers are leading the American League East and now with a record of seven wins and three losses,
Detroit has to win tonight in order to stay a half a game back.
Hoss got the win.
Matlock took the loss and fingers, finished to get his 16th save.
Fouled off third and out of play.
After three, the Yanks lead the White Sox one-nothing.
Three and a half innings have gone by in Detroit, no score between the Tigers and the Twins.
Kansas City one-nothing over Toronto after one.
There are all the scores of all the games going on right now in the American League.
One ball and two strikes on pinch hitter Gross and another foul out of here.
In the bottom of the fifth at Pittsburgh, Giants four, Pirates one.
San Francisco broke a 1-1 tie by scoring three times in the fourth inning off Teon.
And it's still two-nothing Mets over the Braves after four and a half in Atlanta.
San Diego nothing, Cardinals nothing after one and a half.
Gross with a high fly ball into straightaway center field, shallow, and Mejias has it two-gone.
Pete Rose is one for three, a single, a ground-out and a strike-out.
Finally in the National League, the Astros have an early two-nothing lead over Montreal.
That's in the third inning.
Seaver has retired the Phillies in order four times, innings two, three, four, and five,
and trying to do it here in the eighth, leading two to nothing.
Rose watches a pitch sale outside.
Check swing. He didn't go far enough, all two.
Pete is second in the league in batting with that 325 batting average.
That's where it was at game time and that's where it is right now.
Andre Dawson of Montreal had a one-point advantage over Rose.
High ball three.
Seaver needs a strike and he gets it.
Tom has already gone farther than any of the Red Starters so far here in the second half.
And that's ball four inside so Rose flips the bat away and Pete becomes Seaver's second walk of the night.
The bat will be Trio.
Previous to this distance by Seaver tonight, the longest that a Red Starter has gone was Sunday afternoon when Soto went six and a third.
Seaver has now pitched seven in two-thirds innings.
Trio has flied to center, struck out, and grounded out to Oster.
Pitch inside, ball one.
Checking the pitch. Swung on line, drive over second into right center field.
And that falls for a hit. Rose takes a short turn at second base and he'll hole right there.
So a two-odd walk to Rose and a base hit by Manny Trio.
And the Phillies just like that have the tying runs aboard for left fielder Gary Matthews.
And here comes manager John McNamara and that may well be it for Tom Seaver.
Marty, I'm sure what Mack will ask, there's no question about it.
He's going to find out how Tom feels and Tom's always honest with the skipper
that will tell him exactly how he feels.
If he feels that he's tired and he thinks there should be a change, we'll see a change.
But I'm quite sure that Mack did not go out there with the intention of taking Tom Seaver out of the ball game.
Well, the meeting continues on the mound. Mack out there, arms crossed.
And right now I'd say he's going to leave him in there.
And that's exactly what he's going to do.
Just as Lee Weier gets to the mound, Mack turns and drops on back to the dugout
and Seaver will stay on to pitch to Gary Matthews.
Matthews hit the ball very well back in the fourth inning.
He sent Collins about a step or two onto the warning track and right center.
In fact, all three times up tonight he's hit fly ball to the outfield, twice to Mejias and the other to Collins.
Rose second, Trio first, two out.
Matthews right out over top of the plate and he takes it low for a ball.
Checking the lead runner, the pitch, swing and a foul at the plate.
Even though Mack let him in, I would think Seaver has this batter right here.
And that's a good shot by Schmidt on deck.
And the 1-1 coming to Matthews and that bounces up there, gets away from O'Berry and both runners advance.
Rose to third, Trio to second. Seaver throws a very inopportune wild pitch.
So rather than the Phillies needing a possible extra base hit to tie it up,
now with a wild pitch a single could deadlock the score.
And Gary Matthews.
Time will now work from the line up.
And here it comes, Matthews takes high, ball three.
Down turns around, takes a look at the scoreboard.
Now directions attention is back to the plate.
O'Berry hangs his side.
That's ball four, the bases are loaded.
Now Seaver has walked a batter, has given up a base hit, has thrown a wild pitch,
and has now walked another one and faces Mike Schmidt.
Schmidt is struck out, fly to deep left, and in the last inning Seaver hit him with a pitch.
Tom Seaver here in the eighth, faced with adversity leading by two runs,
but the Phillies after the first two batters, Boone on the ground out to third,
Gross on the fly to center, they have loaded them up.
Outfield deep, Seaver rocks, kicks, and fires, and Schmidt takes the ball.
