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The Philadelphia Phillies faced the St. Louis Cardinals at Bush Stadium for a Tuesday night game on September 12, 1967.
Philadelphia was managed by Gene Mock and were an average team wallowing in the middle of the National League with a 74-68 record.
The Cardinals were managed by Red Shandiest and dominated the National League with a 10-game lead over the Giants.
This is audio recordings from the Cardinals' radio broadcast featuring announcers Harry Carey and Jack Buck.
...between these two clubs. They'll be wrapping up this series here tomorrow night.
It's a very comfortable evening at the ballpark, a bit more breezy than it has been as of late.
The breeze is blowing directly into the center field, but will not affect the play very much.
Harry Carey and Jack Buck on hand with the play-by-play, and two right-handers for the latter, Rick Wise, a Philadelphia Phillies.
His record is 9-10. He's 1-1 against the Cardinals this year.
The Cardinals' next player is Bob Gibson. He's making his second appearance. He's coming off the disabled list.
And his first appearance at home since the same, that broken leg against the Pirates.
A lot of other baseball being played this evening. A lot of things to keep you up to date on.
Right now, Charlie Jones, the public address announcer, is giving the lineup to the crowd.
And we have a crowd of about, oh, 16,000 fans and about 3,000 youngsters.
And now Bob Gibson is about to be announced as the starting pitcher here this evening.
We'll see what the reaction is.
And the crowd is glad to have Bob Gibson back in the pitching rotation.
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Before giving you the lineup, let's pause for identification. This is the Cardinals Baseball Network.
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Here are the lineups for the ballgame. The visiting Philadelphia Phillies.
At Cook and Rohost at second base leading off. Tony Taylor at third. And Johnny Callison in right field.
Tony Gonzalez is playing left and batting fourth. Johnny Briggs in center. Bill White is at first base.
Clay Dowermple is the catcher. A lot of left-handed batters in the lineup tonight. Bobby Wine at shortstop.
And Rick Wise on the mound for the Phillies. Rohost, Taylor, and Callison. Gonzalez, Briggs, and White.
Dowermple, Wine, and Wise. Nine and ten is the right-handers record.
The Cardinals have Lou Brock in left. Bob Coleman in center field. Roger Maris is in right.
Orlando Cepeda at first. And Tim McCarver catching. Phil Gagliano at third.
Bullion out of the air at second base. Dal Maxfield at short. And Bob Gibson, 11 and 6 on the mound.
They're anxious to start this game. We have to give you the lineup in quite a hurry.
The ballgame about to start. And here for the play-by-play is Harry Kerr.
Thank you very much, Jack. Hello again, everybody.
Here's the first pitch of the ballgame. Fastball in there. Strike off.
And Bob Gibson really fired that one. McCarver to catch.
And Gagliano at third. Maxfield at short. Javier at second. And David Perk.
Brock in left. Tolan in center. Maris in right. Sub pitch.
Quite a little bit outside. The kind of even a ball in the strike. Nobody on and nobody out.
Rojas, Cookie. Cookie Rojas with three homers and 40 RBI.
Bob Gibson delivers. Here it is.
High, pop foul. Out of play into the stand. A half-moon shine.
Over Bush Memorial Stadium.
The Cardinals' magic number is eight. Into the windup, the pitch.
Round ball. Maxfield to his left. Up and throwing. He's out. One away.
Down Mountfield. Moving to his left. Boy, that little guy.
That's it. He's probably the most underrated man in baseball.
You know, we got so many named stars on this ball.
Probably you never even think about Maxfield. Except when the ball hits towards him.
Or when it comes to bat. When it requires a hit or a butt.
What he produces.
Most underrated, a little shortstop.
One out. Tony Taylor to batter. Hitting 250. A windup by Gibson. A pitch.
Oh, strike call.
I got an idea. Gibson wants to make up in a couple of weeks. What he missed in two months.
One strike, no balls. One out and nobody on. Bob Gibson.
Facing Tony Taylor. Here's the pitch.
Line into the right field corner. Strike two. Two strikes and no balls.
Cleveland three. White stocks nothing.
But the White stocks are batting a long time and a six.
And they've changed pitchers for Cleveland.
Culver. First game of a night doubleheader.
Twins are losing at Washington. Here's the pitch. White foul back and out of play.
Two strikes, no balls. One out and nobody on.
White stocks got two. And Cleveland leads three to two at the end of six.
Tony Taylor digging in. From the Havana, Cuba.
Here's the windup. The pitch.
A little tap. He's going to beat it out if it stays there. But it goes foul.
Two strikes, no balls.
Beta Pinson-Holmers with a man on the second.
For the Reds who now lead the Pirates six to one at the end of two.
Henry Aaron hit his 36th and Ty Upham wins.
However, a mess lead at Atlanta three to one in the bottom of the fourth.
LaVoda hit one with one off and a mess.
Two strikes, no balls. One out and nobody on.
Here's the windup. The pitch.
And it's high. Two strikes and a ball. One out.
Jim Lombard shooting for his 20th victory of the year has a one to nothing lead at the end of six over Catfish Hunter.
Reggie Smith-Holmer. Here's the pitch high.
Two balls, two strikes. One out.
No game in the first. No score. Delightfully cool evening. The crowd about 25.
Now the signal given.
Here's the pitch.
High fly, right center. Bobby Toland dashing back. He's got it.
Two outs. Rock is playing left. Toland in center. Marissa Wright.
Here's Johnny Callison hitting 266.
The pitch. It's a curve and a strike called Boyd Gibson looks good.
Eddie Messer and Bob Blaze bringing the notes up from the people from out of town.
Strike no ball. The foot. And it's a curveball outside. The counters in and a ball and a strike with two outs.
Johnny Callison, 13 homers, 63 RBI and hitting 266.
People are here from the town I can't pronounce the name of.
There's a line shot. Right center. Marissa going over on the second half.
Callison stops it first.
I hear from Arkansas City Kansas.
Or Kansas City Kansas. Or Arkansas City Kansas.
Anyway, they're from Kansas.
We also hear from Kirkwood.
From Kirkwood 9, almost a thousand people are here.
Here's Tony Gonzales, left handed hitter. Second to Clemente in the fight for the batting championship.
Gonzales hitting 342.
Clemente hitting 350. First pitch is inside.
Are they kidding?
There's a couple here celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. That's going to be a mistake.
Nobody could be married 60 years.
Here's the pitch flop. High hopper. Maxie's going to have to hustle.
Boy, that was a close one.
Maxfield on a high hopper. Throw out Gonzales.
No runs, one hit, no errors, one less. We're going to the bottom of the first nose score.
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A couple celebrating their 60th anniversary. From Butler, Illinois. I should say they're 20 years old when they're in art.
Now it means living together 80 years. That's beautiful, isn't it? Never have an argument.
Here's Lou Brock to lead it off.
294, 19 homers and 71 runs batted in. Lou Brock.
Now the wind up and here's the pitch. Rick Wides' curve ball is low for one.
The Phillies have Tony Taylor at third, Bobby Wine at short, Cookie Rohat at second, Bill White at first,
and Bill Rimple the catcher, Wides the pitcher.
Here's the delivery. Bobby Wine at the middle base hit.
And Lou is on that.
Lou Brock singles his left.
That's his 15th game in a row.
Brock now has 186 hits.
He's only 14 away from the coveted 200 hits a year that everybody shoots for.
Here's Bobby Taylor left handed hitter hitting 251. Rick Wides gets ready.
Throw to first the runner back.
Now the stretch.
Here's the pitch. There goes Brock. Look, drive ball. White's only playing first base.
Boy, I wish Bobby hadn't swung at that one.
Because Brock had a tremendous jump and he just made it easily.
In only one year has Brock ever had 200 hits previously.
That was in 1964 and he had 200 right on the nose as he bowed at 315.
Here's Mar. A runner in scoring position with a one-off.
Now the signal given. Rick Wides is finished.
Fastball outside. One ball, no strike.
Wides wears glasses.
Now the side. Wides is 1-9, lost 10.
There goes Brock. Hey, is the ground ball in the middle? Right here.
Brock's going to score. Brock was shooting for third base on that one.
And when Mar is single and center, he scores standing up.
One to nothing instead of a cardinal. Trying to reduce the magic number for seven.
You know, it becomes quite obvious that the cardinals either are going to clinch the pennant and fill it up here next week,
or are going to clinch it here in a series starting one week from Thursday night against the Braves,
September the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th.
So a leader beyond the road in Philadelphia here in St. Louis.
Here's the pay to one to nothing in favor of the cardinals.
In fact, the first of the tosses over there.
Rod's just drove in his 51st run of the year.
Now the bench. It's a strike at the knee. Rick Wides really fired one.
Now here's from St. Ambrose Church tonight and from Collierville in Tennessee.
One strike, no loss. One run in, one out.
Here at first, Maris, the best.
Take a good fastball, boy. He buzzed that ball, bud.
Honeymooners are here.
Jackie Gleason.
Now from Columbia, Missouri.
The daughter of one of the Baltimore Scouts, Byron Humphrey.
The best in the world.
They're here from St. James, Missouri.
There's a rooster here.
She'll be 84 and the rooster will be 87.
They're celebrating their 60th anniversary also on the 29th of this month.
Two strikes and a ball.
He struck him out.
So Peta goes down swinging.
And I'll bring him a carver.
That is 305.
There's a Mr. Rooster in there. Mrs. Rooster.
Celebrating her 60th wedding anniversary.
My carver batting 305.
Out of stretch.
High pop-ball back and out of play. Strike one.
Former Missouri University All-American.
And big insurance man now, Jim Peckara, is watching the ball here.
My carver with 13 homers, 62 RBI. Batting 305.
Rick Wise gets up.
Maritz edging off first base.
Out of stretch.
The fetch outside.
That evens out the ball on the strike.
Crowd about 20,000 I would say on a cool night.
A gentleman named Ed Skorn is now 95 years old, celebrating by attending the game.
One ball, one strike. Low and inside. 95.
Boy, you can't beat that. Living a wholesome life.
