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Houston Astros faced the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium for a Wednesday night game on September 29th, 1971.
Houston had been an average team for several years and continued that trend in 1971 under manager Harry Walker.
The Dodgers on the other hand were making a run at the NOS title.
To enter this matchup there's one game behind the Giants in the NL West with an 88-72 record under manager Walt Alston.
This audio recording is from the Los Angeles Radio broadcast featuring announcer Ben Scully.
The 1-1 pitch is lifted foul and out of play, or first base in the count 1-1.
In fact, when you think about it, as surprising as this National League Western race has turned out,
what is more surprising is the thing that on the 29th of September, Al Downing would be pitching at Dodger Stadium trying to win his 21st.
Al almost beat together on the rubber. Left hand is 1-1, pitch is a little high and away.
Ball 2, 2-1 accounts to Roger Metzger. Metzger, not a power hitter, is hitting 234.
Downing's 2-1 fastball is over, strike 2, 2-2.
The calling of balls and strikes tonight by umpire Tom Gorman, who is the left-hand pitcher in his day, and Tommy behind the plate.
The 2-2 pitch to Metzger, fastball fouled away, and it's still 2-2.
2-2, Metzger making Downing work.
Now Al checks, Sims wigwags a couple of signs out.
Downing to the windup and the 2-2 pitch on the way. Palm ball got him swinging.
So Al Downing throws the palm ball to strikeout Metzger, and Nevada will be Joe Morgan.
It is only fitting and proper that Tommy Gorman should be affiliated with a game involving either the Dodgers or the Giants.
San Diego has just scored a run. We'll give you the details in a minute.
As Downing looks in to work to Joe Morgan, Al delivers and gets the strike.
The crowd reacting now, they posted the Padres lead in the second inning. Morgan takes the curveball low, one ball, one strike.
The Padres had runners at first and third. Barton, the ex-Giant, had a bounce back to the box.
Cumberland knocked it down but couldn't make a play, and the run came over from third.
He did make a play at first base to get Barton, but the run came over, so the Padres are leading 1-0 in the second inning.
It's 2-1 to count to Joe Morgan. We were saying before how ironic it is that Tommy Gorman is behind the plate for several reasons.
Here's Downing's 2-1 pitch, fastball low, ball 3. We told you that Tom Gorman was a left-hand pitcher.
Tom Gorman not only was a left-hand pitcher, he came up briefly to the big leagues with the Giants.
And he came up to the big leagues as an umpire in September of 1951, one of the great pennant races of all time.
And now Morgan takes ball four. So Tommy Gorman just figures to be involved in a Giant Dodger pennant race,
and it's an added bit of irony that he would be behind the plate tonight.
Well, there are three outs in San Diego, and the Padres are leading the Giants 1-0.
We have one out here in the first inning, and Cesar Cedeno the batter.
Here is something to keep in mind, and we're not trying to cloud the issue, but it is a point.
Clay Kirby is pitching for San Diego. Kirby, Friday night, pitched 15 innings.
Scouts who saw him pitch told me tonight he made 234 pitches Friday night.
And boy, if he can come back strong after that outing, it will be another surprising part of this story.
But at the end of two innings, he's leading 1-0.
But he doesn't figure to be the same Kirby who has been working all year for the Padres. He should get very tired.
Cedeno right in, hitting center fielder at the plate. There goes Morgan.
The pitch is low. The throw, not in time.
Little Joe, a good stealer, and Morgan underneath for his 38th stolen base.
So Morgan in the fourth inning of last night's game walk, and a hit-and-run play by Cedeno got him to third.
He steals second.
So Cedeno trying to pick him up. 1-0 the count.
Downing at the belt. Al comes back 1-0. Breaking ball. Swung on and missed, trying to hard swing by Cedeno.
Cedeno right in, hitter, closed stands, left foot very close to the plate, right foot deep and on the line.
Now the 1-1 pitch to Cesar is swung on and missed.
Well, the count 1-2. Another breaking ball.
