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The Boston Red Sox headed the White Sox Park to face Chicago for a Sunday double header on August 20th, 1972.
Boston was managed by Eddie Casco and they were an average team in 1972, hovering around 500 for most of the season.
But in mid-August they were still in the playoff hunt in the AL East.
The Tigers, Orioles, Yankees and Red Sox were all within four games of one another.
The White Sox were led by third year manager Chuck Tanner and they were in a battle of their own with the Oakland A's.
They entered this game with a 66 and 47 record tied on top of the AL West.
This audio recording is from game one of the double header featuring announcers Dave O'Brien and Ned Martin.
...for all these drills and action excitement today. Should be a lot of them. And here is Ned Martin. Alright Dave, thank you and good afternoon everybody again from Chicago.
And the final days for the Red Sox in this city this year, at least in the regular season, Wilbur Wood, Delmont Mads going against the Red Sox.
He's one and one with Boston this year. Tommy Harper up who he has shown signs of getting out of the batting slump he was in.
He led yesterday's game with a home run. He's hitting 270 and the knuckleball is inside ball one.
Harper has 12 homers, two on this trip and 40 runs batted in. He's led off two games with home runs on this road trip.
He checks his swing on a high knuckleball and it's a ball.
Two balls no strike. Harper, Harper-Rishio and Cater will be up.
Danny Cater in the number three spot in this first game. Galea Sremski sitting this one out he'll be in the second game.
The pitch by Wood. Ground ball the third, picked up by Speezy-O near the bag.
Throws the cross in time and Harper is out. One away.
Louis Apparicio hitting 272 at the plate. 25 runs batted in.
Wilbur Wood has beaten the Red Sox just once in this ballpark.
He's lost to them three times here and in Fenway he is three and three against the Red Sox.
Last time he beat them here was in 1968. Pitching to Apparicio, strike ball inside corner.
Woody kicks and throws inside. The cap.
One and one. The pitch. Foul at the plate. One and two. Eddie Papowski. The acting manager today. Also today is his birthday.
And another birthday. We'll mention in just a moment. Here is the pitch and it's in the dirt. One ball, two strikes.
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Here's a swinging strike dropped by the catcher Herman. Apparicio goes to first but the throw beats him and that's two away.
Apparicio strikes out. The play goes two to three with Herman throwing over to first baseman Richie Allen.
Two down and Danny Cader up hitting 240. Eight homers, 39 runs batted in.
The wind up by Wood and the pitch to the plate is inside. Ball one.
The pitch.
The tackle ball kicks and throws and it's beaten into the dirt. One ball, one strike.
Wood looks in for the side. Now he throws and hit on the ground on one hop to short.
Fixed up by Louis Alvarado. Throws the first in time. An easy one, two, three in him for Wilbur Wood.
Red Sox out in order and after happening is Red Sox nothing. The White Sox coming up.
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As some other scores here, Cleveland has jumped on Oakland 3-0 after two and a half innings at Cleveland in their single game.
Ken Holtzman against Dick Kedrow. Cleveland out in front 3-0. California will have Clyde Wright going this afternoon.
New York will have Bill Slayback at Detroit. The Watties at Kansas City. Jim Colburn for the Brewers. Bruce Dahlcanton for the Royals.
Minnesota plays later on a 5-30 game at Baltimore. And the New York Yankees are at Texas later on in the evening.
In the National League of Latter at Montreal, Shuler against Stoneman. Cincinnati failed a score on the top of the first at Shea Stadium.
Houston and Ken Reynolds trying for his first win of the year for Philadelphia. Pittsburgh plays a double header at San Diego.
The Cardinals are a single game at San Francisco and Chicago at Los Angeles. We're in the bottom of the first inning here at Chicago.
Scoreless game. Pat Kelly up against Lynn McLaughlin. The right-hander throws high to Kelly Ball one. Pat is hitting 2-72.
Two home runs, 15 runs batted in. McLaughlin getting his first start against the White Rock.
Throws and misses high. Small two. Kelly left-handed batter and very fast.
Two balls, no strikes. McLaughlin slows himself down. Now he throws strikes called on the inside corner.
Jay John sewn on deck with Dick Allen to follow.
Now McLaughlin winds and throws. Dan is up all inside on a check swing. Three and one. Fastball just missed.
Three balls, one strike. The pitch. Ball four he walks in.
The draw is in charge by walking the first man. Kelly at first base John Stone in the batter. Jay John Stone playing center field in this game.
He's the left-handed batter. John Stone hitting 181. Three home runs, 15 runs batted in.
Kelly has 20 stolen bases this year. He edges off first base. Has about a five-step lead.
And McLaughlin breaking pitches low. Ball one. He wants another baseball from late umpire George Maloney.
Here's the set. The pitch. Strike called at the knees. Throw to first base by fifth and Kelly gets back.
That's kind of an afterthought for Carl Smith. He fired down there. One ball, one strike.
McLaughlin throws and it's in the dirt. Ball two. Ninth stop by fifth. Two balls, one strike.
McLaughlin gets set. Throws. Ground ball into right field. They fit. Just as catered. Throw over to second base by fifth. Kelly goes to third.
A white shot. And runners at first and third.
Well, they're starting out against McLaughlin like they did against Siebert on Friday night.
A walk and then one of those artificial curved singles. All just keeps going faster after it hits the first time.
Cater just was unable to get it. He went over and tried to backhand it. It went by him so fast.
On a normal serve, it probably would have been handled by Cater. Here is Dick Allen.
And he takes the pitch way outside ball one. Allen hitting 3-13. 29 home runs. 85 runs.
So the right strikes have something going right off. The pitch. Strike calls. One ball, one strike.
Threadstrikes infield playing at double play depth with Allen up there and in the first inning.
McLaughlin gets ready and throws. Strike two called. Outside corner. Slider. One ball, two strikes to Allen.
Allen is third in the American League in batting behind Joe Rudy of Oakland and Richie Shinebloom of Kansas City.
Here's the pitch. Ball outside. So it's two and two to Richie Allen. White strikes with a thread here.
Red strikes, corner play gets to that double play. They'd rather get two outs here and allow one run to score.
Then get a big inning and get behind Wood too many runs. So he's tough.
Pitch. Wing and a foul tip out of a glove of pitch. The count is two and two.
Two balls, two strikes.
McLaughlin ready. He throws. Strike three swinging. He got him with a fast ball.
Well, Louis T. Hunt got him on a fast ball out yesterday. So there's one big out there as Richie Allen strikes out.
One down and Carlos May comes up. The left fielder, a left-handed batter.
He's inning 298 with 10 homers and 56 runs batted in. He was the one who spoiled T. Hunt's no-hit bid in the seventh yesterday.
Hit a knuckleball down into left field.
McLaughlin looks him over. Pitches, ball high.
One ball, no strikes.
They swing the bat back and forth and here's the pitch.
Foul ball ripped in and out of a Chicago dugout. He had everybody ducking and waving towels. Waving the peace sign out.
The truth sign to May. He went for an outside pitch and gunned that up a Chicago dugout.
One ball, one strike.
There's McLaughlin setting and throwing. Ball outside and the cut is two and one.
Two balls, one strike. One out, two on.
And the pitch. Strike queen, he went for a breaking pitch. It's now two and two.
The infield shortened up the double play depth more so than they were on Richie Allen.
With Allen's tremendous power, they were playing back a step or two farther than they do with Carlos May.
Figuring with that fast infield, anything that Richie Allen might hit on the ground could get by them had they been shortened up.
Here's the pitch. It's outside. Ball three, three and two.
Roll count now to May with Mike Andrews on deck.
McLaughlin reads the sign. Here's the pitch. Runner going. A chopper to the mound.
McLaughlin has a runner caught between third and home. They've got Pat Kelly trapped.
He throws to Petra Selly. They put Pat Kelly out. And there's a good play by Lynn McLaughlin.
A fielder's choice for May is he tapped one to the mound. The runner with first base jump still was breaking for seconds so he went unmolested.
But they caught Pat Kelly halfway between third and home. And he threw to Rico Petra Selly for the out.
McLaughlin did just right. He came in, he ran Kelly down and ran him back towards third.
And he threw to Petra Selly. Rico slapped the tag on him.
So Kelly is out. And now there are two down and runners are at first and second.
Mike Andrews up, hitting 220. Six home runs, 32 runs spattered in. Right-handed hitter.
John Stone at second base, May at first. Here it is. And it's inside for a ball.
Runners at first and third on a ground ball usually the runner at third will break and try to break up any double play attempt.
But this time the ball did not get past the pitcher. Usually he has to wait and see if the ball goes by the mound then he breaks.
But he broke very soon that time and was caught. Of course that did have hurt a double play. But it also knocked off a runner.
Sometimes a runner as fast as Kelly would have a chance to zigzag back and forth on the line and try to allow the other runner, John Stone,
to get over to third base before being tagged out. But the glove inflated so well that Kelly couldn't dance much.
One and 0 to Mike Andrews. Here comes strike swinging. Foul tip out of the glove.
One ball, one strike.
One and one. Two out, two on.
The set and the pitch. A little pop-up in the infield. Petracelli coming in, flips the glasses down, has it right next to the mound and McLaughlin gets out of a jam.
Pitches his way beautifully out of a mess and the strike thoughts have no run. One hit and two left. After one inning, no score.
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In the second inning, Reggie Smith will be first up for the Red Sox. She'll be followed by Rico Petruselli and then Carlson Smith.
And we'll have a station break along the way. This is Red Sox Baseball.
You're listening to WTIC in Hartford, Connecticut where starting tomorrow, you'll hear live reports throughout the day and evening from the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach.
Reggie Smith walking to the plate against Wilbur Wood in the second inning of a scoreless game.
Wood took down the Red Sox easily in the first inning in order.
But Rodman had the first two men get on against him and got out of trouble, did not score against him.
Woody fishing to Smith and Reggie takes it low ball one.
Smith is hitting 275. 15 home runs, 52 runs batted in.
Batting right against Wilbur Wood.
Reggie hits one up in the air foul out of play along the first baseline.
One ball, one strike. Smith is hitting 429 on this road trip.
9th and 21 trips to the plate. Four home runs and 10 RBI's. All of that production in Texas.
And he tries to punch the knuckleball and misses it entirely, like two.
Reggie was shortening up hoping to drop one down that third baseline with Fizio playing very deep.
But he didn't make connection with the dancing dazzling knuckleball of Wilbur Wood.
Pitch, strike three, swinging.
And it is thrown to first base as Reggie started up the line carrying the bat.
The ball was dropped by Herman and he had to throw to first base.
So twice the knuckleball has struck out a Red Sox batter already.
Twice Herman has dropped it and had to throw to first.
Rico Petracelli is up.
Rico hitting 254. Looks at a strike.
Twelve homers and 56 runs batted in for Petracelli.
Backs away and it's inside ball one. One ball, one strike.
Here's a line drive. May hit the left field.
Petracelli is singling sharply to left.
Ball picked up by Carlos May and throws into Alvarado.
There's the first Red Sox hit.
Rico just meeting the ball nicely and lining it out there.
The wind this afternoon is blowing in toward home plate.
Normally a knuckleball is more effective when it is thrown against the wind.
We'll see how wood he does. Of course when it's good, when it's going good anyway,
why it doesn't make much difference.
But usually it's more effective against the wind than with it.
Today is so far it is with the wind.
Carlson's fist is up, batting 298. 18 homeruns, 44 runs batted in.
Wood looks in for the sign.
He's in for the finishes and it's inside ball one.
Overwood lost one game this year.
One nothing on a homerun to Harmon Killabrew.
He's lost a bunch of and one low scoring games.
Big swing and a miss.
Ball gets behind to Herman.
Down to second goes Petracelli with a try that he doesn't need.
He's going to get the ball thrown.
The pass ball charged to Ed Herman.
Herman deserves a little medal of honor anyway for having to catch the knuckleballer of Wilbur Wood.
And now he's got three knuckleballers on his staff to handle.
Acosta and Eddie Fisher.
Fisher will work the second game.
He's won the right center field up in the air.
It's going to drop in there.
Way out she goes.
Takes one hop into the old bullpen.
A ground rule double.
And Petracelli scores the first run.
One nothing red stock on fifth.
Double to right center field.
He got good wood on that.