Two balls, one strike.
One to nothing in favor of the Cardinals. Two men are out. Maritz at first.
My carver waiting.
The fetch.
Curve low. Ball free. Gagliano be up there next. Boy, that Gagliano's considering you're getting close to a world series.
When you make a major change in your lineup, it's rather significant.
Bill's getting a lot of chances to play.
Three balls, one strike.
Here's the fetch.
Strike. It's called. Good curve ball. Three and two. And now Maritz will be going with the fetch.
Three balls, two strikes.
Signal given.
Strike wide. He's ready. Now the best. High pump ball back. Being chased out of play.
Three balls, two strikes.
Now the signal given. Maritz will be going with the pitch. Two out. One to nothing in favor of the Cardinals.
Rick Wise is set.
There goes the runner. Here's the fetch. Now ball up the middle, but Rojas has got it over the first inside.
Some a-cliver roll to Rojas. One run. Two hits. No errors. One run. At the end of one, the Cardinals won. The Phillies nothing.
First camp an hour is just time for Kansas City to tie up the Red Sox. One-one.
You know that meeting in the Commissioner's office was supposed to produce an announcement this evening.
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Here's Johnny Bridge, left-handed batter. Bob Gibson delivers.
Isn't that a fast ball that he is? Gibson really throwing it hard.
Boy, you can see the improvement from one strike to the other. Here's the wind-up.
He foul-tips strike two. Two strikes, no more. Nobody on and nobody out.
We're in the top of the second. The Cardinals are leading one to nothing.
Dick Hughes against Larry Jackson, a more night.
Here's the pitch. He foul-tips back.
Here's the wire from Toronto, Canada. Coming in loud and clear. Announce address for World Series ticket.
Sign Lin Clark, Toronto, Kansas.
Here's a, did it hit him? Yeah. Or did it? No.
It foul-tips. It actually hit the bat. That's what Shag Crawford indicated.
And Gene Mark got a nap. And Bridge says it hit him on the arm.
And Shag tries to find a blackened blue mark.
Gene Mark comes out the top to Johnny Briggs.
Now we've got a lot of messages of people who have had more anniversaries than 65.
I'm sorry, but they don't count if you're not the ballpark. I'm sure there are many more than that all over.
Two strikes, no more. Johnny Briggs, the pitch tap right back to Gibson. He's got it.
Oh, but it's a fade up to the eye. One man up and one down.
The summary on the Kansas City situation is just coming in. And Bernie Fox.
How about producing staff at San Alexis? Getting the details. Here's Bill White, one out of nobody on the pitch.
It's high inside. White hitting 260.
That doesn't sound like much, does it? But when you figure he can hardly walk for most of the season,
bouncing ball, who'll be coming in fast? He's up. Swift inside. Two out, two out.
They hear from Peoria, Illinois.
They hear from San Hopkins City. They hear from Streater, Illinois.
Here's Clay Dahlrempel, the catcher, the pitch curve, a little bit outside, Mowen.
One ball, no strikes, two out. Nobody on base. Cardinals out in front, one to nothing.
That's a magic number.
Here's the line.
The pitch. High pop fly. That'll take an hour to get down.
Cepeda's waiting for it. He's got it. Dahlrempel pops the Cepeda. One, two, three, nothing at par.
We go to the bottom of second. The Cardinals won. The Phillies nothing.
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Harry Charity and Jack Buck from Busch Memorial Stadium. We're going into the bottom of the second. One to nothing in favor of the Cardinals. Here's Gagliano.
Hitting 230. Here's Rick Wise's fifth. It's a strike, a good fastball. One strike, no ball.
Cleveland three, White Sox two at the end of seven.
Baltimore three, Detroit two at the end of four. Here's the best. Oh, he's hit by a pitch ball. He's hurt.
On his arm, on his wrist. Oh, he's doubled over in pain. Bob Bowman hurries out there, red shamed him.
Bill trying to walk by him. He is hurt. That was on the left hand. He's on the list of the fingers.
They want somebody to limber up. Eddie Bursue. He's hurting. There's a Mike Shannon going down. Mike Shannon goes down to limber up.
Oh, he's wincing. He wants to walk down the line and Bowman stays with him. And his knees kind of buckle as the pain takes its torture, as it were.
That's kind of a nice phrase, the pain takes its torture. You've got to remember that one. I'm a thing, I'll mark it down.
Bill wants to stay on the ball again. I think it's the finger on the middle finger on the left hand.
He's hit by a pitch ball. He's on his first base. He's going to stay on the ball again.
He's flexing his muscle now, his hand, his fist. He's going to stay in there.
He's passed by the end with a runner and Bursue going over the eye. The back of the left hand is really the middle finger that was hurting.
Straight up by Bowman. Look at him pull at that finger. Maybe he's going to be passable now. The short wireless is going to tighten up on him. It has to as hard as he got in.
Bill takes the lead and here's how the year. Bounding 287, 14 homers, 58 runs about an inch. The stretch. Little pitch. D-Wrek over the outside corner of the knee.
Cleveland, four. White Sox, two in the bottom of the eighth. Baltimore, four. Detroit, two in the bottom of the fifth.
One strike and over. Out of it. Holy swings. Line drive. Base hit. There goes D'Agliano.
Two in second. He had a hold up thinking the ball might be caught. How the year breaks his back with a single right. Shot right. And the Cardinals have runners at first and second.
Nobody out. Second inning. Already leading one to nothing. Cincinnati murdering Pittsburgh nine to one at the end of three.
I'll give you the report from the commissioner's office in a moment. Here's Maxey hitting 226. Runners at first and second. The stretch. The pitch. Pitch out. But they don't throw.
Major League Players Association has agreed to withdraw charges of unfair labor practices against Kansas City A's owner, Charles Finley.
Charges in the fire with the National Labor Relations Board. Baseball commissioner William Eckerd made the announcement after meeting for two days with Finley, his attorneys, and A's players.
Here's the pitch. Maxey swings it. Fly ball right field. Make it over. Carvelson head of the wall. One run is in. Here's Carvelson chasing the ball out. Here's another man allowed third. He holds. A double for Maxwell.
Oh, that joke had a tough job there. He had Gagliano running with Avier two steps behind. He had to send Gagliano home and hold Avier up at third. And he did a good job.
Eckerd said he will review the suspension of pitcher Luke Krause who was fined $500 by Finley for alleged misconduct aboard a chartered flight on August the 3rd. In an apparent compromise designed to head off a major dispute between the Players Association and Finley, both sides recognize the rights of the others in a formal 280-word statement issued by Eckerd.
Now I don't know what that all means, do you? Let's try it again. Major League Players Association has agreed to withdraw charges of unfair labor practices against Kansas City A's owner Charles Finley.
The charges have been filed with the National Labor Relations Board. Baseball commissioner William Eckerd made the announcement after meeting for two days with Finley, his attorney, and A's player representative Jack Eckerd. Eckerd said he will review the suspension of pitcher Luke Krause who was fined $500 by Finley for alleged misconduct aboard a chartered flight on August the 3rd.
In an apparent compromise designed to head off a major dispute between the Players Association and Finley, both sides recognize the rights of the others in a formal 280-word statement issued by Eckerd.
Well, sorry I took up that much of your time. Bob dips in the batter, runners at second and third score 2-0 in favor of the Cardinals, and Rick Wise gets ready.
Will Pitch, high pop line. Short right field, Johnny Callison is there, and he makes the shot. Gibson Puff, the Callison in short right.
You know, if I thought that was all going to be so nebulous, you know, after all, that's an unprecedented meeting between a commissioner of baseball and a representative of a team and its players.
I don't think it's ever been done before. That's why I thought I interrupted. But after I read it once, I couldn't quite comprehend, and after I read it twice, I was sure I couldn't comprehend.
So here's Luebrock, runners at second and third, the score is 2-0. In field, in. 1-0. Rick Wise gets ready. The pitch is on the way.
A tough lane foul. Boy, the Cardinals could really go a long way toward building up.
A fine lead right here against these two runs in. Runners at second and third, here's the pitch. High fast ball. That evens it up a little in the stretch.
One run is in. Runners are at second and third with one out. Long game and a second inning. 2-0 and save a dependent foul on St. Louis Cubs.
Their matching number can go to seven. Here's the pitch. He had a cut and he missed like two. Luebrock was really going the long way on a high fast ball.
Dick Ellsworth, the left-hander, getting ready. Bobby Tolan will be up there next. But this is a big out here because there's only one out. The infield in.
Anything through that infield or over it would produce two runs. Cardinals are already out in front two to nothing. Two strikes and a ball.
Here's the best. Out. High ball too. They can't even the two balls, two strikes.
Out of signal. Reflection, I guess the important thing about that statement I read is the players have withdrawn their charges to the National Labor Board.
Here's the pitch. Foul back. Two balls, two strikes.
Well I tell you, we're living in times where you have to have a lawyer just to understand whether today is today or tomorrow.
Things are really getting complicated. Two balls, two strikes.
Rick Wise is ready. The pitch is on the way. Oh, he struck him out on a high bad ball.
Luebrock started after it and tried to stop but apparently he had drawn around. Ooh, that hurt.
Luebrock strikes out. He chased the bad ball. He realized that he tried to stop but he had gone, the umpire had set around.
Here's Bobby Toe with runners at second and third. The score, two to nothing in favor of the cut.
Here's the amount to after that. Cincinnati leads Pittsburgh nine to three in the bottom of the fourth.
Houston over the cup three to nothing at the bottom of the second.
The nuts over Atlanta, three to two at the end of the sixth.
Here's the pitch. High almost threw it away ball one.
One ball, no strikes.
I know General Manager Newseal up in the first box and his son Dick.
One ball, no strikes.
Left hand hitter waiting.
No pitch. High. Ball two. Two balls, no strikes.
Bobby Toe went up there and Roger Mares will be next.
Try it about twenty or better thousand, maybe twenty-five.
Lot of youngsters there. Two balls, no strikes.
Here's the pitch.
Almost no, he's going to score.
Out.