Here in the first inning, Roger Metzger struck out on a palm ball. Morgan walk just stole his 38th.
And Cedeno is up there with the count 1-2. Bob Watson is on deck.
Downing Ruddy and the 1-2 pitch coming up is low, ball two. 2-2 to Cesar Cedeno.
The umpires for this series, and of course they're so important.
Tom Gorman behind the plate in his 21st year in the big leagues.
Stan Landis in first 17 years. Andy Olson is the youngster of the group his fourth year.
Doug Harvey on the line at third has put in 10.
Here's a 2-2 pitch to Gorman. Breaking ball stayed up, ball three.
Full count to Cesar Cedeno and now Duke Stemmes goes after the mound to talk to Downing.
So those are the umpires, and whenever you get into a big series, you always like to know a little bit about them.
So the messers Gorman and Landis, Olson and Harvey.
Full count to Cesar Cedeno, one away. First inning, Downing at the belt.
Checking, world's throw's high to Valentine and back to the bag easily is Morgan.
They're in the third inning at San Diego, and the Padres are leading 1-0.
That's Clay Kirby and John Cumberland.
And Pointy's opened up with a base hit down there.
Here's a 3-2 pitch to Cedeno. Palm ball got him swinging and he went after a bad ball.
So Cedeno chasing a palm ball up around the eyes, strikes out.
Two down and here is the bull, Bob Watson.
Bob Watson, right hand hitting first baseman and left fielder, a Los Angeles boy.
Downing with two down in the first inning, and Watson waiting at the plate.
Morgan at second base on a walk and a stolen base.
Downing ready, fastball high and away, ball one.
He has to showcase that pitch to get them after the palm ball.
He struck out two.
Al Downing trying to make it seven straight, trying to roll a natural tonight and win his 21st.
Here's the 1-0 pitch on the way to Watson.
Ground ball up the middle, base hit.
Here comes Morgan, he'll score.
Davis makes the throw to the plate, cut off by Buckner,
but there's nobody at first base to make a play there.
So Bob Watson singles home Joe Morgan, and the Astros have a run 1-0.
So the Giants and Dodgers continue to play peek-a-boo with each other.
The Padres are leading the Giants, the Astros are leading the Dodgers.
At San Diego, 20 singles, Willie Mays has just doubled 20s to third base.
So the Giants are making noise.
And remember now, the Giants are hitting against a man who made 234 pitches Friday night.
Incredible.
Here is Jimmy Wynn, he takes outside, ball one.
When you make 234 pitches any time in the year, you have expended a tremendous amount of energy.
But when you do it in the end of September, you're almost carried out on your shield.
Here's a 1-0 pitch to Jimmy Wynn, palm ball for a strike, and they count 1-1.
So the Walk to Morgan set up the Astro run last night.
The Walk to Morgan has set up their run tonight.
Jimmy Wynn waiting at the plate, downing a look over at first.
Now out of the plate, palm ball way outside and high.
Thames Atticum leaping out of his crouch to Corallet, and they count 2-1.
With runners at second and third, Willie McCovey struck out in San Diego.
That inning is still alive.
There's one out, runners at second and third, and Bobby Bonds will be the batter.
2-1 pitch to win, a banter up the middle, and that's going to go to center field.
Watson is going to go to third. Willie throw to third, cutoff by Wills, but he has no further play.
So downing has given up a walk and two singles in the first inning.
And he's wobbly, and the Dodger bullpen will get ready,
because no matter how many games anybody has won up to here, tonight's the night.
And the Dodger bullpen gets Rizzi and Ari as Asus Allou comes up.
Joel Alexander, who is the long man every day, his first man up in the Dodger bullpen tonight.
He was up back a singer last night. He was up back a Sutton in Atlanta.
They are walking Bobby Bonds intentionally in San Diego,
so they'll have the bases loaded with one out, one nothing Padres third inning.
A pitch to Allou, a strike. As soon as they walk Bobby Bonds to fill the bases,
Dick Beets will be the batter.