It takes a big hop on the warning pass out there and bounced over that short fence which used to be guarding the bullpen area.
So it's a ground rule double and a run batted in for fifth is 45th of the season.
And the red stocks have a one nothing lead.
Petracelli's scoring from second after going to second base on the pass ball.
He's allowed two bases on the double.
So it's one nothing red stock.
The batter is Andy Costco who's hitting 238 on the year.
Six homers and 13 RBI's.
This is his second time at bat in a red stock uniform.
Takes a pitch inside and that's all is blocked by Herman.
Woody having a little bit of difficulty with that pitch is dipping low.
Costco got in as a pinch hitter in Texas and hit the first pitch to fly ball to right field.
So he's over one as a member of the red stock.
The pitch to him.
Inside ball two.
Two and nothing.
Fisk is second base one out one run in.
Wood looks back to second base and throws.
Powerball back.
Two balls one strike.
Cleveland leads Oakland three nothing in the fourth inning at Cleveland.
Wood ready for the sign.
Throw inside again to Costco.
It's three and one to Andy.
Three balls one strike two out one out rather.
The pitch on deck hitter is Bill Gagliano.
Full count three and two.
Play Andy the steps to left and deep.
Here it is.
Strike three is swinging.
He's out of there.
Andy Costco strikes out.
Three and one would came in with two good knuckleballs and had Andy twinging at both of them.
That is Wood's third strikeout.
Bill Gagliano coming up batting 270.
No homers eight runs batted in.
Prime pinch hitter in the red stock.
One strike calls.
Philadelphia one Houston nothing after five.
Greg Luthinski homer for the field.
There's a pitch low to Gagliano one ball one strike.
The walkie-fail to score on the top of the first at Kansas City.
Atlanta and Montreal underway no score after one Cincinnati nothing New York nothing in the third.
Here's the pitch.
A chopper towards third maybe double but picked up there by Spezio he throws Gagliano out.
Gagliano downing out third to first and that's all for the red stock.
An unerred run comes in because a pass ball got set for celly to second from whence he scored on a double.
A ground roll double one run on two hits.
No errors there was a pass ball and one man left after an inning and a half one nothing bombs him.
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Lynn McLaughlin will face Ed Feasio, Ed Herman and Louis Alvarado in the Chicago second inning.
Red stock leading one nothing.
The first two men got on in the first inning. Kelly with a walk and then he went the third on a single by John Stone but McLaughlin did not let them score.
There's a strike call to the right-handed hitting Feasio whose average is 267.
Two homers, 12 RBI.
Here's the pitch and there's a fling in a miss.
Nothing in two.
No balls, two strikes, two Feasio.
Wind up in delivery, foul ball out of play down along the first baseline toward the upper deck.
Nothing in two.
Pitch, high ball one.
One ball, two strikes.
Now the pitch.
Ed gets away from everybody over fifth, low, ball two.
Two in two.
Red stock will go from here to Kansas City.
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There's a ground ball.
That's rather a line drive taken by Caterin first. Nice play by Danny.
Started out to be, it was if it was going to hit the ground but it did never did.
Danny Cater made a dive for it from deep at first base and stabbed it before it hit the ground.
Feasio lining to Caterin on a good play.
Ed Herman up, the catcher. Left-handed batter.
Fifth talking to McLaughlin at the mound.
Red stocks ahead in this game, one nothing.
This is the bottom of the second inning.
Game one of a double head of this afternoon at the Michigan Park, Chicago.
Very missy at the foggy hour on Chicago.
Smoggy day.
The pitch is down low to Herman, ball one.
You hardly see some of the big buildings on the skyline from here downtown.
Those are a miss.
The pitch is low, ball two.
Two and nothing to Herman.
McLaughlin throws swinging strikes, went for a fast ball. Two balls, one strike.
The sun never has been fully out today.
It's been trying to break through but there's a light overcast.
Pitch. Ground foul, rip, pass, first base.
Two balls, two strikes.
There is the pitch. Foul.
Two balls, two strikes.
McLaughlin kicks and delivers high ball three, three and two.
The outfield is pulled well around the right on Herman, who has some power on the left side.
Right side of the infield is deep.
The pitch. Ground ball to Cader, backhand is knocked it down, picks it up,
underhanded to McLaughlin for the out.
So Daddy Cader throws to McLaughlin, three to one. The play goes on Herman.
There are two down and a second inning.
Here's Louis Alvarado, shortstop for the White Sox.
Adding 237, two homers and 23 runs batted in.
Alvarado, a right handed batter, formerly with the Red Sox.
The ball wind up by McLaughlin, the pitch is inside to M-Ball one.
One ball, no strikes. Here it is.
High ball two, two and nothing.
Two outs, nobody on base.
Here's Alvarado, the number eight hitter. Here it is.
Bowel tips this one, strike one, two and one.
Wilbur Wood is on deck.
McLaughlin's arm around the pitch is rammed sharply, has shortstop in the left field, base it.
For Louis Alvarado, the second White Sox hit, bringing to the plate Wilbur Wood.
Woodie is batting 156.
He has been to that 90 times this year officially, with 14 hits.
He's batted in four runs, the right handed hitter.
Alvarado at first, the look over there and the pitch to Wood is a strike call, fast ball.
Now the set, here it is.
Curved strike call, a slider really. One ball, or no ball, two strikes.
The pause by McLaughlin, the look down the pitch.
Strike three, call, slider on the outside corner, no contest there.
Wilbur Wood is out on strikes, and that's number two for McLaughlin.
In the second inning, no runs, one hit and one left.
After two innings of play, the Red Sox won, the White Sox nothing.
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Into the third inning in this first game we go, with the Red Sox holding a one to nothing lead.
On a single by Petra Felly, a pass ball by Catcher Herman, and a ground rule double by Carlton Fett.
The Red Sox up in the third with Lynn McLaughlin coming to the plate. Dave Martin to the right.
Thank you Ned. McLaughlin left hand hitter leads off in a pretty good hitting pitcher.
Once made eight hits in 33 times up, that's a 242 average left hand hitter.
Buffy against Buffy here is Wood.
Pitches in the first pitch he strokes a foul ball off to the left, and it kind of strikes one out of play.
Oh, a fan in the first row of the box, he flamed over for the ball, and what's your expression on that, Ned?
You get an expression for that.
When you summer saw the almost, you go out of the field.
There's a pitch and there's a swing and a foul.
Something over something you say.
Oh yeah. Tailgate over 10 times.
I never heard that.
That fan just about did that.
Right next to the White Sox dug up.
Counter strike two now, he fouled off the next pitch.
Here's the line up in the next pitch.
There's a swing and he hits a bouncing ball to third.
Up to the ball is Fizio.
Go to first and he's out.
Flapping an easy out.
Fizio to Allen.
There's one gone and it brings up Tommy Harper.
The fan was leaning over the railing for the foul ball and there's a thing to stay on the, on his side of the railing.
He almost involuntarily wound up, squirreled out on the field.
But he got the foul ball.
Here's Tommy Harper and the pitch a spike call to the inside corner of Spike One.
Spike One on Harper, he's down to the third the first time up.
Here's the ball inside, he turns away from it.
Down with one and one.
Wilbur Wood on the mound won 22 games last year, 21 so far this year as a chance at 30.
Here's the one-one pitch to Hyper.
Ball is up high, ball to Spike One on Harper.
Reds track speak wood on the 6th of June.
Tommy Bieber on the Reds track speak, he's shooting out.
White and a miss.
Another knuckleball, that would look like it was on the outside corner.
Hyper went for the miss, ball to Spike Two.
He came back to beat the Reds track on June 17th, 5 to 4.
He had to release help from Terry Forster that day.
Here's a check swing and the ball hits his back to his foul, a foul step from the counter to his two.
This is Wood's 37th start of the year.
Wilbur Wood, you know, isn't doing what the early hails from Bellmont, Massachusetts,
originally signed with the Reds track.
He's going to pitch for it and finally to the White Sox.
Here's the fly ball deep to left, way back, Bay back, back, he's there, he's got it.
Tommy Hyper gave that ball a ride and he had to supply all the power.
Got a hold of a knuckleball, but Harlow's Bay backed up on the warning track.
Got two steps from the wall, perhaps.
Well back on the warning track and pulled it down, but that's two out of the wings of Louis Apparicio.
Tommy got a hold of one, might have been a fast ball, would have been out of here.
Apparicio struck out the first time out.
Here's the liner in the left field, that's going to be trouble bounces, and pass Bay all the way to the wall.
Apparicio pulls up a second with a double.
Bay finally throws it back in, got a good throw into third base, but he mails it,
get over there in time to cut it off.
The ball is in between Bay and the line, and bumps past Bay to the wall.
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First pitch to Cater, a swing and a miss, strike one.
Cater, grounded his shorts the first time up.
And on second base now with two outs for the Red Sox, and a half of the third, the score is one and up.
The Red Sox leads. Here's the pitch.
Inside for a ball.
So it's one and one on Cater. Cater sat out yesterday's game.
He was benched for... like a pitting recently, has been hitting a lot.
Second base for Andrew, keeping Apparicio.
Orade ran all the way over to second, now is back in his position as the pitcher comes in with a delivery.
Here's a looping fly ball, but the shortstop Alvarado backs up and grabs it for the low fly hit by Cater.
Bucks by Alvarado in short left. No runs in one hit, one man left.
The middle of the third, score is lost in one, the White Sox nothing.
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The Detroit Tigers scored two runs on the first inning in the elite California two-to-nothing after one.
Bill Slavak going for Detroit today and Bideskitter right for the Angel.
Yankees one last night, Baltimore also one last night.
Detroit and the Red Sox won yesterday afternoon.
The Tigers still lead Baltimore by a half game with Yankees two games out of the Red Sox three and a half games out.
First man up now for the White Sox.
And the last half of the third is the leadoff man, Pat Kelly.
Kelly Elluston-Hitter will walk the first time up.
Lynn McLaughlin lining up here's the first pitch, ball is high, ball on a fast ball.
Bidescox with Costco at left field today, Harper and Center and Smith and Wright.
There's the lineup and here comes the pitch to Kelly.
It's a curve strike call, the beauty over the heart of the plate. Thanks to one and one.
Kelly stands way up in the batter's backs and kind of leans over the plate.
I'm going to crouch, here's a ball of high, ball to Spike Walnut, good fast ball at the time.
A lot of mustard on it, but just out of the strike zone.
Center fielder, Harper a little bit in the left center for Kelly Elluston-Hitter.
Strike call, pass ball on the inside corner, good pitch by McLaughlin.
Two and two to count, Lynn made perhaps his weakest start in his last start.
And a consistently good starting pitcher.
Since his recall late in June, here's the two-two pitch, it's a ball of high, ball free strike two.
And Rothen has a finer run average of 2.62. This is the first time he's pitched against Chicago.
Ball free strike two on Kelly, nobody on or out in the last of the third, one that up in Redstrikes lead.
Here's the line up of the pitch, swing and a miss, strike three, Kelly goes down on strike.
All the way around and missed it, breaking ball. That's the third strikeout for Lynn McLaughlin.
That brings up the center fielder, Jay Johnstone.
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Now Walker tells me it's Averill, Averill.
H-A-V-E-R-H-I-L-L, here's the pitch, it's a strike call to Johnstone.
Strike on Johnstone, strike one, here's the line up of the next pitch, hit the ball high one and one.
Johnstone, single to right the first time up his second head of the series at a home run with two men on Friday night.
Much damn better.
Averill is a strike, it's called a breaking ball, it's over the high of the plate ball, one strike two.
Tommy Harper now is moved into right center for Johnstone.
Smith moved over a couple of steps toward the line and right field playing deep, playing Johnstone to pull the ball.
He has good power, here's the line up and the pitch, hits the ball at high and the count is small two, strike two.
Max have Petroselli a third, Apparecio a short, Gagliano playing second today, and Kater is first, the batterie McLaughlin in fifth.
Here's the line up and the pitch, playing ground ball to second, Gagliano has it, so the first, he's out.
Bill came up with the ball cleanly and through the batter up, see Johnstone, that brings up sick Allen.
Two out of nobody on for Chicago in the third, Redsack's leading, one to nothing.
Here's Allen, who's struck out on us, nobody on for Chicago in the third, Redsack's leading, one to nothing.