Harvey Ayer on a short fast ball, which would have been ball three by the way.
He tried to score but he was cut down. The ball didn't roll as far away as he thought.
And Harvey Ayer is out from down the rim ball to wide.
One-one out of all that. Two hits.
No errors of one-one. At the end of two the Cardinals still are the fillies, nothing.
See if you remember this play from the Cardinal pass.
It's the bottom of the fifth and the Cardinals fail to hit third, three to two.
But the bases are loaded one away and the Card's young left fielder, Dan Newseal, is at the play with a count of one at all.
Ripped over, the bases loaded onto a full windup and here's the pitch.
Here's the swing.
The Cardinals are on the side and it's over to the right field for the Indians.
The Grand Slam home run, the first for Dan Newseal.
What the hell is going on? Some kind of an error.
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We go to the top of the third, two to nothing and save the Cardinals.
Red side taking a three to one lead at the end of eighth.
Boy, that American League race is really something.
Bobby Wine takes the first pitch high. Wine is hitting 193.
If it wasn't for the Cardinals, he'd be hitting 03.
He's right. All of his hits have been against the Redbirds.
Here's the fifth. Steal right call of fastball.
That evens it up with a ball and a strike.
Nobody on it and nobody out third inning.
Petsha Tim McCarver goes out.
Back to Bob Gibson.
Washington now leads the twins four to one at the end of sixth.
Well, let's see what happens if Washington beats Minnesota.
Here's the fifth.
Now ball is shot. McAdee's got it.
Here's the back. He's out.
What a...
Oh, I don't know.
I guess I could flip back to the pages.
When will Nashville ever make an air?
I don't think he's made 10 airs all year.
Here's Lake Lies.
If the twins lose, which they're losing,
if the Red Sox win, which they're winning, they'll be tied for first place.
If Detroit wins, which they're losing,
well, let's say if they lose, which they're losing, they'd stay two games out.
Here's the pitch. Wise swings a minute.
If the Red Sox lose, which they're losing, they would stay two and a half hours.
So actually, here's the curve swing a minute.
If the twins lose and the Red Sox win,
there will be a little more daylight between the top two and the next two.
Here's the curve swing a minute.
Two strikes and a ball. One out.
Let's hear it at half, one foul pitch.
Well, let's see how I can figure this out.
I have to go through all the boxers, though, as I'm actually over.
One man out. Here's the bet.
Strike! He's out of there. Wise call out on strike.
First strike out for Gibson.
Two men are gone. Cookley Rojas up there.
Rojas batting 250 with three homers and 40 runs by the net.
Cincinnati's murdering the Pirates 10 to 3.
Here's the pitch. Swung and he fouls to one strike and no ball. Two out.
Shag Crawford picks up the loose ball and fires it to the pitcher.
Now the signal. Gibson ready to try just to tie the ball up.
And the fifth.
Foul ball back.
On the top of the third, the Cardinals are leading two to nothing, trying to reduce their number to seven.
And then if the Giants should happen to lose, it would go down to six.
Well, I think it's becoming obvious now that the Cardinals will lead it.
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Two strikes and a ball. Cookley Rojas to bat.
Two outs, nobody on. We're in the third.
The pitch. Curve ball low. And the count evens two and two.
Two balls, two strikes. Cardinals fans are here from Bloomington, Illinois.
Now the delivery to Rojas.
High curve.
They're here from Augusta, Arkansas, Augsburg, Illinois, and Craig, Missouri.
Gray balls, two strikes, two outs, nobody on. Two to nothing in favor of the Cardinals. Here's the pitch.
A little tap file off to the right.
They're here from Washington, Missouri.
From Monticello, Illinois, from Enid, Oklahoma. From Enid, Oklahoma.
A honeymoon couple. Oh, wow.
Three and two pitch.
Balls, four and one. First batting.
Given up by Gibson.
Well, a Bush wholesaler from Tompkins, Los, Missouri.
Out here, Tommy D. Salvo with a group.
Tony Taylor the batter, two out of runner at first.
The pitch.
Oh, Gibson is a little off with his control, but off low, which is not a bad sign.
They're here from Burlington, Iowa.
One ball, no strikes, two out of runner at first.
The pitch.
Tony Taylor takes a bullet, a strike call.
They're here from Pocahontas, Illinois, tonight.
One of John Alden is with them.
Miles Stanish.
Here's the pitch, inside.
Who's that that went with Pocahontas?
Are you sure?
John Smith. No, I don't think so.
Here's the pitch.
Fuck if he misses, like you.
I think it was either John Alden or Miles Stanish.
Well, they're rooting here for the Albertos, and I found out tonight that you can pick up those
Bravo Bravo Alberto buttons with the Amity character on them.
Character.
Here at the ballpark now.
Two-two pitch.
All three.
Why, Gibson is so close to the plate on every pitch, and yet he just walked a man, and he's down to three and two on this guy.
Tony Taylor waiting, the three-two pitch.
Stay!
Tony Taylor called out on strikes.
No runs, no hits. No errors, one left.
We're going to the bottom of the third.
The Cardinals two.
The Phillies nothing.
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All chance, even with a broken hand, you're beautiful. You know, you're absolutely right.
It was Priscilla in relation to John Alden and Miles Sanderson.
And it was Captain John Smith with reference to Pocahontas.
We have gone 146 games, and our chance has finally been correct.
Here's Bobby Tolan to lead it off, bottom of the third.
The score, 2 to nothing in favor of St. Louis. Here's the pitch.
Bobby Bob's foot fouls. One strike and no more.
Tolan hitting 251. He was at the plate with runners at second and third in the second inning win.
How the air tried to score on a short pass ball and was out.
So he leads it off here on the bottom of the third. 2 to nothing, St. Louis.
How the signal given? The pitch by Rick Weiss. High pass ball.
That evens it up, a ball and a strike.
Oh, and whether the crowd be big or small, our out-of-town friends are always here.
One ball, one strike. The pitch, high and inside.
They're here from Aberdeen, South Dakota tonight.
Two balls and a strike. Bobby Tolan trying to get something started. Here's the pitch.
A high ball, 3. Two busloads are here from the Lions front of Cran de Lett.
They're here from Washington, Illinois. The Winchville Coorley Phantom team is here.
Three balls, one strike. Here's the pitch. He had a cut and he missed.
And the count is 3 and 2.
We're here from Davenport, Iowa, from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Three balls, two strikes. Bobby Tolan waiting. We're in the third.
Rick Weiss, pucks. Here's the pitch.
On the back, had a good count. The count is full of 3 and 2.
Three balls, two strikes. Stage 3 call. Bobby Tolan calling on those strikes.
He's off the pitch with five. He's on his way to George's first stage.
Here's the ladies celebrating their 80th birthday, Mrs. Johns of Decatur, Illinois, here tonight.
Here's Roger Mares, the pitch.
Right, boy, Wise is starting to hit that little outside corner.
Cleveland 4, White Sox 3 in the top of the ninth.
It's Chicago's first game of a double-header.
One strike, no balls. One out, nobody on. Mares the batter.
Here's the pitch. High, pucks, foul. Out of play. Strike two.
From Humboldt, Tennessee and from Millar, Missouri and from Mar-O-A, Illinois.
I don't know what this means. Two strikes, no balls. I guess this is a hip-swing once.
This note, I'll read it to you in a moment, the pitch.
Takes it low. It says, enjoying the ball game are a bunch of flowers from New Bern, Tennessee.
I didn't see him walk in. Two strikes and a ball. One out.
The pitch. Way drive. They hit right center. The pitch is on the way.
High, fly, deep right center, but it'll be caught.
Johnny Brakes is over and he has it. Sepeda flies to Brakes.
Orlando is falling into a slump. Here's McCarver.
Sepeda is now two out of his last 21.
Two men are out. A runner at first and here's McCarver.
Tim bounced out at first time, hitting 3.05. Thirteen homers and 62 runs right at end.
Here's the signal given.
Wides at the belt. The pitch to McCarver. State right car. A fastball.
They hear from Tecumseh, T-E-C-U-M-S-E-H.
They hear from Palmer, Missouri. Here's a guy celebrating his 81st birthday.
A gentleman named Faulkner from Palmer, Missouri.
The Athletic Association 300 strong from Ellisville are here.
Now Tim waits the pitch. Bouncing ball right at wide easy out. Steps on the back.
No runs, one hit. No errors, one left. Cardinal's a strand at three and at the end of three.
St. Louis to Philadelphia, nothing.
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Let's pause here for identification.
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Two minutes till nine. KMOX, KMOX FM, signal it.
White Owl Rangers, Invincibles, New Yorkers, yep, the stands are full of White Owl cigar fans.
How come? Easy. White Owls are always with the men up. Temperature now 72.
This is Harry Carrey and Jack Barton as we go on to the top of the fourth with Johnny Cavillerson taking the first pitch high.
One ball, no strike. Cardinal bleeding two to nothing.
Trying to reduce their magic number to seven. And maybe to six, the Giants should move.
Pitch hung and fouled back. Count evens at a ball and a strike.
We're in the fourth. Gibson has the one hit shut off.
One ball, one strike. Red Sox won their ballgame three to one over Kansas City.
No pitch. Line smash. One hop, Javier's got it over the first in time.
Fully moved to his right. Grab Cavillerson's smash and one hop and threw him out.
One gone, here's Tony guns off.
Al K-line has hit a homer with a man on for Detroit in the seventh.
They have taken a six to four lead over Baltimore.
Things are a little bit different than they were a few minutes ago in the American League.
A pitch to Gonzalez. High. One ball, no strikes. One out and nobody on top of the fourth.
They're here from St. Petersburg, Florida to see the clock.
A pitch. Line drive over Maxxie Pass station. Gonzalez winds the signal to left center.
That is Tony Gonzalez's one thousandth hit of his career.
Here's a couple from Johannesburg celebrating their 14th anniversary with their five children out here.
They're here from Syracuse, New York pulling for the card.
Here's Bill White, or rather Johnny Briggs, and the first pitch is low, ball one.