The mule, as they call him, he's from South Carolina, and of course he was beamed,
but recently hit a grand slammer against Cincinnati.
Here's a strike one pitch. Ground ball sharply inside third and down the line.
In comes Watson, going to third base and holding near, on the double is Wynn.
And as he rounds third, they get the ball to Allen, but he just does get back to the bag.
And here comes Red Adams, and we will see now as it is a stormy beginning for Al Downing.
He has given up a walk, two singles, and a double, and the Astros have two.
In a moment, Dennis Menke will be coming up.
Red Adams talking to Downing.
This is only a guess because it is one thing that Downing does a great deal,
one thing that Adams has talked about.
Al sometimes gets in too much of a hurry to make a pitch,
so that he is striding towards the plate while his arms are still high up over his head,
and it takes a lot off his pitches.
So it could be that Adams goes out and said,
wait, wait for your arms and hands to catch up to your body.
Of course, it is only a guess from here, but it is one thing that Red has pointed out to Al throughout the years.
Second and third, two outs, two nothing Astros, and the batter is Dennis Menke.
Downing at the belt, left-hander out of a stretch, and the fast ball away, ball one.
Well, one thing, and you know as well as I do, if they are going to do it at all, they are going to do it the hard way.
They wouldn't have Dodgers on their chest otherwise.
Dick Dietz has just struck out, the pitch is low, ball two.
So the bases remain loaded in San Diego.
There are two outs since Dietz and McCovey have struck out, and Alan Gallagher is the batter,
and Clay Kirby is trying to keep the Giants away.
Two-oh pitch to Menke, over with the palm ball, two and one.
Two down, Jimmy Wynn down the line from third, Hey-toos-a-loo at second, two nothing Astros,
Downing trying to get out of the first inning.
Al straightens up, a look at the runners, the two-one pitch, palm ball high, ball three.
On deck is catcher Larry Howard.
Three and one, a count to Dennis Menke.
Veteran right hand batter chokes up on the batter a bit, downing at the belt,
and the three-one pitch to Denny is low to load him up.
And so Larry Howard will be coming up with the bases loaded and two out in the first inning.
Howard is the guy who beat the Giants in Houston last week when he hit a two-run home run over the center field fence.
Howard, hitting only 220, has only two home runs, but one of the two beat the Giants
and gave the Dodgers a game in the standings.
Now he comes up trying to torment the Dodgers with the bases loaded and two out,
two nothing Houston in the first inning.
Downing had not allowed more than two earned runs in any game against the Astros this year,
and he's one and two to them going in.
Howard, right hand batter waiting, downing delivers, fastball, got the outside corner for a strike, going one.
So the San Francisco boy, Alan Gallagher, has got the plate with the bases loaded in San Diego.
Larry Howard has got the plate with the bases loaded in Los Angeles,
and there's a line drive, base hit in the right center.
In comes one, here comes Alou.
It is four to nothing Houston in the first inning.
Still two out.
And the batter who has not thrown a pitch yet is pitcher Ken Forge.
Starting man, number 43, pitcher Ken Forge.
So the Astros have four big runs in the first inning, still two out,
and if the Giants needed a lift, why when they post that four,
they'll be sky high in San Diego despite the fact they're trailing one nothing.
Ken Forge, right hand batter, fourth is seven and eight with the league,
downing still out of his stretch, Al delivers and it's flung on a miss, going one.
Outside of the double by Alou, which was hit inside third and down the line,
the three other base hits have been to center.
They have gone three and two to Alan Gallagher with the bases loaded and two out in the third.
Forge swings and misses, so we'll tell you what Clay Kirby and Gallagher do in a vital spot in San Diego.
Meanwhile, the Astros have flattened the Dodgers in the first inning with four.
0-2 the count to Ken Forge.
Larry Howard at first, Dennis Menke at second, the breaking ball is flung on a miss, strike three.
You see if we have any further effort out of San Diego, not yet.
Four big runs on four hits, two men left, and the Dodgers must be shocked to their toes as they go to the dugout.