Tom almost in total control until this inning,
although the Phillies left runners at first and third in the seventh.
Back with a 1-0 pitch, and Schmidt swings and slaps this one into the Philadelphia dugout.
One ball, one strike.
Rose, Trio, and Matthews are the Philadelphia base runners at third, second, and first,
as Human Price continue to throw in the Red Bull pen.
Cincinnati will be hitting off of Ron Reed in the bottom of the eighth.
Schmidt pounds ahead of the bat on the plate now, waiting with a cock to 1-1 to him,
and this one fouled back and just off to our left, bangs the auxiliary scoreboard and bounces back downstairs.
One ball, two strikes.
Schmidt waving it around, runners leading at every base with two outs, Seaver, Deal,
Schmidt swings, and this one's back upstairs.
And a man who hit the home run that wrapped things up for the National League in the All-Star game.
Trying to deliver right here just a nice, polite single to get his ball club even.
They count holding at a ball, two strikes.
Seaver with a motion. He kicks and fires.
Schmidt breaks his bat and bounces to the mound.
On to Greason. We're out of the inning.
Tom bounces back as he got in on Schmidt, and he hits a nice bouncer right back to the mound.
No run. One hit. Three left.
After seven and a half, the Reds 2 and the Phillies nothing.
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Now we've got a new pitcher on the mound, right-hander Ron Reed.
You're right. Joe will take a look at his numbers.
So it's the other side, doesn't he, huh?
Yeah.
I didn't notice that.
Joe do.
Okay. So, Ron Reed.
Well, Ron is making his 20th appearance of the year, Marty, and he's won two of our son
with a fine 291 earned run average in 34 innings he's allowed, but 26 hits has locked in and has struck out 20,
and he'll be facing George Foster leading it off here in the eighth for the Reds.
Got another change also.
Greg Gross, who pinch hit in the top of the inning, stays in the game to play Latvia.
He, of course, bats in that ninth spot, and the newcomer Reed to the mound will be hitting in the number three position,
formerly held by Matthews.
Two-nothing Cincinnati, George Foster leading off the bottom of the eighth inning has been on three straight times tonight,
two walks and a single.
He's been on seven straight times over the last two games, and Reed misses with the first pitch of ball.
Sunday Foster single, walk, double, and single again.
Tonight he has walked, walked, and single, and scored a run.
Strike to him on the outside, one and one.
That one bounces up there, two balls and a strike. Attendance tonight, 25,363.
25,363.
Reed pitches and Foster swings and grounds it into center field. He's got another hit.
That is eight times in a row he's been on base.
Base hit number seven for Cincinnati. It brings up Danny Drees and Danny without an official adbat,
has walked, sacrificed, and walked again.
Ron Reed, greeted by a ground single to center. Dreeson looks at a strike.
Reds put three of their seven hits together in the sixth inning along with a base on balls
and a sacrifice fly to get two runs in.
One ball and a strike on Danny.
Dreeson levels it back, pitching Reed, taking Dreeson, low on inside, two balls and one strike.
Over the years, the Reds have had more than their share of success against Ron Reed.
Foster going, pitcher swung out and foul. Bob Boone came out of the crowd to throw,
but the ball, Dreeson just got a piece of the ball and bounded away from Boone.
Think about one single effort the Reds had off this veteran right hander.
It was, of course, in the third and as things turned out, the final game of the 76 playoffs
when the Reds came to the ninth inning trailing by two runs.
That pitch is high and it's a full count.
Reds had back-to-back home runs off Reed, Foster and Bench and later, of course, scored the winning run
off of left-hander Tom Underwood. Foster going, and Dreeson bounces this one past third and a foul ball.
Boy, it was close. That ball took a big bounce by Schmidt,
and it looked very, very close to being a fair ball.
And Russ Nixon now questioning Ed Montague's foul call.
You can't get much closer than that, I'll tell you.
Russ going up the line behind third base to say something to Montague
because I guarantee Russ thought that ball got some white.
Nixon not smiling as he walks back to the third base coaching box.
Holding full on Danny Dreeson.
Foster going, swinging another foul by Dan.
Reed with a pause and a pitch. Foster takes off.
Ground ball slapped to the left side. Boa has it.
He'll make his play to first as Foster goes to second.
He was running on a pitch, and Dreeson grounds out short to first.
That brings up Ray Knight, and right now he has a game-winning RBI
with that bases-loaded single in the sixth inning to knock in a run.
He's gone out, a runner at second.