They're here from New Orleans tonight. The Ferguson-Coury League is here.
One ball, no strikes. They'll pitch. And it's low and inside.
A retired railroad man from Emonsdale, Indiana, 78 years old, is here tonight.
The stretchers. Bowled it back.
Cleveland batting in the night leads the White Sox 4-3 to Manila.
Cleveland did not score, and Pena now is relieved for Cleveland in the bottom of the line.
White Sox batting, trailing by one. Two balls and a strike to pitch.
Double play ball to Hooley. He's got it one half. Maxxie wins. Orlando, too.
That ball was hit like a bullet. A low line drive, a one half.
Hooley stabs the ball, fired to Maxxie, who I relay to Chico.
And it's no runs, one hit, no errors, nobody left. We're going to the bottom of the fourth, the Cardinals, too.
Philadelphia, nothing.
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Coming out of the fourth. Cardinals leading two to nothing, trying to reduce the magic number to seven.
Boy, that American League race, it sure changes.
The twins have closed in to within one of the senators.
Washington batting bottom of seven, four to three, Washington.
Here's Gagliano doing a fine job. Here's the pitch.
And it's a curve in there at strike call. One strike can over off.
The curves have come back to tie Houston, three, three.
And that's Leeda Blen at three to two on the bottom of the eighth.
Here's the pitch.
Ground ball headed for right. Another hit for Phil.
Gagliano grounds a single in the short right.
Boy, he's been doing a great job.
His average is 230, but he started from around 170, so he's really raised his average.
Out of the air of the batter. Nobody out. A runner at first. We're in the fourth.
And he shows coaching at third. Dick Sisler at first.
Out of signal.
From the bow. The pitch. Curve ball long away. One ball, no strikes.
Red Sox have already won their ball again.
At this very moment, they lead the Twins by another half a game behind the Twins right now.
One ball, no strikes. It's over to first, not a match.
If the Twins lose, the two will be tied.
If the Twins win, they'll still retain a one-game lead.
Here's the pitch. Low. Two balls, no strikes on Hooley.
A runner at first. Nobody out. Ball game in the fourth.
Final game of the series tomorrow night.
You know something?
Yeah, the Cardinals could punch this pennant on the road.
Tomorrow night might be their last chance to see them before they become champions.
Two balls, no strikes. No pitch.
High ball. Three.
The Redbirds moving in on a two-million mark in home attendance.
There's 65,000 away, and they'll have about 25,000 of it tonight.
Three balls, no strikes.
Runner at first.
Here's the pitch. He walked him ball for.
And the Cardinals have runners at first and second and nobody out.
Already leading two to nothing.
You know, with this beautiful weather prevailing,
and the Cardinals heading for a road trip after tomorrow night,
why don't you bring the family out tomorrow and see these Cardinals before they win the pennant?
That's better than seeing them, I guess, after.
Send them away to a rousing road trip by appearing here and cheering for them tomorrow night.
Here's Maxwell. No pitch.
Curve ball low. Ball wide.
I think being here tomorrow night might be just like being here when they went clinched the pennant,
because apparently it could happen on the road.
Button the bell.
No pitch.
Fumble off middle. Face hit.
A run maybe is going to score. Here he comes.
Circles out of the end of third. You'll make it easily.
Maxwell gets his second hit in a row.
A singular center driving in his 38th run.
The Cardinals lead three to nothing.
And I'll bring up Bob Gibbons.
You know, a 226 batter, I mean, doesn't sound too tremendous.
But the little guy batting eighth has driven in now 39 runs,
which is only a few lessons plus. He's had a great year.
Kurt has driven in 45. Maxie has driven in now 39.
That's only 11 less than Maris, and he's had a good year.
Just to give you an idea, he's driven in Lawrence and Bill White as a filly.
And here's Gibson with infield in, nobody out. Runners at first and third.
The Y's get set.
No pitch. Curve ball low.
Does anybody have a 15-ron pool? You've got a chance to win it.
Look at Cincinnati tonight. Four in the first, two in the second, three in the third, one in the fourth, and four in the fifth.
Runners at first and third.
Maybe, maybe, maybe he hasn't been in.
I'm not sure.
Warren here with a line drive, hung up there in front of his dollars.
I think like I did, he assumed there was a base that way off the bat.
Because the guy that charged him only had a chance to catch him as it hung up there.
But he's seen it in on one bounce, and that makes him now four to nothing.
Nobody out, and Dick Elgwes is going to come in.
And the new pitcher is Elgwes for the Phillies.
Wise leads after picking three innings, allowed four on, he leaves two men on, with reach for a hit.
Struck out three, walked one, and hit one.
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Well, the bottom of the fourth, the Cardinals are out in front, four to nothing.
They have one or two first and second, and nobody out with Brock, Tolan, and Maris coming up, and the Phillies have brought in the left-handers.
Minnesota did not score in the top of the eighth. Boy, that's a big ballgame for them.
Here's Brock. One out of two left-handed batters.
Into the stretch elsewhere, the pitch. They expect him to bunt. He takes low and outside.
One ball, no strikes. The Cardinals trying to make it two in a row in this series.
Boy, this one I always get a kick out of. Gals come to a ballgame.
The husbands watch the ballgame, and the women don't even look at the field.
One ball, no strikes. The pitch. And it's a curve outside. Ball two.
Two balls, no strikes.
And then they get home, and they say, Boy, what a wonderful ballgame it was.
The poor husbands try to watch the field. Here's the pitch. Curve outside.
The women don't pay any attention. There's a group in the booth right to the right of us. I won't mention any names.
But the wives haven't looked at the field yet.
Three balls, no strikes. Here's the pitch. Low and outside. The bases are loaded.
Boy, here's a chance at a great inning. The bases loaded and nobody out. Two runs already in.
And here's Kurt Schleppken of that for Bobby Tellman. The Cardinals are going for the offense here. Kurt Schlepp.
Blood-bonding 323 with four homers and 45 RBI. Bases are loaded and nobody out. Two runs already in.
The Cincinnati leads the Pirates 14 to 7 and the bottom is 6. Here's the fifth.
Right away, it's a hit. One run is in. Gibson's going to stop at third.
Kurt Schlepp lined a single just beyond Cookney Rojas's reach.
That makes it five to nothing. Gibson's a third block at second, flooded first. Now for flood is 152nd hit of the year.
And his 46th run about an effort. Here's Rod Jimenez. He's had a perfect night. 202. Five to nothing, St. Louis.
Bases loaded. Here's the fifth. Grab a hole but strikes two Rojas. What's like a double play? Wine for one and white for two. Another one scores though.
Maris will not be credited with a run about an in. That ball was hit right on the nose.
A low line drive on one half to Rojas who flipped it to wine who related to white.
So there's a runner third now with two outs. The Cardinals are leading six to nothing. And here's Orlando Cepeda.
Two out of his last. 21 and he is due. Ah, they're going to walk him.
They're going to walk him intentionally. They don't care about that super 21.
They know that Orlando's more dangerous right now than ever because he's been in a little bit of a slump.
So Cepeda will be intentionally passed. And I honestly believe that his little slump started with a multiplicity of bases on balls.
In that Pittsburgh series, first game or third, they walked him almost every time he was up.
And I think he kind of lost his touch as a result. One is the first and third. And here's McCarver.
He's 0 for 2.
One is the first and third. Ah, the signal.
One is the first and third waiting. Here's the flip. Tim takes it low.
Dick Ellsworth in a relief order. Oh, four runs in this inning have been charged to Rick Wise.
So he has permitted six runs in the game.
Ellsworth gets ready. One ball, no strikes.
Dallas Green warming up on the bull fence of the Philly.
Outside, ball two. Gagliano will be next.
This is a nice man to bat in the inning. The Cardinals have scored four. They have two out. They have two on.
You know, I think if the Giants lose tonight, the odds are the Cardinals will clinch it in Philadelphia.
Next week, here's the fifth.
Outside, ball three. If the Giants win tonight, I think the odds are the Cardinals will have a chance to clinch it at home starting Thursday night, September 21 against the Braves.
We have a four-game series, a final home stand, Thursday, September 21, Friday 22, Saturday 23, and Sunday 24.
And that's it at home until the World Series.
And there's no telling when that will be because it's the American League.
Ball four, the bases are loaded.
You know, that American League can wind up in a four-way tie.
They might be playing off just the American League until mid-October.
And there's a big Leanna up there with the bases loaded. He's been hit by a pitch ball. He is single. He has scored two outs.
He's the tenth man to bat in the inning. He started it off with a single right.
The pitch by Ellsworth. Up and up. Bill White in foul territory. He's got it three times a side.
He's had a big inning. Four runs. Four hits. No errors. Three left. The Cardinals are stranded sixth.
And at the end of four, it's the Cardinals sixth, the Phillies nothing.
We go on to the top of the fifth. The Cardinals, moving to a magic number of at least seven,
and maybe six before this night is over, are leading six to nothing.
Steps up there for the Phillies, and here to tell you all about it now is Jack Butts.
Okay, Harry, thank you. There's a lot going on here this evening.
This is a busy ball game with 11 hits. The Cardinals nine, two for the Phillies.
Cardinals leading six-nothing. White leading off.
And the ball is tied from Bob Gibson to start the fifth inning.
And the other ball games are standing right along. Minnesota's batting in the ninth.
The Cardinals trailing Washington by a couple of runs. Bill White courts one foul, pass first, and it's one and one.
Second game of the doubleheaders starting between the Indians and the Light Sox.
Cleveland won the first game, 4-3.
Angels and the Yankees are playing a doubleheader, and the Angels won the first game.
Detroit's out in front, 6-4 at the end of seven over Baltimore.
Nobody on or out here in the fifth inning, and Bill White left-handed better than Xibalo.
White grounded out his first time up.
Cardinals are running the first, they're running the second, four on the fourth, and they lead six-nothing.
The pitch foul back to the screen, two and two.
Dallas Green, a six-ball right hander, is warming up out the full fence.
Jim Lombard of the Red Sox won his 20th ball game of the year tonight, beating Kansas City 3-1.