Gallagher has just made out, so Kirby has escaped the Giants in the third.
Meanwhile, at the end of the half an inning, Astros four, Dodgers coming up.
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Bottom of the first inning with the Astros a big four on the board.
Right-hander Ken Forge loosening up. Seven and eight with the league, but a marvelous ERA of 2.6.
His start at 22 games completed six, and Forge is one and one with the Dodgers.
He'll be pitching to Maury Wills, Bill Buckner, and Willie Davis.
Maury Wills gets a hero's welcome as he comes to the plate.
He had the clutch base hit of Roger Metzger's glove to drive into winning run last night.
Maury hitting 298 left-handed, and big Forge ready delivers. Fastball for a strike.
He throws hard. Forge this year shut out the Dodgers two to nothing and lost a bitter game three to two.
That was quite nice. The pitch to Wills is low. One ball, one strike.
One and one. It counts to Maury Wills. Fastball hit foul down the left-hander line out of play.
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The next one, fastball outside. Ball two, two, and two.
In his career in the minors, he averaged just about a strike out in inning. He's that kind of a pitcher.
There's a bouncer over the mound. Back of second base into center field.
Maury Wills leading the Dodgers as always. Singles to center, and the batter is Bill Buckner.
Bill Buckner checking in Wills at first. To give you an idea of what's going on in San Diego,
the Giants are having their problems with play curvy. Buckner takes five, ball one.
The Giants in three innings have left seven men on base, and the Padres lead one to nothing.
Well, the Dodgers fans like the ball club haven't given up by any means. Bill hitting 276.
Throw to first, Wills back to the bag. Four runs, four hits for the Astos, and the Dodgers trying to catch up.
In this inning, here's the 1-0 pitch to Buckner, taken for a strike in the count one and one.
Forrest has allowed three earned runs in 15 innings against the Dodgers, and in 15 innings he has struck out 15 Dodgers.
The 1-1 pitch coming up to Buckner is twice the left field. Going back on the ball is Alou, and one-hands it.
And going back to first is Maury Wills. That ball just started to take off as it was speared in left field by Alou.
Willie Davis, the batter. We were telling you before that play curvy Friday night against Houston worked 15 innings and made 234-50.
Ken Forch worked 13 innings against Curvy and allowed just one earned run.
Big right-hander's pitch to Davis, breaking ball for a strike.
Willie hitting 3-11, 10 home runs, 74 RBIs.
Padres fail to score in the third, so they're in the top of the fourth inning. Padres one, Giants nothing.
Forch up the belt, and the spike one pitch to Davis way outside, one-handed by Larry Howard.
Let's set the Astros defensively. Forch and Howard, in for your Bob Watson at first, Joe Morgan at second, Roger Metcher at short, Dennis Menke at third,
Esu Salou in left, Cesar Cedeno in center, Jim Wynn in right. Go to first, high, Wills back on his hands and knees.
One ball, one spike. The Astros have four, a walk-in with two outs, singles by Watson and Wynn, a double by Alou, a walk-in, a single by Howard for the four.
Davis fouls it back to the screen in the count one and two.
Show you how Harry Walker is playing it, and of course, it's the only way.
Leading four to nothing, and with a runner at first base against him, Harry has two men throwing in the Houston bullpen, and why not?
One and two to Willie Davis. Forch up the belt, right-hander delivers, and as a bouncer wide at third, Menke goes to second base for a force on Wills.
So with two out and Willie Davis aboard on a force, the batter is Richie Allen.
Batting for number 50, Larry Rich. Batting 298, Rich Allen.
Richie Allen hitting 298, 23 home runs, 90 runs batted in.
Willie Davis at first has hit safely in 18 of the last 21. Allen has hit safely in 9 of the last 10.
He hits a high fly ball down the right field line. It's playable and catchable, and Jimmy Wynn is right there to do both.
So the Dodgers in the first inning, no runs won, hit a man left, and at the end of an inning, Astros four, Dodgers nothing.