Here's Allen, who's struck out on a good Mark Fastball the first time up.
Allen is now two for eight in this series.
Started out with a two for three performance, Friday night, playing in a busy, long wait on a Fastball.
Both Tia yesterday and McLaughlin today have been jamming Allen with that Fastball, pitching him high and inside with plenty of heat.
They've been getting him out.
Down a strike one, here's the pitch to Allen, he's playing good, he misses.
Strike two, that was in the same spot, jamming him with a Fastball.
Strike two on Allen, Allen uses a big bat, he waves it around like a toothpick, he's very strong,
but it's one of the heaviest bats used by anybody in the major leagues, 40 ounces.
The pitch, ball is high, ball one strike two, a 40 ounce bat.
You know Allen had no swing training this year, took a lot of extra batting practice early in the season,
but now doesn't take batting practice at all, there's a swing and a foul fit behind the plate, ball one strike two.
Once he feels he's in the groove, so to speak, at the plate, Allen doesn't feel he has to take batting practice, his manager approves of that.
It doesn't take it, here's the one-two pitch, he's playing on his strike three, and twice now McLaughlin has struck out Dick Allen,
he did it with another Fastball on the inside corner, letter high.
Three up, three down, nothing across.
That's four strikeouts from McLaughlin and three innings, and at the end of three the Redsack's won Chicago nothing.
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Once he got in the groove he figured he didn't need it.
He might have to take a little after these last two days the way the Red Sox are pitching him,
they're smoking him and giving him good fastballs, good hard fastballs.
Inside he's been striking out. Here's the fourth inning down, here's the next.
Alright Dave, Reggie Smith first up against Wilbur Wood. The Red Sox have a 1-0 lead.
The pitch to Smithy is inside ball one.
Reggie, first time up, struck out.
Wood kicks to knuckleballs him and a ground ball to shortstop, comes up for Alvarado, throws to first base.
Smith is out short to first, 1-0 lead.
Rico Petroselli singled and scored in the second inning.
The Red Sox have had three hits off Wilbur Wood, including doubles by a fifth canaparicio.
Petroselli takes the strike.
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Ground ball towards the middle, into center field, base hit.
One hit that artificial turf and then just took off again, skipping his way out onto the real grass in better.
Petroselli is 2-for-2.
Four hits now off Woodie.
Carlton's fifth.
Cowled off in the on-deck circle, getting a cow on his wrists and hands to drive him.
And he drove in the only run of the game with a double to right center field in the second inning.
And he took one hop into the old bullpen area.
Petroselli is now 4-for-9 against Wilbur Wood this year.
Left-hander works to fifth.
And he's going high towards center field, not too deep.
Jay Johnstone is under it.
Petroselli playing in half-way.
Returns to first as Johnstone makes the catch.
Fifth fly into center, and there's two outs.
With Andy Coscoe coming to the break, Coscoe struck out his first time.
Oakland has scored a run, but it's still Cleveland three Oakland one after five and a half at Cleveland in a single game.
Leading California two-nothing after two innings.
Milwaukee and Kansas City no score after two.
Atlanta and Montreal no score after three.
Cincinnati and the Met no score after four and a half at New York.
Houston three Philadelphia one after seven.
Luzinsky is homeward for Philadelphia, and Sadangio is homeward for Houston.
Throw to first base, not in time.
Here's the pitch to Coscoe.
Ground ball hits foul past third.
Just foul of a bag.
One strike to Coscoe. Petroselli at first base two outs.
Red stocked one. White stocked nothing in this first game.
Wood delivers foul out of the glove of Herman.
Nothing in two. Coscoe is taking big full swings at the knuckler.
Wood gets the sign and throws.
Here's a line drive, base hit to left field for Coscoe.
Petroselli will hold up a second base.
Goes in towards third. Andy Coscoe gets his first hit as a member of the Red Sox.
And Boston has letters at first and second, two outs.
Phil Gagliano coming up.
Five hits now off Wood.
Gagliano has had one hit in five trips against Wilbur Wood this year.
Petroselli off second, Coscoe off first.
The pitch is inside ball one.
In the second game, John Curtis will pitch for the Red Sox.
And knuckleballer Eddie Fisher for Chicago.
Here's the pitch.
Fly ball to center field straight away. Back goes John Stone.
He's under it. He's got it. Fairly deep in center.
And that ends the inning.
Two put outs for John Stone in the fourth.
No runs, two hits, then two left for the Red Sox. They've stranded four.
After three and a half innings, the score is still the Red Sox one and Chicago nothing.
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Here we go into the bottom of the fourth inning.
The Red Sox holding a slim 1-0 lead over Chicago.
The White Sox against Lynn McLaughlin will have
Carlos May, Mike Andrews and Ed Feasio at the plate.
Carlos May had a field of choice his first time up.
Left-handed batter.
McGlosson has given up two hits. He has struck out four.
And he pitches a strike from the outside corner.
Lynn has walked one. That was the original.
And he's got a good one.
Lynn has walked one. That was the opening batter in the first inning. Pat Kelly.
Right arm around and the pitch a fast ball inside.
Ball one. One ball, one strike.
One-on-one, McLaughlin.
The pitch. Foul off out of play. One-on-two.
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May backs out a moment.
The pitch. Foul.
One-on-two to Carlos May.
Red Sox leading here, one to nothing.
May sends in against Lynn McLaughlin
to get his sign and goes to work.
A ground ball to shortstop, a couple of hops to Louis.
Those to first in time. Aperishio to Cater. May is out.
One away.
Here comes Mike Andrews.
Popped the third base in the first inning.
Mike digs in at home plate now.
Waiting for McLaughlin's first delivery. Here it comes.
Ball hide inside, one-on-0.
Andrews steps again at home plate.
McLaughlin fires and misses inside again, ball two.
Two-on-nothing.
White Sox hits have been by Alvarado and John Stone.
Those singles.
McLaughlin delivering two-on-0.
Ball three, a fast ball inside. He's worked Andrews' close all the way.
Three balls, no strike.
It's Beasio on deck.
3-0 pitch to Andrews.
Ball four, low. And on four pitches Andrews walks.
Second walk given up by McLaughlin.
White Sox have a runner with one out of the fourth.
It's Beasio the batter. He lines to Cater who made a good play on him in the second inning.
Ball.
And Beasio at the plate and
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Beasio right handed batter.
And the pitch, a pitch out, nobody going anywhere.
They thought they had something smoke that maybe Andrews would be moving or they'd possibly try to put on a hit and run.
But Andrews was holding.
Ball one.
The pitch. Fly ball to right field. Reggie Smith coming in.
He's there, he's got it. Two outs.
Andrews returns to first and the batter at the plate
will be Ed Herman the catcher. Left handed batter.
Herman grounded out to Cater in the second inning.
Red Sox ahead. One nothing if you just joined us. They got their run.
In the second inning on a single by Petra Selly.
Pass ball and a double by fifth.
The gloss in pitches to Herman hangs the curve outside.
Ball one.
Now the set and the pitch.
Pass ball a little low. Two and nothing to Herman.
The number seven hitter in the order. Alvarado on deck.
The number seven hitter in the order.
Alvarado on deck.
Looking for the sign now. McLaughlin
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Two and one. Count to Ed Herman.
Stitch. Bowled it back. Then the count is two and two.
Andrews at first base. Two outs.
One.
With Herman up there, the second base in the field
Gagliano is halfway between first and second right on the edge of the outfield grass.
He's playing very deep. Appareechu is almost directly behind second.
They play Herman as a dead-pull hitter. Pitch inside.
A bluff to first by Fisk and a slide back on his stomach by Andrews.
He's looking out to the batter Herman. Andrews will be off with a pitch.
Two outs.
There's a set by McLaughlin. The pitch
and a ground ball to Cater who had backed up nicely and plays it
on the bag alone for the out. Cater had been holding against Andrews.
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The gun down to the fifth inning. The Red Sox holding a one nothing lead.
They have five hits off Wilburwood. Two of them doubles. One by a fifth
drove in the run and one by Apparecio in the third.
Fifth drove the run in in the second inning. Then McLawson has allowed
two singles. First man up in the fifth is McLawson and back today.
Thank you Ned. Here's McLawson who grounded out the first time up
at the ground ball to the third base of the speciot and was thrown out. Here's a swing
and a miss on the racquet ball, Frank Watt.
Outfield not too deep but in shape it'll work for McLawson batting left handed.
Here's the pitch of swing and he
smokes a fly ball into deep right center. Kelly going back
and he alters it in.
McLawson hit that ball well in a long way. Kelly
in a long run for it. Cut it with his both hands. Running to his right
and back towards the wall.
One out of rings up Tommy Harper.
Red Sacks have made five hits and they're leading in the game
one to nothing. Harper is hit less than two times at bat.
Lined up by Wilbur O'odhamly
delivery and not a ball inside ball one.
One and all on Harper. Apparecio will be next.
Red Sacks go around in the second inning. Here's the line up now
by Wood. Here's the delivery. A swing and a high hopper.
It's fouled down the third base line. A ball and counters one and one.
The second inning with one out. Petra Selle single went to second on a pass
ball by Herman and scored on a one ground roll
double to right center field by Carlton Fist. The ball bounced over the
outfield fence. The fence in right center.
One one it's the ball inside ball two strike one
down and count on Harper. Ed Herman
is catching wood and Herman is
on a good job. He is a good knuckleball catcher. He always catches when
Wood pitches. Playing here is a low
flying left field dropping in for a hit. Carlos Lay up for the ball
and Tommy Harper has his first hit and hit number six off Wilbur Wood.
Red Sacks
doing a good job with that knuckleball or just stroking the ball
trying to meet it. That's what you have to do against the knuckleball
catcher. If you swing from the heels, make those big cuts.
The knuckleball catcher will usually beat you. If you just try to meet the ball
you have more success with the knuckleball.
Here's that for each young. He has one hit a double for
spike call to the outside corner of spike line.
Louis Appardichio is now three for nine
in this series. Getting his hits consistently still playing with
a taped up figure. The thing that was dislocated in Milwaukee
eight weeks ago. Back in the lineup now a little over two weeks.
Pike the first space in my first back.
Ah!
Now he's all set again. Here's a pike the first again and he is
back. Both times Harper went back standing. Wood has a
good motion to first base. He has picked twelve men off first base this year.
That's a lot.
Thomas Reich won. Now he steps off the
rubber. Doesn't make a throw but he's just left foot off the rubber.
Now he brings his arms to his waist.
And another throw to first. Harper is back.
Three times now he's going over there.
Harper has fifteen stolen bases this year.
Still another pike.
Tommy's going back in each time. Standing up. He's not having
to dive back in.
But he does sometimes now he edges
off to a lead. There he goes.
He's out. So the second base. He is out.
Herman to Andrew.
Harper is arguing with the second base umpire. I plan
to go ahead and do it.
That was smoked out pretty well. Wood threw the first four
times. Finally throw a pitch to the plate.
Harper is still hollering at the umpire. Now he turns and trots toward the dugout.
Finally Wood threw a pitch. Herman
had called for a pitch out. Made a perfect throw to Andrews. The second base
and Harper was called out. It was a close play.
Appalachio takes the next pitch inside
for a ball two and one.
Tommy thought he had the bag.
Here's the two one. Playing
a ball. There's a hot foul right back in the plate.
In front of us on the screen the count is two and two. Our vantage point
at Chicago is way up high and directly behind home plate.
Probably the highest press box in the league.
Play up to the second base. Here's a high
foul fly ball to catch. Herman has his mask off. He's coming back.
He's bent the ball for the umpire.
He's coming from the railing behind the plate in foul territory.
No arms and one hit. Nobody left. At the end of the top of the fifth
inning the score is still the Red Sox one in Chicago nothing.
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Un mehrere
number one in the first and the single to Alvarado in the second inning he's left two badgers.
No damage so far against him there's a swing in a miss thank
you up
a one
a play
a ball outside I think at one of our men
the red side seems to have a
weakness on top five balls.
Long off but it's going to be
fouled out on the left field
line lands in the upper deck but
he pulled it way fouled.
Tata Pinsen is home for the
Angels fourth inning nobody on
it now.
Two to one in favor of
Detroit over California.
Going high fly left field is
deep.
Haskell going way back back
E leaked up but landed in the
lower deck at the home run.