That would not be opposed to getting another run in before the Phillies bat in the ninth.
And Knight drives one into right field, base hit.
McBride charges, and he'll have to hold Foster at third.
Ray hit that ball so hard that George did not have any chance at all
of scoring from second base.
So Ray Knight has his second hit of the night,
and the runners are threatening here in the eighth inning off Ron Reed.
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Sparky Lyle has started to throw in the Philadelphia bullpen,
with the Reds showing runners at first and third, and only one down,
Sam Mejias at the plate, and Sam picked up the other run bat in
in the sixth inning with that sacrifice fly to Gary Maddox.
Here comes the pitch to Mejias, and it's 4-1 upstairs.
In field, a double play depth, Foster third, Knight first.
Mejias takes ball two.
Mets have gotten another run to now lead Atlanta 3-0 after five and a half innings of play,
but Houston is shutting out Montreal 2-0 after three.
Inside, ball three.
The things should stay as they are right now in the National League West.
If Atlanta loses, but Houston wins, the Reds will gain a half a game
because Houston would then replace Atlanta as a first-place team in the Western Division.
The Reds would move within a game and a half.
Strike his call off the 3-0.
Ideally, it would be nice to see Atlanta get beat and Houston also lose.
That way the Reds would move to within one of first place.
Things are pretty much bunched up here in the early going of the season's second half.
3-1 pitch, foul back.
Foster let off the inning with a single and he moved to second on a ground out by Dreeson
and advances to third on a hard hit line drive base hit to right field by Ray Knight.
Knight going.
Pitch is swung on.
Fly ball, center field.
Waiting on it, Maddox.
He makes the catch.
Foster tags.
We'll try to score.
Here comes the throw.
Foster's in there.
He's right between the legs of Bob Boone who was straddling the plate.
Another sacrifice fly for Sam that he has a 3-0 and brother what a job he's done filling in for Ken Griffey.
Knight stays at first as the Reds add another run to their lead.
That's the seventh RBI of the year for Samming.
Here's Michael Berry.
Grounded out three times tonight but of course facing Ron Reed for the first time.
Ball is high and inside.
We might tell you if you don't already know that baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn announced late this afternoon
that he has put off making a decision on the format changes until tomorrow.
There's a throw to first.
We understand that he met with presidents of both leagues, Lee McPhail and Chubb Feeney,
and apparently will be making a decision on how the format changes will be.
Here's a fly ball hit back into left center field but Greg Gross is waiting on it and makes the catch.
So the eighth inning turns into a scoring inning for Cincinnati.
One run, two hits, one left, and to the ninth inning with a score.
Reds 3, Phillies nothing.
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Tom Saber three outs away from his eighth victory of the 1981 season and also three outs away from his 55th career shutout.
54 is tops among active pitchers in tenth all time. Tom has one shutout earlier this season.
That was against the Astros on the 8th of May here at Riverfront when he limited them to six base hits and a 4-0 Cincinnati victory.
And was part of another shutout on the 19th of May, a game that the Reds won in Wrigley field five to nothing.
Saber pitched five innings in that game giving up two base hits.
But had to leave with a tight left thigh muscle and Paul Moscoe came on to finish it off.
Joe Price and Tommy Hume back to the bullpen as Blake McBride opens up the Philadelphia night.
Saber delivers and McBride bounces slowly right side wide. A first reason has it, underhands to Saber.
Tom got there and McBride might have stepped on his foot.
A close play and out says Harry Wendelstad, but McBride might have stepped on Saber's foot.
Tom pulled it away quickly, but apparently he's all right.
Well apparently they ruled safe on that play. I thought he was out. It looked like the man ruled out.
Wendelstad, it looked like he gave the outside and it looks like Saber got there and McBride is still standing at first base.
Harry Wendelstad, folks, I'll tell you what, he missed one badly there.
Tom got the back side of the bag, the outfield side of the bag, and Winfield, Wendelstad calls safe and McBride and the Phillies get a gift.
Gary Maddox is swinging a foul off the end of the bat.
That'll be the fourth Philadelphia hit.
Maddox is one for three. He pops it up without a play, dropping well back of the Cincinnati dugout.
He had that broken bat line drive in the seventh inning that Concepcion came in on and all of a sudden Davie realized the error of his ways,
but by that time the ball had enough on it to clear him for a base hit.
Strike two pitch, high for a ball.
So really two of the four Philadelphia hits have been somewhat tainted.