We wait for the 2-2 pitch to Bill White.
It's the slider in on him, ball three.
It'll be White, Dallaripple, and Wine, and if anybody gets down, the pitcher Ellsworth is due to come up.
The pitch is fouled back again by White.
A full count of three and two.
The Reds have a loud one going, the score is 8-10, 15-7 at the end of six, favor the Reds.
The pitch foul in the air behind the plate, McCarver has the play, and he's got the ball for the up.
Bill White has fouled out to start the fifth inning.
McCarver hauled it in, the batters play Dallaripple to catch your left-handed batter.
He popped out his first time up.
Game time tomorrow is 8 o'clock.
Larry Jackson will go for the visitors, and Dick Hughes will be the cardinal pitcher.
First one to Dallaripple is a little bit high.
Gibson on the mound, leading 6-0 and trying for his 12th win of the year.
Dallaripple takes a changeup curveball in there for called strike one and one.
Gibson went up on the pitch and it drifted in there.
Tomorrow our heroes will be taking his 15th win, he's the winningest cardinal pitcher of the year.
The pitch one high, ball to two and one.
They're waiting for that Minnesota final.
They went into the ninth, trailing Washington 5-3.
The pitch coming from Gibson, taken the roll by Dallaripple, three and one.
McCarver steps on the plate umpire, Crawford works very close to the catcher, puts his hand on the catcher's back.
The two got all tangled up on that last pitch.
The three-one delivery, swung on his foul pass first, passed on Holt coaching down there, three and two.
One out, nobody on, three and two on the batter.
He had a three-two count on Dallaripe.
That is three-two again on Dallaripple, swung on, grounded his second.
How the air has it, the pitcher has to cover.
He's out, Gibson got over off the mound, covered first and took the throw from out of the air.
Four to one for the put out, two out.
The hitter, Bobby Wise, grounded out his first time up.
The right-handed hitter, the footer's off to a short stop.
The Braves have been batting for quite a while on the bottom of the ninth.
They went in trailing the Mets three-two.
The Mets have used two different pitchers for their vendor.
They're now on Taylor in the ninth inning.
Gibson trying to set the Phillies down in order here.
The fifth pitch is to Wine and throws low in the way ball-in.
Atlanta score two in the ninth and beat the Mets four-three.
The pitch swung on, hit the short, big hop to Maxwell, the throw to first, he's out.
Wine is out, down in order go the Phillies in the fifth.
It's now an official ball game as far as Bob Gibson is concerned.
You'll recall he had to be taken out in the sixth inning the last time he picked when his arm tightened up.
We go into the bottom of the fifth inning and the Cardinals lead the Phillies six-nil.
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We're going to pause for identification before the Cardinals bat in the fifth inning.
Dick Ellsworth is down the mounds of the Phillies in relief for Rick Wise.
And out of here will be the Cardinal leadoff.
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Javier leading off, facing a left-hander, Dick Ellsworth.
He's been on base twice.
He popped up this time.
Cry ball in the right center.
Callison drifts to his right and the right fielder makes the catch for the out.
Javier jumped on the first one but fly it out.
There's one going in the Cardinal fifth.
Things to the plate, Dow Maxville has driven in two runs tonight.
Max he doubled in the second, he's singled in the fourth, he's scored a run and driven in two and he takes the strike.
Total guy batting 226.
He just can't get that batting average up, can he?
Now what a game he has played around shortstop for the past month or so.
He has made high popping plays.
Ball outside and he's made those plays look easy.
He's no chill boat out there, he doesn't put on a big act.
He either gets the ball or he doesn't.
He's sparkled in Pittsburgh, made some plays here last night.
Flies into the same spot that the ball was hit by Javier and Callison's going to get this one also.
Two outs.
Both Javier and Maxville have fly right in the batter is Bob Gibson.
Gibson limps to the plate.
He still walks with a perceptible limp, his right ankle is heavily taped as he pitches.
But he and the Cardinals lead here in the fifth inning, 6-0.
A Minnesota loss tonight to Washington.
Strike call to Gibson.
So the Red Sox are back in a first place tie.
And the Tigers who are winning could be only one game out again.
And the American League just won't shape up.
The pitch coming, high.
And the White Sox who lost the first game with their double header could actually gain a half game in the standings
and be only two out if they can beat the Indians in the second game of their twin build.
5-4 Washington beats Minnesota.
A ball and a strike to Conny Gibson with two out here.
Third ball goes low from Dick Ellsworth.
Ellsworth, 6-6 for the year.
All six Cardinals run, charges to the Philly starter, Rick Wise.
Gibson, drove in a run with a single, made it across the plate.
One out of two.
Line drive to center fielder and that is a face hit in front of Johnny Briggs, the center fielder.
Gibson gets his second hit of the night, he's down with two out.
They had 6,000 people in Washington this evening.
To watch the Senators beat the Twins, the Twins scored a run on the night.
And the home run hit by Frank Howard in the eighth inning turned out to be the difference in the game.
Bertano is the winner and Merritt DeLuzer, that's one of the better pitchers of the Twins this year, Jim Merritt.
His record is now 12-5.
Brock is the batter with two out.
Third in there, called strike.
Cardinals have banged out ten hits in this ballgame.
And they lead 6-0, there have been no errors in the game.
Brock caps one to third.
Tough play for Tony Taylor, throws, he's out.
Pretty close play, but Tony Taylor from third base throws out to the broad.
No runs, one hit, no errors, one left.
The Cardinals have stranded seven.
Five full innings have been played and the Cardinals lead the Phillies 6-0.
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The ballgame goes into the sixth.
Detroit won their game, they pick up a full game on Minnesota.
So the Tigers are only one game out again in that American League race,
winning 6-4 over Baltimore.
Gibson is down the mound and Chuck Hiller, an infielder, formerly of the Giants in the Mets,
Hiller is batting for Ellsworth.
Leading off in the sixth inning, Chuck, a little left-handed batter,
hasn't played too much for the Phillies.
He's an infielder, second baseman primarily.
Gibson's pitch to him is a strike call.
Bob kept it away and it's 1-1.
It'll be Hiller, Rojas, and Taylor.
The 1-1 from Gibson, grounded to Sepeta.
Big hop, he makes the play himself.
One out, Sepeta, shot it in and stepped on the bag,
retiring Chuck Hiller on a ground ball to the right side.
There's one out in the batter, Rojas who is grounded out and won.
Finals lead 6-0, sixth inning.
Only two hits off of Bob Gibson in the game.
He's allowed one walk.
He's had only two strikeouts.
It's Dimegan, the Phillies, hit the ball,
and finally hitting the ball on the ground.
Max Alves has done a home run on the first inning for Cleveland,
so they're out in front of the White Sox in the second game with a double header.
After Cleveland won the first game, 4-3.
Rojas, a face hit to left.
Rojas lines a single to the left, fielded by Brock.
The Philly leadoff hitter is on there with one out.
And the batter is Tony Taylor.
He's 0-2.
He's flying to center.
He's struck out.
The new pitcher for Philadelphia in the sixth inning will be Dallas Green.
Tony Taylor, the batter.
Gibson's pitch is low.
McCarver caught that one in the webbing of the glove, did not know he had it.
He started to look around for the ball.
It was in the midst.
Ball on.
Now the pitch is a strike call.
With Gibson going into the sixth inning here,
Cardinals get a pitcher ready down on the bullpen.
And Larry Gaster starts to loosen up.
The pitch coming to Taylor is low for a ball.
Fault is 2-1.
Rojas the first one out.
Fortunately in this situation with Rojas running and Taylor batting,
you have to be very concerned about a hit and run.
With the Phillies trailing 6-0, they probably will play it close.
The pitch, swung on, double play ball to Maxwell.
Over out of air a lot of times.
And that's the reason ball clubs like to hit and run.
But they couldn't do it because they were trailing by so many runs.
They had to have Taylor just swinging away.
He grounded it sharply to Maxwell.
Over out of the air and the bully on the
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The double play and nobody left.
The Cardinals come to bat in their sixth and they lead the Phillies 6-0.
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This ballgame now goes into the Cardinal 6 thing and Dallas Green is down the mound.
He follows Rick Wise, a right-hander, and Dick Ellsworth, a left-hander to the mound.
Green a right-hander.
He's been in and out of the Philadelphia organization and up and down.
6-5 and he was worried until called up by the Phillies that he wouldn't get that necessary five years in
to qualify for the baseball pension, but he qualifies now.
The pitch to Fluck.
Tolan started in center field.
The Cardinals came up with a key spot and told them to put it against the left-hander.
Red went to Fluck.
Fluck came through with a base hit and RBI 1-1.
Sidearm delivery outside and a bit high ball to him.
Fluck leading off.
Marist will follow and then Cepeda.
Outside, back to the screen as Dowryupala catcher couldn't get to it.
3-0.
They had 18,000 people in Detroit for that ball game this evening, which the Tigers won.
Strike called to Fluck, 3-1.
And the Tiger victory puts them within one game of Minnesota, the Twins lost.
Boston 1 and they're back in a first place tie with Minnesota.
Launching ball to Third by Fluck.
Taylor has to back up, makes a quick throw, he's out.
A third baseman never likes to back up on a ball, but once in a while you have to play it that way
and Taylor, upon backing up, got rid of it in a hurry and threw Fluck out.
The hitter is Marist who's 2 for 3 tonight and an RBI.
Marist, the left-hander, follow-on.
Lowie Jasder continues to throw on the cardinal bullpen, an indication that she needs some Billy Muppet
as pitching coach will not go much further with Bob Gibson who's already pitched six shutout innings
and a three-hitter.
Title play, 6-0.
The delivery to Marist, swung on, followed off of Marist's leg, 1-1.
Another sign out there in the stands is Shiloh, Illinois, wind cut.
So glad the folks from that town are on hand and enjoying the ball game tonight.
The pitch to Marist, swung on, fouled out of play to the left.
One out and nobody on in the sixth.
The cardinal scored a run in the first, a run in the second, four in the fourth.
Chases the Philadelphia starter and Dallas Green is now on the mound for the visitors.