Haskell leaked up and could not
quite reach it.
Oh that's a long leap.
The home run for Alvarado
ties up the game at one in large
that's the third home run this
year for William Alvarado.
He just did reach the left field
lower deck along with nine feet
high is three fifty two down the
line.
Went away left field.
A Wilbur Wood.
That's right after the home run
what is batting right handed.
Pretty good hitting pitcher
got a ball one on wood.
What all a ball hide two and
nothing.
What beat no one Ryan with a
beat set about a week ago a
week or so ago a single beat
no one Ryan one or nothing.
Here's the pitch.
Biting high and count is ball
two like one.
That's all my call to me outside
corner two and two.
Andy Casco really gave it the
old college try out there.
There's a fight call.
What is that three straight
call strikes after the first two
pitches were called balls.
What is that on strike.
Strikeout number five for
Lynn McLaughlin.
Wings up the lead off man Pat
Kelly.
One out there is nine feet high
and Casco who is it.
Must be about six one or two
or three.
He's a small like he fell
at least as high as he could go
to try to spear that ball.
It just did make the lower
deck in the seats for home run
off the bed of Alvarado.
It's not a Kelly is the wall
it's high ball.
Probably have a new game
tied up one and one.
Redsack lead in the
hip department.
Six to three.
Line drive to center field
base hit.
There's Harper taking it off
and Pat Kelly has his first
in the game a single to center.
Hit number four on Lynn McLaughlin.
First time he's allowed two hits
in the same inning.
Wings up Jay Johnson.
That was Kelly's fourth in the
series.
At the first three in the
Friday night game.
One by the White Sox eight to
one.
The Redsack came back behind
Pia yesterday to win the
lead off.
Johnstone up there now.
Dangerous left hand hitter.
He has good power.
And up twice today and he has
one hit.
What are going there's the goal
by best key is out.
At the retail put it right on.
Pat Kelly who has 28 stolen
bases this year took off with
the first pitch to Jay Johnson.
The pitch was inside.
Best did not have a real good
throwing position after taking
the pitch but he made a good
throw at a Louis Amper ratio
at second base.
They put it on him for the out.
Kelly is cut down trying to
feel the count is all one.
On Jay Johnson.
Now the lineup of the next
pitch way outside of all makes
it two and nothing.
Two and nothing to count.
This got to talk to my
glasses.
Now the two battery mates on the
mound talking things over.
Johnstone has not been having a
good year at the play.
Last year he had 16 home runs
this year he could only
play the game.
He had a good time.
He had 16 home runs this year
he could only three.
Putting the money at Friday
night.
Here's the ball outside ball
three three and nothing.
Three and nothing count on
Johnstone.
Two outs nobody on a run in
it's one one outside up.
And the three open.
Four four inside he walked.
One number three.
On the top and it rings up to
talent.
My passing just walked a 181
hitter.
There's now one of the most
dangerous hitters in the league.
He's been up twice today and
both times he's struck out.
And a pattern Louis T.
on use.
Yesterday picking Alan and a
pattern McLaughlin is using
today identical.
Going on high fastball.
The inside part of the plate
letter high or shoulder high
is the pitch.
There's a curve inside for a
ball ball one.
Alan had two hits in the
Friday night game hit was
yesterday and it was today.
There's a good chance to win
the triple crown of the
American League this year.
I'm driving right there.
Getting over any backhand
comes up with a ball fires
toward the infielders.
The other half third.
The 12th comes into the play
he is.
The relay was the best
to gangliano to fit.
John's going to play B.
I waited to call it.
I was sure what the umpire
signal was down there.
George Maloney.
It's a double and run.
Matted in for Dick Allen.
George.
John's going all the way from
first base.
That's a Carlos May.
Allen is on second base with a
double and run better than.
Now it's two to one.
The Whiteback please.
That's the Carlos May as a
curve inside for a ball.
That Allen is some kind of
hitter.
He gets flipped about around
like a.
Toothpick and is open.
Looks like he's a wrist
hitter.
He gets his power with the
play snapping his wrist.
He's got a good
grip.
He's got a good grip.
You know, I mean,
if you're a good
player, you're going to see
some kind of hoax out there.
He uses a 40 oz batten away.
He waves it around in the way
he swings at the ball,
seems like it.
Like it.
Light as a feather
doing.
The curve strike call to
Carlos May is one on one.
that alley and right center,
managed to backhand the
ball, cut it off and
from going to the wall but then he was not in good position to throw the ball and his
throw to Gagliano the relay man was a weak one. Smith has a little arm trouble right
now anyway his right elbow was bothering him when he was out of the lineup. Here's the
ball outside the count goes the ball two strike one. The Gagliano then had a long throw to
make to the plate. It was on track it but just too late as Johnstone a fast fan raced
around and beat the play. Smith had the plate locked off but Johnstone simply beat the throw.
Two one pitchers. He was around on it rules Carlos rules the umpire Maloney on Carlos May and
May won Maloney now to check with the base ump and here's Chuck Tanner out of the dugout. He
wants clarification on it also. They check with a third base umpire Anthony and he says it's a strike.
So the count is ball two strike two on Carlos May. Anthony upheld the plate ump who had already
rolled the strike. Ball two strike two on May. Ball two and strike two the count May.
batting left handed and funny dangerous. Here's a check swing on a curved ball he taps it back to
the pitcher and throws him out. Didn't mean to hit the ball he's got all up on the swing ball
it is batting with an easy roller right back to McLaughlin. Had an easy play McLaughlin just
catered. Two runs in the inning three hits and one man left. One walk in the inning. With a walk hurt
McLaughlin a batter a walk Johnstone scored in the double by Allen. Score at the end of five is
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Stock trailing now 2-1. Cater wraps the ground ball the third baseman is Fizio going to his left
throws him out one away one bitch one out as Cater has not had the ball out of the infield.
Reggie Smith hasn't either he is struck out and grounded out Wilbur Wood has been giving up
hits with no run except for the one in the second inning. The Red Sox have had opportunities to
score but Wood has had it when he's needed it and now that has cost the Red Sox the lead as
they now trailed 2-1 and a walk the thing it really hurts McLaughlin. Pitch is inside for a ball
of course the Homer hurt naturally from where you least expected Louis Alvarado. Wood with a 2-1
lead pitching to Smithy and there's a ground ball toward the middle taking their backer second by
Andrew throws the first he's out. Ball is not sharply enough hit to make it to center field and Andrews
has pulled over there anyway on Smith so he throws Reggie out second the first and they're very
quickly two men out in the sixth inning. Rico Petroselli is 2-2 he's single to left and scores
the only red Sox run in the second inning and he's single to center in the fourth. Pitch to him
low ball one. A two-out walk to J. Johnstone was followed by the double by Richie Allen which
drove in the lead run for Chicago. Rico fouls it back. One ball one strike. Wood fires.
That's the word. The ground ball right back to it. He throws Petroselli out. Three ground balls at
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and won. Carlton Fisk now has thrown out six of ten base dealers on this road trip and four of the
last six that have tried to steal on it so he's come back after a month or so and not getting
anybody out. Pitch to Andrews line foul down in the left field. One ball one strike to Mike.
One ball one strike Andrews leading off the sixth inning. The pitch to him knocked him down a fast
ball. Two and one. Sun now trying to peek through and is coming out pretty well as to
Miskie Marks. This is the first of a double header. The White Sox leading two to one.
Andrews started to get back in. Now he wants the bat rosin or the pine car rag in the on-deck
circle. Wipes it on his bat. A lot of the players keep a lot of that pine car halfway up on their
bat and they grip it from time to time get some purchase for their hands on the bat handle.
There's a foul back on the upper deck. The count on Andrews two and two. Two balls two strikes.
Pitch. Ground ball base hit to the field. Taken by Costco on the ground and Andrews is there with a
lead off single in the sixth inning. Well let's see. Four of the last five batters to face McLoughan
have gotten on base. Gotting the last four hitters in the fifth inning. He now has given up six hits
in the game. Wilbur Wood has given up six. Ed Beasio third baseman is up. In field comes in a
double play depth. Here's the pitch to Beasio and he takes the ball. He's taking on the first pitch.
Let's see if they change things around now. He's checking with third base coach Joe Lynette.
Seems they put anything on here. McGrothan set throws runner going. Hit and run foul ball out of play.
Fred Sherman has gone into relief for Detroit. California is still batting in the top of the fourth
inning. They've been out a while. Ray DePenson has had a home run in that inning. Tigers did have a two
nothing lead. Gary Peters starts to throw in the bullpen for Boston. Beasio batting against
McLoughan. The pitch. Pitch up nowhere. Runner stays. Andrews holds it first base and now the count is two and one.
Lyn McGrothan sets and throws. Strikes swinging two and two. Two balls, two strikes. Nobody out. Here's the
pitch outside ball three. Three and two now. McGrothan is starting to struggle a little bit. He was in a fifth
inning. When he gave up the two runs, he's given up a single to Andrews and he's now three and two to Speasio.
Here's the set and the pitch. Here's the high foul ball. Kater chasing and near the stands. It'll be out of play.
Two and two. They had Andrews running on that. Nobody out. White socks ahead by a run. McGrothan with the
pitch. Here's the pitch. Runner going. Check swing and a foul. Speasio started to swing and then checked as he tried to get out of the way of it.
It was an inside pitch and it hit his bat. Peters throwing hard in the red stock bullpen now. Three balls, two strikes.
McGrothan gets set. Throws. Andrews breaks. Here's another foul. Three and two. So Mike Andrews is getting a workout breaking from first to second.
They have him going all the time on three and two. This is a man that McGrothan would like to strike out. Then try for the double play
if they could knock Andrews down trying for second. Three balls, two strikes. Here it comes. There he goes.
A foul. Ball out of play again. No play for Fizz because Speasio is battling McGrothan and spoiling the good ones on the three to count.
So Mac will try again. He gets to the mound. Speasio backs out a moment now he's in. Andrews has a free fourth step lead.
Now the pitch and is hitting the left field for a base hit. Andrews third second base. Costco is going to throw to second. Andrews bellywaps into third.
White Starks are running. So they had Andrews going again and Mike got into third base. Costco took one look and saw that he had no chance to get Andrews.
So he played it safe and threw to second base to prevent Speasio possibly from taking second if they did go to third with a throw.
Now the White Starks who have been running all this series have runners at first and third. Nobody out. Leeds dying at that time.
I'm talking with McGrothan and Fizz. They batter will be Ed Herman, the left handed hitter. Seven hits now off McGrothan.
And they've had five of them in the last two innings. So he is really firing out there to fear losing something that he had had before inning.
Now he's faced with a first and third situation. Nobody out. He got out of a similar situation in the first inning.
The infield is shortened up halfway. They're playing it halfway.
Time's off. And the crowd is hearing the final score on the scoreboard. Cleveland defeated Oakland. Three to one.
All that cheering you're hearing has been nothing to do with what's going on in the field.
They both said Cleveland three, Oakland one, a final score. And Cleveland really has put it to the Oakland athletic.
And as of this moment, the White Starks are in first place in the American League West.
And they're pitched to Herman. Ground ball foul. First base tie. In that game, Cleveland had three runs and five hits.
They made an error. Oakland one run, seven hits, no errors. Dick Tidrow the winner. And Ken Holtman the loser.
12,818 at Cleveland. So the Indians did a job on Dick Williams' club. Taking two out of three.
Here's the set and the pitch. Outside to Herman. Ball one. Well, California's still batting in Detroit in the fourth inning.
Another pitcher, John Hiller has come in to relieve. So the Tigers have had three pitchers in that inning.
Don Neuhaus are in the bullpen now. There's a check swing foul by Herman. One ball, two strikes. The White Starks are leading here two to one and threatening for more.
This is the bottom of the sixth inning. They've already received news that Oakland has lost.
Red Starks in trouble. They've had opportunities to score, but they've only had one run this afternoon.
And now McLaughlin is trying to pitch his way out of a jam. The count on Herman is one ball, two strikes.
One and two. Here's the set. The pitch. High ball two. Two and two.
Crazy crowd here at Comiskey Park. Nipping first place. Here's the set. The pitch. A base pitch for the Indians. It's now three to one and here comes the runner's physio in the third.
Runner's at first and third. Still nobody out. That's going to be all. That's all for Lynn McLaughlin.