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Second inning, the Astros 4, Dodgers nothing. Al Downing trying to recover now.
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Roger Metzger will start it off. It'll be followed by Joe Morgan and then Cesar Cedeno.
It certainly went unnoticed. It didn't really mean much. But Al Downing started off the game by striking out the side.
He also gave up four runs and four hits. Metzger, 0-4-1.
Allen plays a step up inside the bag at third, and Downing ready and delivers. Metzger grounds one foul outside of hers.
In San Diego, Clay Kirby got what he needed, an easy inning. He got three Giants on four pitches.
So the Giants are gone in order, and at the end of three and a half innings, it remains San Diego 1, and the Giants nothing.
Downing strike one pitch on the way. Fastball, a big chopper, speared by Allen. Richie steps and throws out Metzger.
Let's pause for station identification. This is the Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network.
Hi, this is Dave Fisher reminding you you're listening to the Happy Day station.
KTAR in Phoenix will be on after the game with more from Bill Johnson's Big Apple.
One away, Joe Morgan, who scored the only Astro run last night, scored the first of four in the first inning tonight with a walk.
Downing ready, Allen delivers, and the pitch is low, 4-1.
Allen Downing has an earned run average of 2.5, so you can realize what a shock it is for him to give up four in the first inning.
He's 20 and 8.
Downing to the windup, and the 1-0 pitch on the way. Morgan runs to bunt, but takes low, ball two, 2-0.
4-0 Houston. We're in the second inning, 1-0 away. Morgan the batter, Sedeno on deck.
Downing delivers and gets a strike, 2-1. Richie Allen playing Morgan well in on the grass.
Little Joe hitting 2-54. He has 13 home runs.
Downing's 2-1 pitch in the second baseman, a strike at the knees, 2-2.
Morgan muttering and shaking his head, now gets back in.
Downing checks with Sims, and the 2-2 pitch on the way.
Ground ball foul over the head of Hup Kettleton down the line, so still 2-2.
Al Downing and Ken Forch in San Diego, Clay Kirby and John Cumberland, 1-0 Padres, bottom of the fourth.
The next giant, Bob Barkin, drove in the only run of the game.
Here's the 2-2 pitch to Morgan. Breaking ball, flaps to center, base hit, so boy are they going up the middle.
Five hits and four of the five have been to Satterfield. The other was the full job inside third by Alou.
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In San Diego, Clarence Gaston has opened up the bottom of the fourth, and he doubled.
So the Padres leading 1-0, have a runner at second. Morgan getting something from Jim Mule.
One out second, and in 4-0, as goes. Little Joe stole his 38th base, and you can bet he'll try and go for broken.
This one tonight, leading 4-0. Downing looks at Morgan, now works to Daniel,
a bouncer over the mound, over second, into Satterfield. Morgan will stop at second base, and here comes Walter Olson.
A half a dozen hits against Downing, and five of the six have been up the middle.
Well, he has certainly pitched a strange game. He struck out the side in the first inning, but gave up the four runs.
And now he has given up two bases, with one out in the second inning.
Well, the Dodgers went with their best tonight, 20-game winner Al Downing, and he didn't have it.
And Olson gazing out towards the bullpen, where Doyle Alexander has been throwing, and he goes to Alexander.
Well, there are Cinderella stories are few and far between in the big leagues.
Certainly Al Downing's Cinderella story held up. It held up until tonight, and the clock struck 12 at about 8.32 here in Los Angeles.
As Downing goes an inning and a third, and the dreams of 21 victories and leading the Dodgers on and closer to the pennants
go down the drain at least for the moment, and for sure for him.
So Downing comes out, and Doyle Alexander will be coming in.
So the Astros have four, and with runners at first and second, and one out, they will have Bob Watson and Jim Winn.
So they'll bring in the right hand. We've got some time. Let's spend it with Jerry.
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Tomorrow night, Dodger fan, appreciation night, and appreciation for Al Downing as it goes off in here at Penn.
Al Downing back in June went two and two-third innings against the Astros.