The hit by Maddox and this one right here by McBride, the others belonging to Rose, a single, and Manny Treo a base hit.
Reds leading three to nothing in the top of the ninth.
Maddox pulls it foul and that'll make the Philadelphia dugout count holes at a ball in two strikes.
Here's a long pause in the pitch.
A ground ball left side. Concepcion gets to it, goes to second. They all settle for the fourth play on Beg McBride.
Davie moving off to his right.
And quick throwing to Ronnie Oster. McBride forced his second one gone. Here's Larry Boa.
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Down Boa.
Popped a short, lined a short. Davie took one away from him in the fifth inning and it's flying to left.
Bluffs the bunt, takes the ball.
One oak to the plate and another bluff bunt attempt by Boa. Two balls in those strikes.
The Reds win and Sieber would go 8-2. Carlton would go 9-3.
Carlton will lose his second straight start since baseball resumed a week ago last night.
Tom needs a strike here against Larry Boa and cannot get it.
Inside with a fastball, 3-0.
That's a strike on the inside edge. Bob Boone is on deck.
We look down into the Philadelphia dugout and see Keith Morland with a bat in hand. We could possibly see a pinch hitter before the pitcher-reads turn comes up.
That is ball four, so Boa draws a walk. The fourth given up by Sieber. Maddox moves on to second base.
And Bob Boone is going to be taken down. And let's see if it's going to be Dell Unter. It will be. Unter coming to the plate and here comes Mack.
He went out there in the eighth inning and after conversing with Sieber, he elected to leave him in.
That was before Matthews batted. He drew a walk, but then with the bases loaded and two down, Sieber got Schmidt to bounce in to the mound and end the inning.
And now the Reds are going to make the pitching change. That's it for Tom. Boa with a fine job he did tonight.
And now we'll turn it over to right-hander Tommy Hume. The Phillies with two highs, one out.
And a 3-0 Reds lead here in the ninth inning as Hume comes on, hopefully to the rescue. We'll see how it turns out after this.
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Tommy Hume onto the mound for the Cincinnati Reds. And for Hume, this will be the 30th time he's been on in relief this season.
A record of five wins and two losses. Another run average of 3.23 and seven saves. Since the beginning of the second season, Hume has been called on four times.
He, in five and a third innings, has allowed only one base hit and no runs in those four appearances. Has saved two games and won one.
So despite the fact that the Phillies have a left-handed batter up there, Del Unser batting for Bob Boone. John McNamara brings on the right-hander Hume, who's been on a personal tear, pitching so effectively.
The Phillies have two men on base and Unser batting 2.19 waiting. Hume delivers and Unser fouls it away.
Del has done a fine job for the Phillies in this particular type of roll right here. This season, four hits and 14 pinch hit appearances with four RBIs.
No home runs, six RBIs. Maddox at second. Boa at first. The one-strike pitch to Unser swung on and hit in the air. Shallow right field, Collins with plenty of time.
He has it to God.
Oh, with two out, the batter will be Greg Gross. He'll be up for the second time in as many innings.
Came on in the eighth inning to pinch hit for Carlton and fly it out.
Phillies are down to their final out. Hume trying to nail it down for Tom Siever. Kicks and throws and Unser takes the strike.
Make that Greg Gross strike one call.
So Doug Baer is taking up now where Hume left off in the bullpen. Ground ball up the middle. That's going to be a base hit.
Here comes Maddox around third and Philadelphia is on the board on that two out single to center by Greg Gross.
It's now a three to one game.
Gross hit one on the ground hard, dead up the middle to center field.
Scoring Gary Maddox and moving Boa onto second base and that'll bring up Pete Gross.
Gross is going to be taken down and Lonnie Smith will go in to run at first base.
Mr. Gross does his job as he keeps the Phillies alive. They finally dent the plate.
Rose one for three with a walk. Pitch taken high and away, ball one.
Phillies two runs shy. Hume checks the runners, pitches. Rose takes high, two balls and no strikes.
The end that the Phillies just scored of course is Sebers and so too would be the runner at second Boa.
But Hume hoping to end it here. He needs a strike and gets it.
After getting behind two and oh he pours one over Beltie and Rose with a count of two balls and a strike.
Stretching the pitch. Swung on, fly ball left field. That should do it. Foster comes on and this one belongs to the Reds.
Here in the ninth inning the Phillies get a run on two bases but they lead to,
as the Reds come up with a victory in the first of this two game series by a final score of three to one.
We'll be back in just a moment.