Who suddenly lost it all here in the fifth and sixth inning. He's been riding along with a one nothing lead which of course isn't much.
Red Starks had gotten in one run and that's all even though they had chances for more. But in the fifth inning, he gave up two runs.
He has given up three hits in a run here and he will leave under fire.
So Don Newhouse is coming on the pitch. You are listening to Red Starks baseball from Comiskey Park in Chicago.
Lynn McLaughlin will leave the ball game going five innings plus getting nobody out in the sixth. He gave up three straight singles in this inning.
The White Starks in every instance taking going from first to third on those singles. Twice they've done it. Something that Red Starks have not been able to do as much as Chicago.
So they've had speed and they've had batting when they needed it. And McLaughlin leaves giving up eight innings and three runs. He's responsible for two base runners. He walks three and he struck out five.
So McLaughlin leaves the game for Newhouse. The Red Starks got a run on the second inning on a single by Petra Selly, a pass ball and a double by fifth.
The White Starks scored in a fifth on a home run by Alvarado, then a single by Kelly, a walk to Johnstone and a double by Richie Allen.
They've scored here on singles by Andrews, Fizio and Herman in succession.
Newhouse is on the mound taking his warm-up. We'll pause for a station break. This is Red Starks baseball.
And this is WTIC in Hartford, Connecticut. The forecast from the Travelers Weather Service.
Sunny this afternoon, clearing and becoming cool tonight below in the 50s. Sunny and warm tomorrow, right now on the Plaza, 80 degrees.
Back at Kineski Park with Newhouse and the new Red Starks pitcher. Newhouse is banking now at 22nd appearance. He's won three and saved three and lost two with an ERA of 2.86.
In 28 and a third innings, he's allowed 23 hits and nine earned runs. Same number of walks and strikeouts, 22.
Pass ball and slider is in short put. He comes in here in a tough spot.
All right, it's Louis Alvarado up. He started the Chicago scoring this afternoon with a home run into the lower deck and left in the fifth inning.
He is two for two, a single and a homer. Red Starks have the infield in about three steps off the infield grass or turf.
Pitch is low through Alvarado ball one. Nobody outrunners at first and third. White Starks making noises as if they'd go into a beginning.
They scored one run and have two on.
Here's a set by Newhouse where he throws way outside ball two. Two and nothing.
Two balls, no strikes. To Alvarado. Here's the set, the pitch. Ball three. Three and 0. Alvarado, a number eight hitter, batting 237 before this game.
Up there with a free old count, Wilbur Wood on deck. Newhouse are cracks and fires, strike call on the outside corner.
Talking with Doug Camille, the bullpen coach, in a dugout interview, and talking about this streak that the Red Starks went through for a while of not being able to get that first batter out coming in from the bullpen.
And they don't do it this time either. Alvarado walks. So that loads the bases with nobody out and Wilbur Wood is up.
Alvarado walks. He's still perfect on the afternoon. Jerry Peters at work in the bullpen for Boston. Wilbur Wood coming to the plate.
What he says are really alive here. Half of them are up, giving Wooder standing ovation.
Woodie at the plate has been called out twice on strikes. Wood stands in there.
Apparicio and Gagliano are right at the edge of the turf. Pettiselli is even with the bag at third. Gator in a step at first. There's a called strike to Wood.
Bases full, nobody out. One run already in and the White Starks leading three to one. Newhouser gets the sign.
Big right hander working from the stretch throws strike two called outside corner. Jerry Peters has stopped his warm up to watch from the bullpen.
Nothing in two to Wilbur Wood. It is ball low, one ball, two strikes. Alvarado at first, Herman at second. Tepisio at third.
There's a pitch. One run scores, this throws the second two run score. Five to one.
That's going to be all for Newhouser. He can't get anybody out. Walking that first man that he faced and then giving up a single to Wilbur Wood, the pitcher, to drive in two runs.
Runners at first and second. Nobody out yet.
They've scored three runs this inning. All those runs are charged to McLaughlin. So now it is a five to one ball game. Chicago leading with Wilbur Wood. That's a big lead for Wood to have.
So he just stuck the bat out there and plunked the base in into right field. Just went right nicely with a pitch.
And he made it look easy. Now a new pitcher is Gary Peters. Newhouser pitching to Jeff Twobatter giving up a walk in a hit.
Peters, the only game Friday night of the release pitcher for Sonny Sieber. It will be the 27th appearance. Two wins, two losses and a save for Gary.
And next White Sox pitcher at his greatest years in this ballpark. The member of the White Sox. Turn-run average 4.4 all. He's pitched 71 and 2 thirds for the Red Sox this year.
Allowing 35 earned runs and 78 hits. He's walked 33 and struck out 55. Peters pitched a Friday night.
And it was Nick for a home run by the first man who came in. And he's a left hander now on the mound facing a left hander Kelly. Still getting in his warm up throw.
Well, twice in a series that same problem has come about with the release score unable to get the first man out.
Peters pitched well after he gave up the home run but that was all done.
That makes it an entirely different ball game at a time the score was 5-1 on Friday night which it is now.
And Gary came on with two men on and Jay Johnstone up and he gave up a home run to him which put the game out of strike completely.
Newhouser comes in, walks the first man he faces, the number 8 hitter and then he gives a single to the pitcher Wilbur Woods.
So the bullpen continues to have its problem. Matt Kelly is up. He has walked, struck out and singled.
Now the White Sox have a 5-1 lead in this first game.
Gary Peters gets set, throws and it's low as Kelly was bluffing a bunch.
Well the California Angels got 9 runs in the fourth inning and they leave the Detroit Tigers now 9-2.
So at least that part is good news for the Red Sox. Might be better news for the Orioles who play Minnesota later this evening at Baltimore.
Yankees play the night at Texas. Everybody wins or everybody loses in the East Division it seems.
Stock clubs pitches inside for a ball is 2-0 to Kelly.
Ken Tatum and Bill Lee are warming now in the Red Sox bullpen.
Peters works from the stretch, throws, ball outside for you to know.
Three balls, no strikes to Pat Kelly. Jay Johnstone another left-hander hitter is on deck.
The set, fetch, strike calls 3-1. Alvarado is at second base, Wilbur Wood at first.
Peters ready, throws, funded out and missed. The third and second they've got him picked off.
Alvarado, Aperitio throws to Pettiselli and Alvarado is out. Carlson fifth saw Alvarado court way off the bag.
He fired down to Louis Aperitio and Alvarado broke for third. He was an easy out as Pettiselli received a throw from Louis and put the tag on Alvarado.
So the play goes 2-6 to 5. And he was picked off. Nice play by Carlson fifth, alert behind the plate.
Alvarado is first now with one out. They academically called it caught stealing. He really wasn't.
He just happened to be caught off the bag. There's a call, strike to Kelly at the knees.
Pat Kelly looks at strike three after he's gone three and 0. So he is out of there and now there are two down with a runner at first.
Good pitch by Peters on the outside corner. So they've erased it. A runner and a batter now in the space of two pitches.
Now how they could call that caught stealing. Alvarado was not digging for third but he was way off the bag.
He was just dozing off second base. Caught sleeping, caught sleeping is right. He was picked off.
John's filled up and he hits a line drive base at the right center field. Covered by Tommy Harper. Wood stopped at second.
White Rocks continue to hit. Line drive to right center and Richie Allen is coming up.
The White Rocks lead five to one now. They have runners at first and second. Two gone and Allen up.
Allen has struck out twice and doubled the right center driving in a run.
Here's the pitch. Outside ball one. Allen has a slight hitch in his swing. Every big hitter does.
So what's said Williams will tell you. Has some kind of hitch. Now all these three swingers anyway which is what Allen is.
But he has such great power. Here's the pitch to him. Way outside ball two. Two and nothing.
Ball just jumps off his bat.
Wood at second. John's done it first.
Pitch. There is a ground foul past third.
Long look by Peters. Account two and one to Allen. Left hander checks and throws. Low in the dirt. Ball three. Three and one.
Milwaukee one Kansas City nothing after six. California nine Detroit two after four. Cleveland beat Oakland three to one.
Peters throws to Allen. Ball outside. He walks him and the bases are loaded. Second time in this inning they've been loaded up.
Allen to first. John's down to second. Wood goes to third. And the batter will be Carlos May the ninth man to come up in this sixth inning.
May is over three. In the National League Montreal has scored a run in the eighth inning. They lead Atlanta one nothing after eight.
The pitch to May. Ball high. Cincinnati won the Mets nothing after six that New York. Houston beat Philadelphia three to one.
Allen has lost his 11th game. He has yet to win this year. John Wilson the winner. Peters delivers. Strike swinging on a slider.
May has had a field of choice. Grounded a short and bounced to the mound. Three on two outs. Three runs in. White stock leading five one in the sixth inning.
The pitch to wind up the pitch. Strike two. Swinging. One and two.
Peters gets the sign. He throws and strikes three. Bowel chip held by Carlton fifth. Carlos may strikes out with the bases loaded.
So that's a further tragedy for the Red Sox. Peters after giving up a one out single or a two out single and one gets May on a strikeout.
In the inning the White Sox bat around nine men came up. They scored three runs. Five hits. They leave three men on base.
And after six innings of play the White Sox leads five to one.
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described has crossed the last till last. They will start of practicing on more than one Cheersburg by B4лив in starting passes.
In the seventh inning, the White Sox have made some changes.
Tony Muser is playing first base now, giving Richie Allen the rest of this game off.
Allen will be there in the second game.
So it's Muser playing first base and batting in Allen's number three spot.
And Rich Morales is playing second base, replacing Mike Andrews.
Morales playing second and batting in Andrews's spot.
Muser playing first and batting in Allen's spot.
Tyssenatti has come up with six runs in the seventh.
They lead the New York Mets seven-nothing after six and a half at New York.
Mets are having their troubles.
In the top of the seventh here, with the Red Sox trailing five to one,
Carlson fifth will be first up against Wilbur Wood,
who spent some time on the bases in the bottom of the sixth inning.
He got a big hit.
He stuck in at two runs single.
But he has a four run lead to mess around with now.
Fisk is one for two, a run producing double in the second inning.
It's a fly ball to right field, very high.
Pat Kelly, back tracks, he's there.
He's got it, one pitch, one out.
As Wood seems to be getting stronger now,
he was a little shaky in the second and third innings and a four.
Retired the side in order in the sixth inning, gave up one hit back in the fifth.
And Andy Kosko is up now.
He has struck out and singled.
Wood delivers and it's swung on.
Strike one.
There it is.
Ground foul to the left.
Eddie Popowski, the acting manager again today,
coaching on the third baseline.
Eddie Kosko has been very ill with the flu,
and will probably meet the team at the airport going to Canada City.
Wood delivers, outside to Kosko, one and two.
Eddie Fisher, another knuckleballer from the right hand side,
will throw him a three.
Eddie Kosko is a very ill with the flu,
and will probably meet the team at the airport going to Canada City.
Wood delivers, outside to Kosko, one and two.
The left hand side will throw in the second game for Chicago.
Kosko bends away from an inside pitch.
Ball two, two and two.
Left hander John Critis will go for the Red Sox in the night catch.
Two-two pitch.
High pop-up in the infield.
Alvarado at short stops, giving way to the second baseman Morales,
who's got it in front of Alvarado on the third base side of second.
He pops up, two down.
Here's Phil Gagliano, 0-for-2, he's grounded out and applied to center.
What has been a tight ball game,
and the pitching duel between Wood and McLaughlin,
is now five to one for Wood.
He's playing in a miss by Gag, strike one.
0-one delivery, outside ball one, one-one.
Kosko, there's a drive to center field for a basis for Gagliano.
He's going first, he's one for three, and that's the seventh Red Sox hit.
They have seven hits and only one run.
Two outs single by Gagliano.
And we're going to have a pinch hitter, John Kennedy,
going to bat for Gary Peter.
Kennedy, played it to play the second game at second base.
Doug Griffin, incidentally, is here.
He joined the club late yesterday,
flying out on a delayed flight from Boston.
And he will run and take whirlpool on the wrist.
The cast is off, he has it in a bandage now.
The main thing that he'll have to do is to try to strengthen the wrist,
and it'll be quite a while before he'll be able to bat.
But he said it's been coming along better than expected.
So Doug will be with the club the rest of this trip,
and will do his exercises and his therapy work on the wrist.