He gave up seven runs, but the Dodgers played poorly back of him. He only left two earned runs.
It's hard to figure if he had been chased any earlier at all this year.
Usually, the Downing trademark, even in the games he lost, he kept the Dodgers in the ballgames.
So this is one of the few times he has been clobbered at all.
So now Doyle Alexander, with runners at first and second and one out, will be pitching to Bob Watson followed by Jimmy Wynn.
Four runs, half a dozen hits for the Astros.
Whether by design or otherwise, the Astros had five of their six hits go to center field.
Hey, Sue Salu, the only one to pull, he hit the ball inside third and down the line.
The Padres, despite the double by Clarence Gaston, failed his score in the fourth inning.
So at the end of four, it remains Padres one, Giants nothing.
Doyle Alexander, six and six with the lead.
In his sixth relief assignment, Alexander hasn't pitched much of late. The Dodgers have gotten very good pitching.
And whenever a starter wobbled, it was always late in the game.
In fact, you'd really have to go back on the 21st O-Scene, who was sick, when four and two third innings.
Otherwise, Dodger's starting pitching has really held up.
And I guess for Downing, among other things, it just triggered he'd finally be nailed.
He had too many good numbers going for him tonight.
Alexander's fastball to Watson is high, ball one.
Downing had 18 consecutive scoreless innings. He had won six straight, nine of his last 11.
He had allowed four earned runs in his last 41 innings, and he allowed that many in the first inning.
So it was just the law of average night for Downing, and down he went.
Watson takes the strike in the count of one and one.
Four to nothing, Houston. The Giants are coming to bat in the fifth inning.
The Padres leading one to nothing.
Clay Kirby has had a rocky three of four innings work so far.
I chop her to the right of the plate and foul.
They'll throw to first, but they'll have to do it all over again.
So Watson will come back into count one and two.
The Giants in San Diego had runners at first and second in the first inning and couldn't score.
They had runners at first and second in the second inning and couldn't score thanks to a fine play by Enzo Hernandez.
The Giants had the bases loaded in the third inning and couldn't score.
And then Kirby got them out quickly in the fourth.
So now San Francisco comes up in the fifth inning, and the Padres leading one nothing.
Bob Watson single to center in the first inning. His base hit, cash in Joe Morgan.
Bob Watson hitting 287. 64 runs batted in.
On deck, Jimmy Wynn.
Morgan at second, Sadane you're at first, and a breaking ball is over.
Strike three called to Bob Watson.
Art Slider has moved on the outside corner.
So two down and Jimmy Wynn coming up.
Right field.
Wynn singles in the first inning. He's one for one.
Two down. Second inning, four nothing Houston.
Wynn waiting. Runners at first and second.
Alexander's fastball whipped in there for a strike on one.
The Dodgers will have Crawford, Mota, and Simms in the bottom of the second inning.
Alexander hands at his side, reading Duke Simms.
Doyle shaking his head at Duke.
Making Jim Wynn wait. Now he's ready.
Strike one-fifths. Down and away. Good save by Simms. He skidded on his right knee. One and one.
Tito Fuentes opened up the fifth inning in San Diego and grounded out.
So there's one away, one nothing San Diego in the fifth.
One ball and one strike. Did Jimmy Wynn?
Alexander's fastball low and inside. Ball two, two, and one.
Anything happens in San Diego, you'll get it practically as soon as it happens.
Two and one. Did Jimmy Wynn?
That would have Mays at the plate in San Diego, following Fuentes in the lineup.
Alexander Ruddy and the two-one pitch. Outside. Ball three.
Doyle tried to get that one the way he struck out Bob Watson, but this one moved too far off the plate.
Three and one.
Wynn hitting only two-oh-seven. Seven home runs, 44 RBIs.
Downing at the belt. And the three-one pitch with Buckner breaking to the bag is a ball hit to Allen.
He steps on third and that will retire the side.
Buckner had broken to first place to handle that throw, and it's a good thing for Alexander that ball didn't go to the right side of the infield.