Green has no record for the year.
Now rimple to the mound to talk to him and Marist talks for the plate on fire.
Ray Sedecki is going to pitch tonight.
He goes for the Giants against John Sutton of the Dodgers.
Ball outside to Marist, 2-2.
The Giants are getting along rather well with Omar Shaw, I think.
The game of the year has been.
The 2-2 to Marist.
Ball free, high and away, pole count three and zero.
The Reds are now batting in the bottom of the eighth, leading the Pirates 15-7.
Three-two pitch coming to Rogers.
Straight call on the outside corner.
Marist is called out as Green put a fastball over the outside corner.
Pulled the second out of the inning, bringing up Cepeda with a base of empty.
It's all for two in the game.
He'd like to touch one off right here.
Takes a strike, a slider.
He's struck out, fly to center and they put him on with a walk.
Cubs have scored a run in the sixth.
They lead Houston now 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth at Houston.
The Reds take a ball, started to go, held up, the ball went low, one and one.
One ball, one strike, two out, nobody on.
Cepeda jumps back from ball two.
Game time tomorrow, 8 o'clock, and after tomorrow only four games remaining at all.
Swung on, grounded at third.
Tony Taylor has it and Cepeda is out.
And that's the first time the Cardinals have gone down in order in the inning.
Taylor threw out two and in between Marist was called out on strike.
Dallas Green breezes through the sixth inning and at the end of sixth,
the Cardinals lead for about your sixth and other.
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Sevens running now, and even though Mary Gaster continues to throw on the bullpen,
Bob Gibson goes to the mound to work the seventh.
Cardinals lead six-nothing.
Gibson has a three-hitter going and Johnny Callison leads off.
Left-handed batter and the ball is high.
Callison has one of the three hits.
Singled, grounded out down the air.
Gibson with one walk, two strikeouts and three hits in the game.
He's been the boss.
He pitches.
Callison swings, throws it into right center.
Marist on the run, grabs the ball with one hand.
There's been a few well-aimed balls against Gibby tonight, but right at somebody,
there was another right there.
Line drive to Marist and right field.
19,932 paid.
3432 youngsters not hollered.
23,364 total.
Conny Gonzalez is the batter and Gibson gets out in front of him.
And a ball to Gonzalez.
Gonzalez is one for two.
The Cardinals are going to have to average some 9,000 people in their remaining five
states to reach the two million mark.
Gonzalez with one out bounces one foul off to the right, running the count to one and two.
We're in the sevens and the Cardinals lead six-nothing on a very pleasant baseball evening.
A breeze blowing.
It was around 80 in St. Louis today.
Imagine it's right at the 70 mark now.
Gibson out in front of his hitter and one of the leading hitters in the league,
Gonzalez with one for two.
Outside, Gonzalez has been playing every day and he used to be platoon.
Hitting all the against right-handers has gone wild.
For many batting 350, Gonzalez 342 at the start of the evening's play.
Then subpoenaed at 330 starts.
The 2-2 delivery.
Base hit in the center field.
Gonzalez singles here with one out,
over and up with the ball and Gonzalez stops at first base.
Clark playing center still has to underhand the ball in.
He's getting pretty good at it.
His arm seems to be getting a little stronger.
The hitter is Johnny Brakes.
Strong left-handed hitter.
He was tapped out to the pitcher and grounded sharply into a double play.
Gonzalez with strike one off the foot of McCarver.
Ball hit McCarver's shin guard and then rolled right down the third base foul line to gag Leano.
Pittsburgh batting in the ninth inning trailing Cincinnati 15 to 7.
The Pirates are already mathematically eliminated from the pennant race.
Brakes, takes the ball, fast ball and sunk low and away.
Sunk low and away or sank low and away?
Make a dip.
A ball and a strike to the hitter.
Runner at first, one out.
There's a high foul ball down on the right field corner.
Souvenir for somebody who's going to get it.
Gibson out in front of Brakes now, one and two.
On deck, Bill White.
A little of their batting order, all left-handed hitters.
Skallison, Gonzalez, Brakes, White and Dallarimble.
There's a fly ball, a short left center.
Flood was playing deep.
He's on the run and he can't get it.
That's the ball.
And it's a base hit and the runners are on it first and second.
Flood was playing deep and around to the right and the ball was hit.
Somewhat into left center and Flood couldn't get it.
Cheney comes out and Gibson may lead with one out here in the seventh inning.
It was in the sixth inning over in New York when he was relieved.
And he reported that his arm tightened up the inside of the elbow.
So Red comes to the mound and he has two pitchers warming up,
a left-hander Jaster and a right-hander Torres.
And he wants the south far out Jaster.
And Mike Torres continues to throw.
So Gibson pitched, six and a third, no runs yet, five hits.
He's struck out two and he wants one.
And he gives way to Larry Jaster who's trying to find himself after struggling a bit in the starting assignment.
And Jaster comes into the ball game with White and then Dowryffle coming up.
Runners down at first and second and only one out.
Seventh inning and the Cardinals leading six-nothing.
The fans of Clare Gibson, fine round of applause as he leaves.
We have a very good chance of picking up.
It's a false victory of the year.
You have to look and make sure.
And while Larry Jaster warmed up and gets ready to pitch to Bill White, we're going to pause for identification.
So let's get a pitcher ready down there, Bullpen, Dick Hall, and Mike Torres, the right-hander,
is now joined by Ron Willis, the right-hander, and the Cardinal, Bullpen.
So a lot of things happening out here.
This is the Cardinals baseball network.
Four minutes till ten, KMOX, KMOX-FM, St. Louis.
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Temperature, seven.
Two-hundred and only one out.
Bill White standing off to the side of the plate.
Counting and waiting how he's going to get his first hit of the night.
He's up for two.
Down to the second, followed off to the catcher, and he's the first man to face Larry Jaster.
Jaster's still taking his warm-up touch.
Minnesota was defeated tonight.
The Red Sox won over Kansas City and moved into a first-place tie.
The Tigers won, and they're only one game up.
The White Sox lost their first game to Cleveland, and they're still two and a half up.
The American League on a nutshell.
They move Kurt Flood into straightaway center field.
More and more we've seen Tim McCarver this year take charge behind the plate
and directing defensive traffic for the Cardinals.
The pitch coming to Bill White now, and he swings and misses.
Strike one.
White Sox are now trailing two-nothing in their second game.
Alvarez and Fuller at home are to Cleveland.
So the White Sox are on their way to a double defeat, although it's early in the night, Captain.
The next pitch to Bill White from Larry is five with a fastball, one and one.
Two on and only one out.
The Cardinals here would like to reel off their third double play of the night
and keep the goose eggs up on the scoreboard for the visiting Phillies.
The grip pace runners, Gonzales at second and Briggs at first.
White's a batter on one-one.
He fouls it back to the screen, and now Jaster's out in front of them, one and two.
Bob Gibson in sixth in a third inning.
Bob no runs but leaves two men on.
Five hits, struck out two and walked one.
And look good doing it.
Throwing hard, throwing free and easy.
One ball, two strikes.
Jaster delivers to White and a high pop fly on the infield.
The batter's automatically out on the infield out, and Gangliano catches the ball to God.
Bill White is retired by Jaster, two men out.
And now Gene Oliver comes up to bat for Dow Ripple.
Mike Torres is no longer song in the bullpen.
Ron Wallace is, along with Joe Hunter.
Being the devilish sort that I am, I was hoping that Torres would come into the game
and Oliver being the expressive gentleman he is, would have really saved something.
He's going to bat for Dow Ripple.
Dow Ripple was 0 for 2.
And Gene Oliver, the former Cardinal, has started this year with Atlanta.
Is that the plate with two on, two out?
Jaster will try to get them and preserve the shutout.
First delivery to Gene, ball for a ball to the right-handed hitter from Moline, Illinois.
He wants the umpire to check the baseball.
Saveki for the Giants tonight and Sutton for the Dodgers.
That ball game just started.
The home half of the 7th, Cardinals leading 6-0.
The Cincinnati-Pitchford game is over.
Pittsburgh had 16 hits and Cincinnati had 23.
39 hits in the game and Cincinnati won it 15-7.
The winner was Bob Lee who started and the loser was Veal.
No year you look for that Veal to win 20, but never does.
Well, not too many do Jack.
Yeah, but a throw like Veal, a throw like that gets off to a good start.
He's had a crack at 20, but never quite does it.
Is that a chain letter you got?
McConaughey leads off.
Dallas Green who set the Cardinals down in order in the 6th inning.
Pitchers to 10 on the 7th and the first pitch is a ball.
Jack, here's the guy who sends a $20 bill and he wants 10 seats near the infield for one of the weekend World Series games.
I'll do it.
Great call.
He's been here 23 years, ought to be able to manage something like that.
It just so happens that the price for ticket is $12.
If I get him 10 seats, it only cost me $100 because he sent me 20.
You got it.
I got the chance.
The pitch coming.
Maccaro draws one and it's there down under the right field corner for next to base not.
Tim heads for a second, Callison up with a ball and McConaughey has a leadoff double here in the 7th inning.
And that's his first hit of the night.
Tim needed that one to keep the batting average up.
He was batting 305 at the start of the night.
Jack, just excuse me, but this is a damn position.
This is from a Lieutenant Commander who's coming home from Vietnam on the 20th.
Now we're going to...
Well, now I feel a little more sorry about it, but I still don't have $140.
The batter is Gagliano with an oner at second.
The pitch.
Great call.
Bill has had a good night. He's been on base twice, hit by a pitch, and he hung in the ballgame.
They wanted to take him out, but he stayed in.
He later's single and popped out. He has one out of two.
Runner at second, nobody out. Trying to drive in his methods.
But there's a long fly ball to left near the track, back near the wall.
Ganvales and he's got it.
Maccaro tags up a second but cannot advance.
Gagliano made a bid for his third home run of the year and was about three feet shy.
He sent Ganvales into the very corner of the ballpark, back in the track.
He could have gone about one more step.
He made the catch for the first out.