The club has certainly missed Doug Griffin.
John Kennedy up, batting for Gary Peter.
And he's going with method of strike one.
Set by Wilbur Wood, a pitch, foul back, strike two.
Now the delivery.
A fly ball to left center field.
Carlos Mayover shows John Stone,
and Jay John Stone is going to one-handed for the out.
That ends the inning, no runs, one hit and one left.
And after six and one-half innings,
it is the White Stock five, the Red Stock one.
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We have a final score in the National League.
The Montreal Expo's got a great pitching performance from Bill Stoneman today.
As he shut out the Atlanta Braves on a two-hitter, one to nothing was the final score.
Montreal, the winner.
Stoneman won his tenth game, Schuler took the loss.
27,000 at Montreal.
The Cincinnati Met game has gone seven innings, and Cincinnati has a seven to nothing lead.
Bill Thor has come on the pitch for Detroit in a sixth inning.
Tigers are trailing in their game with California.
California nine, the Tigers two.
Ken Tatum is on the mound for the Red Sox now.
Gary Peters, worked in inning and relief, gave up one hit, no run, charged to him.
He walked one and struck out one.
And Tatum is on to pitch now to Rich Morally.
Down goes Morally on a fast ball inside, ball one.
Tatum is the fourth Red Sox pitcher to be used by Eddie Papauke.
This is the seventh inning, the White Sox lead five to one.
There's a looper in the left field for a base hit, covered by Costco.
Morally takes a wide turn and holds.
Tatum gives up a hit to the first man he faces as he comes out of the bullpen.
Although this is in a starting inning, starting the inning, not coming in with Menard.
Gary Peters got the first man to face him on a strikeout, but then he gave up a single to Johnstone
and a walk to Allen, but he got out of it.
Newhouse did not retire either matter that he faced.
There is a called strike to Ed Feasio.
Morally's on at first base.
Pitch foul, tipped.
Nothing in two to Feasio who had one hit in free-trips.
White Sox whittling Merrily away at Red Sox pitching to the tune of 11 hits.
And five runs.
Red Sox have had seven hits, but only one run.
First game of a double header at Chicago.
Tatum throws and there's a line drive base hit to Gagliano.
No double play can be made.
Morally's dives back to the bag at first.
Nice play by Phil Gagliano.
One out.
There's a soft line drive, more than one that was parted.
Herman is the batter.
Ed Herman has singled in free-trips.
He drove in a run with a single and a six-finish.
Left-handed batter.
Ken Tatum on the mound.
Tatum has not had much work lately.
He gave up the home run in Texas.
To Tom Greve at the feet of Red Sox.
The only game Texas won down there.
Pitch is swung on and missed strike one.
Tatum is 20th appearance of the year.
No wins, two losses and four saves.
Ken checks the sign.
Throws, way outside.
Ball one.
White Sox five.
Red Sox one.
Bottom of the seven.
Tatum's pitch.
High and outside, ball two.
Two and one.
Runner at first is Rich Morally.
He's short in the double play depth.
There's a throw to first, not in time.
Tatum checks the sign.
Now he's ready.
Here's his pitch.
Twinging strike.
Runner going on a delay.
Throw to second.
The ball is kicked out of Aperishio's hands
and Morally is in with a stolen base.
The throw from Fisk was down right about the right place.
But right at the time when Aperishio had the ball,
the ball seemed to be kicked out of his hand
on a slide by Rich Morally.
Morally is in with a stolen base.
That was a delayed steal too.
Just as Fisk was about to lob the ball back to Tatum,
Morally took off.
Then Fisk adjusted nicely and threw to second,
but the ball got away from Aperishio.
Runner at second base.
One out.
The count is 2-2 to the batter, Herman.
Tatum gets ready.
Throws, fouls back.
Still 2-2.
That was Morally's first stolen base of the season.
Two balls, two strikes.
The pitch.
Strikes three, swinging.
As Tatum's fastball moves away from the left-handed batter.
There are two down now.
Louis Alvarado coming up.
He's got a perfect day.
He has singled the left, hit a home run into the lower deck
and left and walked.
He scored one run.
He also has been picked off base.
Tatum goes back to the mound now.
Alvarado steps in.
Morally is running a second base.
White socks ahead, 5-1, first game.
Tatum throws.
Morally backs, ball one.
Tatum, another one, is on the major injury list this year
for the Red Sox.
They've had a number of them.
Dremski, Aparishio, Tatum, Josephson, Griffin.
They've all been there.
Briefly, Reggie Smith, Rico Petrofelli,
Danny Cater from Five to Time,
and the driver for over a week.
Here's the pitch, outside for a ball.
Count is 2-0.
But by diligence, industry, a lot of luck,
and the other team's inability to do anything
in the Eastern Division, the Red Sox are still closed.
Here's the pitch.
The serve over, called strikes, 2-1.
Luck is out of big.
Hard to make the season.
The Red Sox have had their share of bad luck with the injuries,
more so than any other club in the Eastern Division, really.
They've had more regulars out for longer periods of time.
The 2-1 pitch hammered on the ground a third.
He has a long throw to make.
He does, and he gets Alvarado by a running step.
Alvarado grounding after Rico at third.
Good play, and it's no run.
Oh, boy, I put it in the wrong inning.
Okay, no run, one hit, and one left.
And after seven innings of play,
the score is 5-1 Chicago.
The Red Sox are trailing 5-1 after seven innings of play.
Wilbur Wood will face Tommy Harper
as we go to the eighth inning and Dave Martin.
Thank you, Ned.
Tommy Harper has one hit today and three times at best.
He's now 4-4-10 in the series.
Is that a good series?
After being in someone of a slump,
of course, he let off the game yesterday with a home run
and proved to be the one he hit.
Here's the pitch now.
Harper outside of all ball one.
Harper's home run yesterday was his seventh game-winning RBI this year.
And that ties him for the team lead with Pudge Fisk and Rico Petroselic.
Each had seven game-winning RBI.
Here's the pitch.
Knuckleball is high, and the count goes to 2-0 on Harper.
2-0 on Tommy, nobody on or out when the top of the eighth inning in Chicago.
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Spike called.
Looks like Devin was a fast ball by Wood.
Sheldon throws anything but knuckleballers,
but when he does throw a fast one, it looks very fast compared to his knuckleballers.
A swing and a foul ball back of the plate.
How to play on the count of ball two and Spike two.
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Count of ball two and Spike two on Harper.
Line up, here comes the pitch now by Wilbur Ward.
It's the ball.
A time, exit three and two.
Top of the eighth inning in the Redstrikes seven.
Upfield battle here in these last two innings.
They're trailing five to one.
They've been out hit 11 to seven.
Here's the three to pitch a swing and a foul ball back of the plate
out of play and it's still three and two.
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Three and two to line up by Wood.
He's just playing another foul and same spot back in the plate up on the screen.
Still three and two.
The White Sacks now have Morales playing second base.
Tony Neuser at first.
Feasio at third, Alvarado at short.
The outfield is May and left.
John Stone in center.
Kelly in right.
Second game pitchers will be Eddie Fisher for the White Sacks
and John Curtis for the Red Sacks.
All four he watched him.
Good way to start the inning.
A base on balls issued by Wood and that's the first one he's given up.
He's had amazing control for an upper wall pitcher.
Wood has watched only 46 batters this year.
He's worked already 279 in a third inning going into the ballgame today.
Only 46 walks off him.
He has 142 strikeouts.
Only 235 hits.
There's 44 fewer hits than innings pitch.
That's a significant statistic according to most pitching coaches.
They like to compare hits than innings pitch.
Strike to Aparichio now.
There's a delivery.
There's a swing and a foul tip behind the plate strike too.
Nothing in two to count.
Wood has started 36 games.
He's completed 14.
Six shutouts.
There's a ground ball.
It's fair to the third baseman Spezia O to throw a safe at first base.
Slow ground ball down the third base line.
Spezia O with flow coming in.
Finally picked it up and fired the first but too late.
Aparichio beat it after a hit.
Garland Red Sacks have something going here in the eighth.
Two went on and nobody out.
Infield hit for Aparichio gives him two for four on the game.
And brings up Cater.
Cater is hitless in three times at bat which makes him way overdue.
And he had only one hit in the Texas series.
Friday night game he had one hit against the White Side.
He bumps it towards third.
Good fun.
Wood has it.
Throws the first safe.
They ball around.
A good fun by Danny Cater towards third.
Wood came off the mound.
The third baseman Spezia O is playing back.
Hoping to be able to get a throw at third base for a force play.
Wood had a long ways to come off that mound by the time he picked it up and threw it was much too late.
He's loaded.
Nobody out.
Hying on the plate in Reggie Smith.
Oh about this.
He's loaded now for the Red Sacks.
That's a hit for Cater.
A fun base hit.
And he doesn't bump very often.
There's the pitch now to Smith.
The swing is a looping fly cut by the shortstop Alvarado and everybody gets back in a hurry.
Soft low fly ball hit by Reggie Smith in the first pitch against the Wood Knuckleball.
He didn't get a hold of it at all and it was an easy out to Alvarado.
One out down and brings up Rico Pettuselli.
Rico has two hits.
He singled the first two times up against Wood.
Then he tapped out to the pitcher.
Here's the delivery.
Hit the ball inside.
High ball one.
Base is loaded one out now for the Red Sacks.
Top of the eighth inning, failing five to one.
Here's a strike get called.
The beauty on the inside corner.
Down is ball one and strike one.
Here's a swing and he gets a high fly ball into short center field.
Couldn't be trouble.
It drops out there.
One run scores and the bases are still loaded.
It's five to two.
The tying are on its own base.
Fly ball into short center field.
Alvarado may and Johnson converged on him but nobody could reach it.
Johnson got the closest.
Goes as a base hit and run battered in for Pettuselli.
Gives Rico three hits.
The fly ball the runners had to play it safe so only one man scored.
Harper, Amperi shows on third.
Keter on second and Pettuselli on first.
Singled RBI for him and Rico is three for four.
Here's Carlson Fisk who has one hit a long double and three times up.
White Sox have two pitchers in the bullpen.
Psyacosta a right hander.
The other one is Forster a left hander.
Here's the pitch not a putt to a putt's fist at the ball.
Low and close ball one.
Very Forster.
Fireballing left hander and Psyacosta a Mexican right hander.
It throws a fast ball and a knuckle ball.
Here's the ball inside the fist.
Two and nothing.
Acosta they say throws real aspirin tablets.
Very, very fast.
And he also throws a knuckle ball.
Ball two is the count.
Here's the pitch.
Outside ball three, three and nothing but the base is loaded to the fist.
And Costco on next.
Andy Costco will be the next fitter.
It's five to two in favor of Chicago.
A red Sox with a real threat here on the top of the eighth inning.
One run in.
Still only one out.
The pitch.
Psyacosta on the inside corner.
Psyacosta started towards first.
Empire Maloney called it a strike.
Ball three strike one.
All the knuckle balls to the fist.
Little 12.
Thank you for every fit in knuckle ball.
Here's the delivery.
Bow ball.
You got a piece of it up on the screen.
Ball three strike two.
The fist now has three hits in the series and 11 times up.
One hit at each game in the series.
All three strikes two.
Will the Wood goes out in the lozenberg.
Now he's ready.
Here it comes.
He walks it.
Scores five to three in favor of Chicago.
A run is forced across the plate.
Manager Chuck Tanner is going to the mound and signaling for a left-hander.
He wants very forced to a fireballer.
He's bringing in a left-hander despite the fact that a right-hand hitter is coming up next.
Andy Casco.
The Wilbur Wood is going up.
This worked him for a walk on the three-two pitch.
Wood gets credit for pitching seven and one-third innings.
He allows three runs and ten hits.
There's the hand point.
He walks through when he struck out three.
He could be charged with three more runs.
He tries to get his money at six and still could be the losing pitcher in this game.
He looks at the hand as he goes for the light-stock dugout.
He's clutched today of his 22nd win.
Terry Porster is on the mound.
Now he's a left-hander with very good stuff.
Porster is one-three and lost three.
He leads the light-stocks and saves with twenty.
He's been the ace of their bullpen.
He's been in 44 games altogether, finished 31 of them.
Pitched a total of 65 innings, about 47 hits and only 17 earn runs.