And Buckner talking to Doyle now about making that pitch at that moment.
No runs, two hits, two left. The end of an inning and a half. Astros four. Dodgers nothing.
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Second inning. The outcourt leading to the left hand. Now McCartray put on the shift against McCovey, taking the change of play.
Donald away at one-one. Ball in the right. Still be getting McCovey's look bad on him.
Watson, a test play on the third.
And hits the bounce. McCovey a test play.
And a nice truck out in the 10. Left bond against him. One-one pitch. Floor on. Ball to right two.
This is challenging McCovey and getting away with it here.
He is in front of all the juice right.
Getting number five. One to the left. But the power isn't back.
That's three-one.
Two-pitch.
Ah, for a ball of two and two.
Bobby bonds in the on deck. McCovey can get on with two down.
Top of the pitch.
There be two two-picks.
Wide drive. They tip back and let the alive. McCovey singles this time, but would have scored two runs the last time.
So the drives are hitting out of turn.
A single for McCovey and Bobby Bob for that. It was two and down.
Number five.
Bob has wide out and the drives have had at least one base runner. And they're hitting with the four.
What about Bobby's first?
Outfield around to the left.
On on a miss. Full family on the breaking pitch.
Bob's weighing one place and then the clear ball going another.
It's like one down.
Two down.
That's probably a basement.
There be things that we can get a little extra on Sunday.
He's really got some extra in that third inning. Running from second and third and nobody else.
Bob's taking time.
He went in last night. Bobby was in there trying to pull down that ball.
And he swings.
As far as any possible time is.
Another square put out again.
There be six tonight.
A five for Bob and a one for McCovey.
Well, it's off to the flat out for the first out on the second inning for the Dodgers.
Houston leading four to nothing there. San Diego's in front one to nothing in this one.
Down the ball on the strike to Bob.
Right. The defending will be a little close.
One one.
That's a ball.
Oh, that'll tangle the rest for the Dodgers.
That'll be a trim for the Dodgers.
There you go.
That'll be a half for the Dodgers.
Two and one counts of arms.
That's probably a first.
Two one down.
Going on and there.
Holding on another person's face.
Bob walks right down the third base.
That's Houston deep driving for them.
Right out.
Run up but slings over the plate.
That's why it's really bothering him.
I'm playing every day. It doesn't give him a chance to heal.
You just have to.
Two one two two. Four count of three and two. McCabe will be going.
Both have three balls and two strikes to Bob.
McCabe is first with two down.
The Giants are hitting the pot race.
He walks over the first with a line drive by Spoon.
Then a good guy comes down and then comes up with a double play ball.
There's all the men in the way.
And Bob is third.
Bob's going.
All bounded away from the plate.
McCabe was going.
Bob fouled that break.
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Number two, Saga Bay.
Valentine hitting 253.
Valentine.
So Bobby Valentine with two out,
Moda at first, four nothing Astros in the second.
Valentine, it's a pop fly into shallow right field.
Morgan out, win in, it is win at the last minute.
So a pop fly to the right field.
There's no run to hit a man left, and at the end of two,
Astros four, Dodgers nothing.
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At the end of two innings, the Astros four run, six hits.
The Dodgers no runs, two hits.
In San Diego, they move to the bottom of the fifth inning.
Clay Kirby is still dodging bullets down there,
and the Padres are leading the Giants one to nothing.
Let's go to the third, and for more Play-By-Play, here's Jerry Doggett.
Right, Vinnie, Alou, Minsky, and Howard will be up here now in the third inning.
Alou has doubled a drive in a run, and then he scored a run after Minsky walked and Howard singles.
The real crushing blow was the single by Howard that made it a four to nothing ball game.
He really built up a big lead for the Astros, and now the Dodgers have a long hill to climb,
and they have Doyle Alexander warming up.
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Hey, sister Alou coming to bat a double down the left field line in the first inning.
Alou has always been a good hitter against the Dodgers.
He's hitting 278 with two home runs and 39 runs batted in.