The hitter is out of the air.
At the end of seven and eight.
The Cubs lead Houston 4-3.
That's the score by which Atlanta defeated the Mets 4-3.
Giants just starting in Los Angeles and Cincinnati won over Pittsburgh 15-7.
That's what's happening elsewhere in the National League.
American League, Minnesota lost.
Red Sox won and moved into a first place tie.
The Tigers won their only one game out.
Fly ball to center by Avier.
Briggs is there.
Maccaro will not advance.
There's the catch and Tim back to second with two outs.
So the leadoff double may be wasted.
It's up to Maxville who already has contributed with two out of three.
Maxey has two RBIs tonight.
Gibson has one, Flood one, Maris one, and another scored while a double play was being reeled off by the Phillies.
Maxville has doubled, single, and fly to right.
First ball is low, Giants.
The Angels are batting in the ninth of the second game, threading the Yankees 2-1.
The Angels won the first game in extra innings, 2-1.
So if it stays like that, the Yanks and Angels will split.
The Angels will pick up a half game.
Maxville takes the curve over with low.
Gene Oliver, after batting for Dowry and Bullish, taking over behind the plate.
Grant Jackson, a left-hander, starts to warm up in the Philadelphia Bullpen.
And Mike Torres continues to warm up for the Cardinals.
Two balls, no strikes, all three.
So Larry Jackson may get a chance to hit with men on base.
Three out of Maxville.
Wonder if he'll be hitting.
You doubt it. Jackson's a pretty good hitter.
He was playing and he grounds it to third.
Taylor has it, throws them out, and the Yankees over.
I don't know if Maxville ever swung on three and oh before, but they gave him a green light that time.
And he grounded it to third.
So the leadoff double by McCarver is wasted in the seventh.
Now runs one hit, no errors in one left.
The Cardinals have left eight.
Seven finds have been played, and the Cardinals lead Philadelphia 6 to nothing.
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We go into the top of the eighth.
The Cardinals are still out in front, fixed to nothing.
Larry Jaskers is a relief of Bob Gibson.
Givy was just great so far tonight.
Such a big improvement over his first start when he wasn't bad either.
And he'll get another three, two or three, maybe four starts.
He might just wind up being the hero of the World Series before it's all over.
Here's Bobby Wine, the shortstop.
Fixed to nothing in favor of the Cardinals.
Larry Jaskers fits.
Swung on, fly ball, center field, Kurt Lutz.
He could catch this one blindfolded, one out.
Get out.
I've just opened up a few more letters.
And likewise, they're from service men.
But you know, honestly, we just simply do not have a thing to do with the World Series tickets.
The lining tours and especially sending money is what I wish you wouldn't because things can happen at the door.
And we can't get the tickets for you anyhow.
This is Billy Cowan.
Pinch hitter hits a ground ball.
Yagliano's got it over the first inside.
Two up, two down.
Larry Jaskers retired four in a row.
The score, fixed to nothing in favor of the Cardinals, who will make their magic number seven.
San Francisco and Los Angeles just getting started.
Should the Giants lose, by the way, the magic number then would be seven with a chance to make it six tomorrow.
And then we go on the road for six games.
This cookie rojas, the pitch is low, ball one.
One ball, no strikes.
Two balls, nothing in favor of the Redbirds.
Good flag of the National League office on hand.
Here's the pitch.
Fast ball, a little bit high.
Two balls, no strikes.
The White Sox in danger of losing a double header.
Here's the pitch.
Strike call.
Two balls, two strikes.
Jaskers delivers to White and a high pop fly on the infield.
Jaskers is quickly out on the infield out and Gangliano catches the ball, two-one.
Bill White is retired by Jaskers, two-one out.
And now Dean Oliver comes up the bat for Dow Ripple.
Mike Torres is no longer thawing in the bullpen.
Ron Willis is, along with Joe Hunter.
Being the devilish sort that I am, I was hoping that Torres would come in at the game
and Oliver being the expressive gentleman he is, would have really made something.
He's going to bat for Dow Ripple.
Dow Ripple was 0-2.
And Dean Oliver, the former Cardinal, has started this year with Atlanta.
Is that the plate with two-on, two-out?
Jaskers will try to get him and preserve the shutout.
First delivery to Dean, ball for a ball to the right-handed hitter from Moline, Illinois.
He wants the umpire to check the baseball.
Symmetry for the Giants tonight and something for the Dodgers.
That ballgame just started.
The count of the home half of the 7th, Cardinal leading 6-7.
The Cincinnati-Pitchford game is over.
Pittsburgh had 16 hits and Cincinnati had 23.
39 hits in the game and Cincinnati won it 15-7.
The winner was Bob Lee who started and the loser was Veal.
Every year you look for that Veal to win 20, but it never does.
Well, not too many do, Jack.
Yeah, but throwing like Veal, a throw like that gets off to a good start.
Always has a crack at 20, but never quite does it.
Is that a chain letter yet?
McCarroll leads off.
Dallas Green who set the Cardinals down in order in the 6-9.
Pitchers to 10 on the 7th and the first pitch is the ball.
Jack, here's a guy who sends a $20 bill and he wants 10 seats near the infield for one of the weekend World Series games.
That'll do it.
Shacov.
He's been here 23 years. He ought to be able to manage something like that.
It also happens that the price per ticket is $12.
If I get him 10 seats, it only costs me 100 because he sent me 20.
You got it.
I got the charge.
The pitch coming. McCarroll draws one and it's there down under the right field corner for next to base knock.
Kim heads for second.
Callison up with the ball and McCarroll has a leadoff double here in the 7th inning.
And that's his first hit of the night.
He's got one to keep that batting average up. He was batting 305 at the start of the night.
Jack, just excuse me, but this is, I've been a little facetious.
This is from a Lieutenant Commander who's coming home from Vietnam on the 20th.
Ah, now we're going to do it.
Well, now I feel a little more sorry about it, but I still don't have $140.
The batter is Gagliano with her on her second.
The pitch. Strike call.
Still has had a good night.
Then on base twice hit by a pitch and he hung in the ballgame.
They wanted to take him out, but he stayed in.
He later singled him and popped out. He has one out of two.
Runner at second, nobody out.
He's driving his Memphis buddy. There's a long fly ball to the left near the track, back near the wall.
Gonzalez and he's got it.
McCover tags up at second but cannot advance.
Gagliano made a bid for his third home run of the year and was about three feet shy.
He sent Gonzalez into the very corner of the ballpark, back in the track.
He could have gone about one more step.
He made the catch for the first out.
The hitter is out of here.
At the end of seven and eight, McCubs lead Houston 4-3.
That's the score by which Atlanta defeated the Mets 4-3.
Giants just starting in Los Angeles and Cincinnati won over Pittsburgh 15-7.
That's what's happening elsewhere in the National League.
American League, Minnesota lost. Red Sox won and moved into a first place tie.
The Tigers won their only one game out.
Fly ball to center by Alviere. Breaks is there.
MacCover will not advance.
There's the catch and Tim back to second with two out.
So the leadoff double may be wasted. It's up to Maxville, who already has contributed with two out of three.
Maxey has two RBIs tonight.
Gibson has one.
Blood won.
Marist won and another scored while a double play was being reeled off by the Phillies.
Maxville has doubled, single and fly to right.
First ball is low, Jim.
The Angels are batting in the ninth of the second game, threading the Yankees 2-1.
The Angels won the first game in extra innings 2-1.
So if it stays like that, the Yanks and Angels will split.
The Angels will pick up a half game.
Maxville takes the curve over with low.
Gene Oliver, after batting for Dowry and Bullish, taking over behind the plate.
Grant Jackson, the left-hander, starts to warm up in the Philadelphia Bullpen.
And Mike Torres continues to warm up for the Cardinals.
Two balls, no strikes. All three.
Now Larry Jackson may get a chance to hit with Menon Bay.
Three-hull to Maxville. I wonder if he'll be hitting.
He doubted.
Yes, he's a pretty good hitter.
He was swinging and he grounds it to third.
Taylor has it, throws them out and the inning is over.
I don't know if Maxville ever swung them three and old before, but they gave him the green light that time.
And he grounded it third. So the leadoff double by McCarver is wasted in the seventh.
No runs, one hit. No errors, and one left. The Cardinals have left eight.
Seven points have been played and the Cardinals lead Philadelphia 6-0.
We go into the top of the eighth. The Cardinals are still out of butt 6-0.
Larry Jackson to the relief of Bob Gibson.
Givvy was just great so far tonight.
He made a big improvement over his first start, but he wasn't bad either.
And he'll get another three, two or three, maybe four starts.
He might just wind up being the hero of the World Series before it's all over.
Here's Bobby Wine, the shortstop.
Six to nothing in favor of the Cardinals. Larry Jackson's fifth.
Swung on, fly ball, center field, Kirk Blood.
He could catch up on blindfolds and one-offs.
You know, I've just opened up a few more runners.
And likewise, they're from Service Run.
But you know, honestly, we just simply do not have a thing to do with the World Series tickets.
And the running tours and especially sending money is what I wish you wouldn't,
because things can happen at the bill and we can't get the tickets for you anyhow.
But Billy Cowan, consider it the ground ball.
Gagliano's got it over the first infire.
Two up, two down. Larry Jackson's retired four in a row.
The score, six to nothing in favor of the Cardinals, who will make their magic number seven.
San Francisco and Los Angeles just getting started.
Should the Giants lose, by the way, the magic number then will be seven
with a chance to make it six tomorrow.
And then we go on the road for six games.
Here's Cookie Rojas, the pitch is low, ball up.
One ball, no strike.
Six to nothing in favor of the Redbirds.
Red flag of the National League office on hand.
Here's the pitch.
Fast ball, a little bit high.
Two balls, no strike.
The White Sox in danger of losing a double header.
Here's the pitch, strike call.
Two balls and a strike.
Now the line, the pitch.
Strike two call.
Three balls, two strikes, two outs. Cookie Rojas the batter.
He bounced a sharp walk and single.
One out of two.
Two men away in the top of the eighth.