Twenty-nine walks and he has 71 strikeouts.
An earn run average of 2.31.
The Porster has very good figures.
18 fewer hits and innings pitched and strikeouts way above his walks.
Andy Casco will face a fireballer, a left-hander now for the first time
after looking at a knuckleballer all afternoon.
Against Wood, Casco had one hit and three times up.
The Red Sacks now have the tying run at second base.
The runner at third is Cater.
That's Ocelli at second and Fisk at first.
Fisk got a walk in her unmeted in.
It's five to three now in favor of the light-stocks.
Half of the eighth inning at Chicago, game one of today's double-header.
Andy Casco up there now.
All-lanky right-hand hitter with power.
Pitch, strike call, the highest strike clock.
Now the light-stocks are warming up.
Acasa, a right-hander.
And they have another left-hander in the bullpen.
Here's the delivery.
A point and a miss.
He jammed in with a fast ball and counted strike two.
Nothing in two as a count.
Dave Lemons is the left-hander warming up for Chicago.
L-E-M-O-N-D-S.
There's a swing and a foul ball off to the right.
Two strikes and a catch.
Hit the facing in the upper deck, mounted back onto the playing field.
Stoney Mews for the first-place been caught it on the fly.
Bill Lee is warming up for the red-stocks in the bullpen and right field.
There's the O2.
Play-in on the strike three.
That's the second out.
Casco went down on three pitches.
Three cuts.
Strikeout for fourth turner brings up Bill Gagliano.
Bill has one hit and three times up.
Face is loaded.
Two out.
Two runs are in.
Five to three in favor of Chicago.
Here's the pitch net of Gagliano.
A ball outside.
A ball out.
All right, the red-stocks need a hit.
Badly right here.
Now the stretch by Forster.
The pitch way outside gets away.
Here's the runner coming in.
He is safe.
No play at the play.
Five to four now.
Favors Chicago.
Pitch was outside.
They're calling in a wild pitch.
Came all the way back to the screen.
A lot of territory back there.
Catcher Herman Chase.
Had no chance for a play at the play.
Kater scored easily and the other men moved up
especially to third base and fifth to second base.
Count is ball two.
Two and nothing on Gagliano.
First base open now.
Tying run of third.
Five to four.
The score.
Chicago leads.
Pitch.
Playing foul ball back at the play.
Count is ball two.
Strike one.
The ball is going to hit the ground.
Two to three.
There's a three.
The two to three.
Two to three.
There's a three.
The other three.
To just join us.
Cleveland lead Oakland today.
Three to one.
Angels are way out ahead of Detroit.
Nine to two.
The end of sixth.
Bollinmore go to play tonight.
Here's a quick ball on the inside corner.
Gagliano didn't like that ball.
Count is ball two.
Strike two.
Just hit the corner at the knee.
Two spike two on gag piano.
Outfield, straight away, barely deep. Here's the pitch.
Low for a wall. Wall three spike two.
Otherwise, win with low to up again and bring up...
Bring up the pitcher, do the hit or a fin shitter.
Fatem is in the on-deck circle.
Two out, here's the pitch.
Mike Green, one and missed, so down on straight.
Gagliano, one hearted a pass ball.
First for fans of Casco and Gagliano.
Three runs in the inning for the Reds,
and one, two, three hits.
There were no errors, two men are left.
One wild pitch, and two walks.
At the end of the top of the eighth inning,
there's Chicago five and Boston four.
Terry Forster has been a villain in this series,
as far as the Reds act is concerned.
He came on in the Friday night game,
pitched one and one-third innings of shutout relief,
getting three strikeouts out of four possible outs.
And he struck out the only two men he faced
when he relieved Wilbur Wood on the top of the eighth.
Getting a hand as he comes out to bat now,
Terry Forster.
Forster's been in somewhat of a slump since the all-star break.
Whiteback versus Pitches,
but the other teams were reading his pitches.
Boy, he's got great stuff, great pass ball,
and a good fast, hard curve ball.
He's up there now batting left-handed.
Facing Ken Tatum, last half of the eighth inning.
Here's the pitch.
Playing in a base hit to left field, for Forster.
It's the first pitch,
clearly, between Betts-Rosselli and Appareggio,
in the left field.
Appareggio's field hit.
That brings up Pat Kelly.
That's the fourth Whiteback hit today.
Reds act of playing in his bat.
Five to four, your car going on top.
Here's Pat Kelly.
Up three times and he has one hit.
Local John O'Walk.
Betts-Rosselli hedging in now.
Here's the pitch.
Not a Kelly, he butted towards Betts-Rosselli at 30.
Get a lot of goal and it goes foul.
Liko came in on the left field.
He's got a good ball.
Got to let it go and it goes foul.
Liko came in on it and I thought he was going to pick it up,
but he decided to let it go and it goes foul.
Now it's like one on Pat Kelly,
he was streaking down the first-play flight
and now he's walking slowly back to the plate.
Forster has to go back to first-place.
Reds act pitchers in the Kansas City series.
Wednesday night, Wednesday night,
will be Marty Patten and Sonny Siebert.
Although Wednesday it could possibly be Seabed,
I'm going to go into the roadside
because Seabed or Seabed on Wednesday.
Reds act pitchers two open days,
coming late Monday and Thursday.
Here's a photo first-place runner as well.
Reds will be home Friday night,
against the Texas Rangers.
Mike Lund is the count on Pat Kelly.
He's keeping an eye on the runner at first-place.
Here's a picture of Kelly.
He butts it again, this time pops it up,
foul, out of play.
Count of strike two on Kelly.
Kansas City pitchers are scheduled to be Mike Hedlund.
One is last four starts.
Tuesday night and on Wednesday night,
Roger Nelson won 6 and lost 4 this year
and is second in the American League
at the Kansas City League.
He's going to be the first to play
his second in the national team
in the game this spring.
He's going to be the first to play his second in the
game this spring.
Here's a picture of Mike Hedlund.
He's going to be the third in the game this spring.
Here's a picture of Mike Hedlund.
He's going to be the fourth this year
and is second in the American League at ERA.
There's a picture of Mike Hedlund.
Nobody outlasts the eighth inning,
now on first place.
Reds in the pitch, outside of all,
two.
Really a lot weaker to so much of the Tigers with a man on it now.
Angels nine Tigers four in the sixth inning.
Bish playing his line drive off the glove of Apple,
he's killing a lot better field.
Gonna be a hit up for the ball with Hypers.
Hunters hold it first and second.
Really thought he was gonna make that catch and curie.
He's stuck up his glove going to his left.
That is love but he's deflected off the glove,
didn't hit in the pocket and goes into center field for a hit.
Harded ball, brings up John Stone.
Two men on with nobody out.
Three hits off Tatum, two in a row in this inning.
13 now by the White Tracks in the game.
Two on, nobody out.
White Tracks thrusting again here in the eighth inning
and now the Red Tracks are looking for a bunch.
Bish, he picked it outside for the second, he is safe.
Bish snaps a throw down for a ratio of second.
Forster went sliding back in, he had to go back in, hit first.
He made it.
Ball, Bish was a ball, got his ball on, one and oh on, John Stone.
He has two hits in a row.
A pair of singles and three official times at that.
Left hand hitter, Bish, he runs it.
Here's the third base, what a third he is,
called out a third base.
Just didn't hit him in the butt.
Wow, was that close at third, fifth to Petra Sellers.
One of those very short planks right there on the dirt at the plate
in front of the plate.
Bish picked it up, threw the third base and just didn't hit Forster for the out.
Without, Eddie Papofsky is going to the mound.
Had Von Luthezard had tremendous reverse English on it, Dave,
it started out as if it might even go foul, but it took a hop in.
And actually Fisch did a good job to stay right with it
and make that play ahead of him and knock down that lead man.
Papofsky is making a motion to the bullpen
and that'll be all for Ken Tatum.
We'll get Bill Lee now with the runners on first and second
and one out.
Lee, a left hander coming in to face a left hand hitter and user.
But Ken Tatum gets better for pitching one and one third innings.
Tatum allows three hits.
No walks, one strikeout.
Could be charged with two runs, so far hasn't been charged with any runs.
But he leaves two men on base.
So the new pitcher is left hander Bill Lee.
Well, let's see. Lee coming on now for his 37th appearance of the year,
the same as the number on his back.
His record is 6 wins, 3 losses and 4 saves.
His earned run average, 4.07.
He's worked 55 in a third inning, giving up 48 hits in that time,
struck out 32 and walked 23.
In the last month, Lee has not been affected.
Trying to get back into a groove, he did save a ball game down in Texas.
And now hopes to try to get back in the groove that he had earlier in the year
at all last year because it's certainly needed.
Left handed help from the bullpen and Lee in short release is certainly needed.
So Lee is taking his warm up, he'll face two left handed batters here,
Muser and Carlos May.
But runners are at first and second with one out.
The White Sox leading by a run, 5-4.
The Red Sox rallied for three runs on some, a fun single, a little infield hit,
bunch of walks, a wild pitch, single to center.
A looping single to center, they didn't get a solid hit in that inning.
But they came within one run and they had runners at second and third.
Andy Costco struck out, Phil Gagliano struck out after a wild pitch he had in there
and that was the job that forced it in coming in from the bullpen.
The California Angels now only have one run lead over Detroit.
The Tigers got eight runs.
So the Tigers now lead by 10-9.
Yeah, we'll get it. We'll get it now. We'll get it everybody.
10-9 is the score.
Detroit got eight runs in the sixth inning to come from a 9-2 deficit
to lead now 10-9 over the Angels. Chuck Selbot is down the pitch for Detroit.
So the Tigers, who are leading the American League East in this most unusual season,
have rallied and picked up eight runs to go ahead of the California Angels
who seem to be having a laugh. Dave?
Tony Muser up there now, he's batting 261. He's been at bat only 23 times.
For the White Sox, and has 6th. Driven in two runs, no homers.
Here's a swing and a ground ball through the box.
Gagliano has it the second out. The first tee is safe, no double play.
Well-bounders through the box. Gagliano came in on the grass behind the mound,
picked it up, flipped it back to Appareccio at a tough angle for that little flip.
But got it there in good shape.
Appareccio's throw to first was simply too late.
Muser, a fast man, beating that throw. So now we have runners on first and third and two outs.
Kelly, the runner at third base.
Muser at first base, both fast men. And the runner is Carlos May.
Tough man at the plate has been held hitler today in four times effect.
Hasn't hit the ball out of the infield.
Here's the pitch to May. A swing and a foul ball.
That was a slider by the left-hander to the left-hand hitter.
A counter strike one on May.
May has hit three ground balls and has struck out.
Actually, he's hit two ground balls.
The other time he funned it into a force bar.
One of those ground balls came on a check point.
Now the catcher, Fisk, goes out to talk to Lee.
White Sox, lead five to four and Lee's hitting.
He started the inning with two singles, but I haven't scored.
Now Eddie Popovsky comes out of the dugout.
Fisk and Lee were holding a foul ball and the acting manager today,
the birthday boy Eddie Popovsky comes out and says something very briefly and quickly
to the batter he makes it around and then goes right back to the dugout.
Counter strike one on Carlos May.
First and third two outs of situation here in the last of the eighth inning.
And a pick to first base by Lee. He is safe, but fairly.
Tony Muster had to dive back in.
Now for the ninth inning, the red track, number nine.
Now on the order of the pitcher and a hyperman Amperichio did a bat.
Not only a pinch hitter for the pitcher, now the delivery to May.
White or off Lee's, he's up to Amperichio.
He steps on second to retire this time.
So the red track got out of a jam and had an in first two men up single, but no one scored.
Well, is it hard by May, deflected by the glove of Lee to the shortstop Amperichio,
made the play second base, the horse play going over to step on the bag.
No runs and two hits and two men are left.
At the end of eighth, the score is Chicago five and the red track's four.
The ninth inning, we're getting a pinch hitter now for the pitcher.
It's going to be Juan Vanneke's ninth inning last chance for the red track.
And here's that.
All right, Dave, here's Vanneke's up there batting against left hander Terry Forster,
who came on and struck out two men in relief.
There's a call strike on the outside corner.
Vanneke is hitting 242 as one home run, eight runs batted in.
Right handed batter.
Tommy Harper on deck. Forster throws.
Six to ball curveball on the outside corner.