Cardinals leading six to nothing, the pitch.
High top fly, that will be easy.
Orlando in foul territory, he's got it.
And the inning is over.
One, two, three, nothing across.
We go into the bottom of the eighth, the Cardinals six, the Phillies nothing.
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We go into the bottom of the eighth.
Blaine Jackson is the new pitcher for the Phillies.
Cardinals leading six to nothing.
Here's a poem from Hank Brody.
Hardly anyone picked the cards to win.
They were all afraid like it was a sin.
I understand and I know that it's true that Harry Carrey picked them one or two.
Manager read he's the best from the game.
They all respect him and he does the same.
Their hitting, pitching, and feeling is great.
The fans all love them.
Just look at the gate.
They will win the pennant World Series II if I'm not right or by the world, a boo.
Bush.
Larry Jaster hitting the first pitch.
Ground ball, oh, Cookie Rod, great stop.
And throw, he got him, beautiful play.
Cookie Rod went behind second base.
A brilliant play on a ground ball and took a base hit away from Larry Jaster.
One gun.
Here's Lou Brock.
He's one out of three.
Here's a young man, turns a note up.
Says I'm going to Vietnam tomorrow.
Please say goodbye to Marsha Farmer.
I don't know Marsha Farmer.
He was a pitch.
Swung and he fouled it back out of place.
Strike one.
That's what I call a bashful boy.
But Marsha, wherever you are, a boy going to Vietnam wants to say goodbye to you.
Lou Brock up there, he'll pitch, he swings, and he fouls it back.
One away.
Nobody on base bottom of the gate.
Cardinals leading six to nothing.
This game, just like the pennant, is just a matter of time.
Here's a miss.
High pop ball.
Tony Gonzalez coming over.
Can't reach it in the bullpen.
And Lou Brock will have another try.
The Giants didn't score in the first at Los Angeles.
The Cubs are leading at Houston four to three in the bottom of the eighth.
Atlanta edge the Mets four to three.
Cincinnati over the Pirates 15 to seven.
Washington down.
Minnesota five to four.
Cleveland beat the White Sox four to three in the first game and lead two to nothing at the end of two in the second game.
The Yankees split with the Angels.
Red Sox beat Kansas City three to one.
Detroit over Baltimore six to four.
Bill Campbell, how are you?
Two strikes, double.
Here's the play.
Swings and he, there's the glove, look, come on.
The ball gets away from the catcher, but Brock didn't see it and is standing at the plate.
It rolled about 25 feet behind Oliver.
However, he recovered in time to get Brock.
Two up, two down and here is Kirk Fluck.
What do you want for your start of the game?
All right, you know, the reward winner takes the first choice.
I know, but I feel beautiful tonight.
Where a magic number will be seven, I want to be magnanimous.
You have every right to feel beautiful.
Who would you like you may ask?
I think I'd like to talk to Val Vakar.
You have it.
Here's the best.
Bill Campbell, one of these fellows on the broadcast.
I just hope we don't flatten out.
I hope we can clench and get a little rest and then get back into high gear.
Here's the pinching in mind, because that American League team, whichever one it might be, is going to be tough.
I'll tell you, Harry, I really thought we were going to come in here in these three games to sting you a little bit.
You know how you get a feeling?
We've been playing pretty well, even without Allen.
We won three in a row, and you know what Allen does, it's two years back.
And to be very honest with you, I thought we were going to come in and maybe hurt you a little bit,
but you can't hurt a club when they play this well.
They're really playing excellent baseball.
How about Richie Allen, Bill?
How bad off really is he?
We were just saying over there, Richie Ashburn and I, that we take the pitchers in your clubhouse,
have a fight in the clubhouse to see who's going to pitch against us.
You know what it means to play without him, Harry, especially with our lineup.
He's coming along all right.
He's got a contraption heritage you wouldn't believe, from his shoulder to his fingertips.
And we're worried about whether or not he'll have good movement in his fingers.
There's a problem about it.
What I can't understand, how can a guy make an $85,000 a year be driving a Model T4?
There's been a lot of players like that.
We had a guy, a bonus player named Kirk Simmons, who had one cut his foot off on the wall and board.
Here's Flood taking a pitch low.
It's really not funny and it's nothing to be facetious about,
but the thought of course occurs is a guy that could be driving Rolls-Royce if he wanted to,
but he's pushing a Model T Flipper around the street.
Well, I think he hasn't grabbed his Cadillac, but he fools around with his car.
You know, Harry, it's the spirit of brotherly love.
Don't let somebody else do it. We'll do it.
Three balls, two strikes on Flood.
Here's the pitch by Grant Jackson out of the back.
Boy, this fellow, this young left-hander, has looked good against us a few times.
We've seen him, Bill. Jackson.
He's going to the instructional league.
We'll have a team for the first time this year, and he's got to learn to get the breaking ball over, Harry.
He has a lot of trouble with the curve ball.
Good fast ball.
Three balls, two strikes, good pitch.
Now, ball is sharp, that'll be easy.
He's got to be wide up and throwing.
He's out.
One, two, three, nothing across.
At the end of eighth, the Cardinals fix the Phillies nothing.
See if you remember this play from the Cardinals fans.
We're coming right down to the wire on the final game of the World Series
with a card to the Red Sox tied 3-3 in the last of the eighth.
Enos Plowder is on his first base, and Harry the Hat Walker steps to the plate.
Here's the stretch, the look towards first.
Here comes the pitch, there goes Plowder.
He's got the play, the line by, just told the Pesci cat out of the right center field.
Donald Brownlee second, he's headed for third, colors the field to the right center.
Here's the relay, and the Pesci's got it on the right side.
He's going to fight for home.
Here's the goal by Pesci, Plowder flies, and he's in the game.
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The Cleveland Indians now lead the White Sox 4-0.
In the bottom of the third at Chicago, the second game of the double header.
Cleveland won the first game 4-3.
Well the way it stands right now, Minnesota and Boston are tied for first place, identically.
Detroit is one game up.
The White Sox right now are two and a half up.
They lose that second game, they'd be three back and be starting to fall.
Here's top of the ninth.
The Astors first pitch swung off.
High fly ball.
Hit by Tony Taylor into deep right field.
Maras in the corner makes the catch.
Roger Maras raced in the right field corner.
And took care of Taylor's foul ball.
One out.
The Dodgers didn't score their first.
The Giants at Los Angeles, North, score at the end of one.
The Cardinals are about to reduce their magic number to seven.
Should the Giants happen to lose, it will be six.
One game here tomorrow night and six on the road before we return home.
Here's Callison, one out of three, the pitch.
Back caught.
One strike and no ball.
One out.
Johnny Callison is single in the first, rolled out and fly down.
Larry Jaston delivers the pitch.
High pop fly, easy out.
Bill getting back under the ball, he's got it two away.
Callison tops him actually.
Two men are out.
And here is Tony Gonzalez, who's raised his average to 3.44.
With two out of three.
Orlando Cepeda has fallen into a slump.
Two out of 23 now.
Here's Jaston's pitch.
He had a covering him as strike one.
Bob Gibson pitched a beautiful six in that third inning, allowing five hits and no runs.
Stuck out two off one.
The delivery, high pop foul out of play.
Two strikes and nothing.
The Cardinals out in front, six to nothing.
Bob Gibson will be scoring his 12th victory of the year.
Larry Jaston with the save.
Now Larry gets ready.
The signal is given.
Here's the pitch.
And it's high.
Two strikes and the ball.
Houston batting in the bottom of the eighth, the Cubs lead 4-3.
Tony Gonzalez with two out of three.
He is second to Roberto Clemente in hitting.
Now to wind up the pitch.
Graham Blaine drive right back to Jaston.
The magic number is seven.
Gonzalez line to Jaston.
That ball was really hit.
And Larry caught that ball and self-defense.
One through three.
The St. Louis Cardinals magic number now is seven.
Boy, what a, it's only been a matter of months I guess.
It's that long when we started right here at home.
Starting to count down at 42.
We have gone from 42 and now we're down to seven.
And before we wake up in the morning, maybe it will be down to six.
The Giants playing in Los Angeles, no score at the end of one.
In the event the Giants loses, the magic number then will be six going into tomorrow night's game.
We'll be back with the totals here in a moment.
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The magic number is 7. Bob Gibson, in his second start since coming off the disabled list,
has scored his second victory.
In his first start he pitched five innings.
Tonight in his second start he pitched six in the third innings
and looked so much better than he did even in his first start.
I think by the time he makes his next start,
he will be the Bob Gibson of his peak, which augurs well for the coming World Series.
The Cardinals' win this one-handedly are shut out, shared by Bob Gibson and Larry Jast.
And the totals are six runs, 11 hit snow errors for the Cardinals.
Gibson the winner, with Larry Jast pitching perfect baseball, they were leaped.
He came in with two on and one out in the seventh, and he retired eight men in a row.
6-11 and all for the Cardinals. Gibson the winner now, 12 and 6.
No runs, five hits, no errors for the Phillies.
Rick Wise, the loser, he has won nine and lost 11.
Time out of all, again, two hours and 21 minutes.
The magic number right now is 7.
Tomorrow evening, Dick Hughes for the Cardinals.
Larry Jast for the Phillies.
The Redbirds will be trying to go for a sweep.
We'll be on the air with the dugout show at 7.45 and baseball time at 7.55.
This broadcast was authorized, by the way, Jack will have a full rundown on all the other baseball on the scoreboard show,
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And after that, we'll present on our local station an interview with our star of the game, Bob Gibson.
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So until we greet you in a few minutes with the star of the game,
speaking for our engineer Roger Farmer, for our producer Al Chance and Paul Jack Buck,
this is Harry Carrey wishing all a very pleasant good evening from beautiful Bush Memorial Stadium,
where 19,932 players running the Cardinals home attendance to 1,955,241.
Just 45,002 million marks with five games to play.
The Redbirds need an average of only about 8,500 in the remaining five games to go over the two-million mark.
And so the Cardinals reduced their magic number to seven as they blanked the Philadelphia Phillies six to nothing
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