Both those pitches were spotted to the same place,
low and away on the outer corner.
0-2 to Vanneke.
Here it is.
There's a ground ball into center field for a base hit past the lunge of Morales,
and Vanneke is on with a pinch single.
That's also a hop past Morales' love.
Vanneke is representing the tying run as it first will have a station break along the line right now.
This is Red Sox Baseball.
WTIC in Hartford, the forecast calls for clear and becoming cool tonight with the lows in the 50s,
sunny and warm tomorrow. Right now on Constitution Plaza, it's 80 degrees.
We're back at Kameski Park, Chicago.
The Red Sox trailing by a run in the night, have a base runner.
The pitch to Tommy Harper, he bluffs the button, takes a strike.
That brings Fizio in from third and Mewser from first.
They have the bumps, rotation going in the infield for Chicago,
Alvarado going towards second and Morales towards first.
Red Sox has a runner, Vanneke, who is fast at first base.
Now time is called, and Eddie Papowski wants to talk to Tommy Harper.
He bluffs the bus that time, Harper did, and took a strike.
The Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Mets 8-1, Don Gullit, Don Gullit getting the win,
and Jim McAndrew taking the loss. 43,578 at Shays Stadium.
Here's the set, the pitch. Harper hits the high fly ball down the left field line.
Coming hard for it is May, and foul ground has it for the out.
Vanneke returns the first.
One away.
Well, Harper has a good cut that time, but foul down in the left field.
After a long run, May caught up with it.
Louis Apparecio is up to two for four in this game.
He's doubled to left and has an infield hit against Wilbur Wood.
And this is his first look at Terry Forster this afternoon.
Luke Kraus warming in the bullpen for Boston, just in case.
Pitch is inside to Louis Apparecio, ball one.
Sy Acosta, a right-hander.
Ralph or Dave Lemons, a left-hander throwing the bullpen for Chicago.
The set by Forster. Pitch to Apparecio.
Foul ball, a line, the upper deck along the first space line.
Well, the Detroit Tigers are making one of the comebacks of the year.
They are leading Cleveland now 11-9 as Bill Freehand is home-ered in the seventh with none other than
the seventh with none other.
At one time, the Indians led 9-2.
1-1 pitch to Louis.
Ball inside.
Angels are bigger parts of the Angels playing Detroit.
California had a 9-2 lead.
Cleveland has beaten Oakland today, 3-1.
Forster throws.
Low ball free.
Three balls, one strike to Apparecio.
Well, Red Sox trying for something here on the night.
They trail by a run, 5-4.
They've come back from a 5-1 deficit.
Forster throws, and it's inside ball four. Apparecio is on.
That pushes Juan Benekis into scoring position in second base.
Danny Cater coming up.
Runners at first and second, and one down.
Cater's had one hit in this game, a bunch single.
It came in the eighth inning.
He spliced a bunch nicely.
Schopter, he cut the ball so that it had reverse English on it, and run it safely.
The other three times, he has grounded out twice and popped a short.
North Cater leads the club at hitting into double plays.
That's what they're playing for.
They're playing for the Lions, and misses strike one.
Trying run at second base, the lead run at first.
One out of the ninth.
5-4, Chicago.
Cater moves in.
Terry Forster looks for the time.
He pitches. Cater takes strike two, right in there on the inside corner.
And Danny's behind on the count 0-2.
Two very quick strikes.
Set by Forster, pitching.
Strike three, swinging. Cater's out on three pitches.
Boy did Forster handle him.
He took the bat right out of Cater's hand that time.
That last strike was a weak swing by Danny, who I don't believe saw that ball.
And now it's ball up to Reggie Smith.
Smith has had a tough afternoon.
He hasn't had the ball out of the infield either.
Either he nor Cater, the three-four hitters have.
Reggie has struck out, grounded out twice and popped up.
Vanika's at second base, the pitch.
Ball one high.
Two out, two on in the ninth inning.
Red Sox down by a run.
Reggie Smith standing in. Vanika's at second and Aperishio at first.
Forster working quickly. Kicks close. Strike call.
Breaking ball on the outside corner. One ball, one strike.
The outfield is stepped to left on Reggie. Here's the set.
The pitch. Strike two, call on the inside corner.
Good fastball. Smith jacked nice away from that.
But the plate on fire says strike two.
Got that in strike corner. Tough pitch.
One and two now. Forster ready.
Set throws. A high foul ball, first base side out of play.
Jack, one ball, two strikes.
This Forster can hope.
He's had three strikeouts coming into the game in the eighth inning.
One and two to Smith.
The bars. The pitch.
Ball outside. Two and two.
Two balls, two strikes.
White Sox full pen watching now. Acosta and Lemons.
Two and two to Reggie Smith. Two runners on, two out.
Here's the set. And the pitch.
A foul ball out of play.
And the suspense continues here in the ninth inning.
Two balls, two strikes.
White Sox in first place by percentage point.
Want to make it more now. Oakland has lost.
Reg Sox trying to hang in there in the eighth.
Here's the set now. And the pitch to Smith.
Ball outside.
It's three and two now. Right down to the wire.
Two balls, two strikes. Two out, two on.
Five for Chicago leading. How about this?
The on deck hitter is Rico Petracelli.
Forster gets the sign. Smith waits.
Here's the pitch. The runners go. Ball four. The bases are loaded.
Reggie Smith takes the walk.
Sending Paparicio to second. And Vanneke is to third.
And the bases are loaded for Rico Petracelli.
Holy crow.
And the base hitter is Rico Petracelli.
Has had three for four in this game. Three singles.
And he knocked in a run with a single.
A grouping of single in the center field in the eighth inning.
So the Red Sox has three on and two out.
Forster ready. Pitching.
Ground ball, hit foul.
First base side. Pass to Pouski.
Then two walks and a base hitter is Innings.
The only hitter of Forster has been by pinch hitter Juan Venekas.
To third.
Paparicio at second. Smith at first.
The stretch. The pitch.
High. Ball one. Very high. Sending Irmina to get it.
Forster already has had one wild pitch since coming in, allowing a run to score.
Young Spinerballer and throws as hard as anybody we've seen on the Chicago staff.
Well, many staff in this league.
One ball, one strike to Rico.
Here's the set. And the pitch.
Ball two is high.
Two balls, one strike.
Boy, this game has turned out to be something.
Two and one to Petra Silly.
Dying run at third. Lead runs at second and first.
The pause. The pitch.
Strike the ball on the inside corner.
Two and two.
Boy, when he has that pitch going, it's almost unbeatable.
That fast ball up and in on the inside corner.
Now it's two and two to Rico.
Here it is. Two to pitch.
Check swing. Ball three. And it's three and two when the base is loaded.
One more wide of the mark with fours in the tying run.
One more strike within the ball game.
A base hit. Could send the Red Sox ahead.
They're on the move on three and two.
Here it comes. And it's lined in the center field for a base hit.
Two runs will go on the Red Sox. Go ahead.
Rico Petra Silly hits the three to pitch the center.
It's four hits. And the Red Sox are leading now in his come back effort by the score of six to five.
Mr. Petra Silly. Four for five.
And what a clutch hit that is.
A single to center on the three to pitch.
Runner that first and third the Red Sox lead by a run.
Crowds and fists coming up.
Vanika scored. Apporicio scored.
And over to third went Reggie Smith.
A two run first here in the ninth inning for the Red Sox.
To put them ahead in his ball game.
Bisc is up and he's had one hit.
He's had two RBI. Here's the pitch.
Ball ball out of play. Strike one.
Carlson had a double driving in a run in the second inning.
He walked with the bases loaded in the eighth.
So he's one for three.
Well that hit by Petra Silly quiet as a crowd here.
Here's the pitch to fifth. Outside ball one.
One ball one strike two punch.
Smith at third. Rico at first.
Forcer with a stretch.
Throws. Hangs it outside.
Ball two. Two and one.
Two balls one strike.
Petra Silly's knocked in three runs today.
Here's the pitch. Strike two.
There's that inside corner pitch of Forcers again.
He's now two and two to fifth.
Runners at first and third fifth getting back in.
Here's the pitch.
And it was perfect.
I think that's the pitch for the fourth.
The Pantyr Forcers throws.
Ground ball toward shortstop.
Alvarado can't handle it.
It's in the left center.
Smith scores. Here comes the third base.
Petra Silly's in there safely.
And now it's another run.
An error on Alvarado on a ground ball
that would have ended the inning.
It's got time in the left center field.
This reaches first on the error.
And a big error that was.
Runners are at first and third.
Petrosilli went in the third base.
7-5 Red Sox.
Andy Costco is up. He's won for four.
Here's the set.
Now Costco backs out. No pitch.
The fourth who went through with his motion.
Time had been called. It's no pitch.
So what do you know? The Red Sox are fought back
from the 5-1 deficit. They were down 5-1 to Wilbur Wood.
Now they leave 7-5.
Pitch to Costco outside.
Ball one.
Vanika started the whole thing with a single.
Harper fouled out, but then Apparicio walked.
Cater struck out and with two outs, Smith walked below the base.
Pitch to Costco. Lyons sharply to left field.
It is in there. One of them.
The left fielder Carlos made for the final out.
Little bit low to Spezio.
Ball one.
Spezio's had one for four.
Marty Patten throwing in the bullpen.
He's scheduled to work Tuesday night in Kansas City.
Crowds get set.
Rose, foul, back to the screen.
Now the count is one ball, one strike.
Well, this one is not for the faint of heart.
Sun's out fully now and it's cleared up here in Chicago.
There's another game to follow this one.
Whatever happens in this one, it'll be a tough act to follow.
Crowds set.
Rose.
Check swing. Strike calls.
Now it's ticked off his bat.
Foul tip, one ball, two strikes.
Well, they're warming up in Baltimore for their 5'30 game.
Eastern daylight time.
Ray Corbin will go for the Minnesota twins.
Mike Cuellar for the Orioles.
Foul throws. Low.
Two and two.
Two balls, two strikes, two Spezio.
Here's the pitch. Foul back.
Still two and two.
The Red Sox infield at double play depth.
The Red Sox got the first run in the game.
In the second inning of the game, they led one to nothing.
Until the White Sox went ahead 2-1 on the fifth.
Then the White Sox got three.
They had to go for the second inning.
Then the White Sox got three.
And they got some more runs in the sixth inning.
The pitch is low.
Ball three.
It's three and two to Spezio.
Three balls, two strikes.
Now crowd sets.
He throws.
Foul four.
Two to run lead. Seven to five in the bottom of the ninth.
But the White Sox have runners at first and second.
Nobody out.
Danny Cader is in at first base.
They're looking for the button.
Here it is.
And it's inside a ball.
Gets away from fifth, but no advantage.
Herman gave no indication of funding or anything on that.
He had a take on and it's ball one.
Left-hander, hitter at hitter.
One for four.
He's driven in a run with a single.
He's scored one.
Passing, gets set.
Marty delivers.
Ball inside.
Doing nothing.
The Red Sox full 10 is the four for everybody.
This afternoon, Newhauser, Tatum and Krauss were ineffective.
And now Patton, the starter, is trying to do something.
He's behind on the batter 2-0.
Marty goes to the stretch.
Throws.
Fly ball to left center field.
Andy Costco is under it.
Waiting.
And has it for the F.
Fizio at first.
Now the pitch by Patton.
Fly ball straight away center field.
Tommy Harper coming in.
He's under it.
He's got it.
Two batters.
He's given up two fly balls.
Williams digs in and Patton is ready.
Marty drops to the belt.
Throws.
Strikes swinging.
A little looping foul.
First base side, no play.
He's set.
Throws.
Lowering outside.
Two strikes.
The Redstock trailed five to one going into their eighths.
They got three in the eighths.
Came up with three in the ninth inning with a big hit by Rico Pettuselli.
Here's the set by Marty Patton.
He throws.
And it's hit on the ground up the middle into center field.
They fit.
A single for Walt Williams, the fin shitter.
Making the score seven to six.
The Redstock leading by one run.
And the strike called on the inside corner to a left-handed batter.
Marty gets ready.
Now he throws.
Strikes swinging a foul fifth.
Foul ball out of play.
Waving the bat back and forth.
Now the set.
Now the pitch.
Ball high.
It counts one and two.
Fly ball.
The Redstock win.
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The Redstock.