So now Doyle Alexander setting on in his own after holding back the Astros in the second inning.
The four runs against Downing came in the first inning.
Alou is charged with six hits.
Now the pitch on the way, bounced over the middle behind second base.
Valentine scoops up off balance throw in time.
Nice play by Bobby.
One away as Alou downs out.
That'll bring on Dennis Mink, he's a third baseman.
He walked his first time up, Denny hitting 248.
And the Dodgers batted in the bottom of the third.
They start with Alexander, then Wills and Buckner.
And Alexander is a good hitting pitcher so he might get a chance to stay in.
All right, Minky steps in, one out in the third.
Here's a fastball for a strike to Minky, and it is 0-1.
The two outs, San Diego has Gideron with a double.
Then Alexander, then Wills and Buckner, and Alexander is a good hitting pitcher so he might get a chance to stay in.
All right, Minky steps in, one out in the third.
There's a fastball for a strike to Menke, and it is 0-1.
With two outs, San Diego has Dideron with a double.
They lead 1-0.
Alexander spits to Menke, his lower one ball and one strike.
1-1 the count.
Menke hitting 2-48, playing a third base with Raderout for the rest of the year after an operation on his shoulder.
One ball, one strike.
Here's the pitch, fastball backhanded by Sims, and it's 2-1.
Two balls, one strike.
2-1. Menke waiting again.
On deck is Larry Howard, the catcher.
Now the 2-1 pitch.
Just missed with the fastball.
Free ball to the strike to Menke, who walked his first time up.
And now he has to count his way here in the third inning.
The Giants are making a pitching change. Jerry Johnson is coming in to replace Cumberland, with two outs and a man on his second.
There's a bing and a foul tipped in the glove, playing to the Menke.
Free ball, two strikes. Dennis backs off for a moment.
The Astros jumped off to four runs in the first inning and sent nine men to the plate.
And opened up a big lead in the first inning against the Dodgers.
3-2 pitch. Alexander Reddy, here's his pitch.
Line drive, over well to left field at the base hit.
So Menke gets the base hit.
Hit number seven for the Astros.
That'll bring up the catcher, Larry Howard.
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Larry Howard will be the batter.
As Menke drilled a single to left field.
That's the first hit allowed by Alexander.
And the seventh for Houston.
Big crowd on hand.
And tomorrow night, fan appreciation night, we'll have a near capacity crowd.
Fastball low outside, backhanded, and it is one ball, no strikes.
Sims and Alexander are having a talk now.
One ball and no strikes. Sims might have been crossed up on that first pitch.
All right, Duke comes back behind the plate.
One ball and no strikes to Larry Howard, the catcher, with Ken Forge, the pitcher, due up next.
Astros four, Dodgers nothing. San Diego one, Giants nothing.
They're in the fifth inning.
We're in the third.
Here's the pitch on the way to Howard.
Breaking ball is a strike and it's one and one.
The Dodgers set the infield of a play-depth.
At home on the year, the Dodgers 41 wins, 38 losses.
They are 88 and 72 on the year.
Pitch high for ball, two and one.
The Dodgers need a sweep to keep their hopes alive, and of course they would still have to have help.
Two and one. Alexander checking again.
Now the stretch on the look and the pitch on the way.
Foul back of the checky swing and the count is two-two.
Two-two the count. Howard backs out.
All right, two and two to Howard, and again Alexander looks over.
Menke is short lead the pitch. Foul tipped at the plate, count stays two-two.
Two and two.
Howard backs out a moment. Salty Parker coaching a third. Hubkittle a first.
With one out, the Astros have a base runner. Menke is a single.
Howard the catcher waiting, two-twenty average.
Curve, strike three call.
With the outside corner with it and it's two down now.
Strikeout number two for Alexander.
The batter will be the pitcher Ken Forch.
Ken Forch coming up with two outs. Menke waiting on first base.
Houston leads four to nothing. The Dodgers of course, hoping to get some strong relief pitching now
to keep them in check so they can make a run at them.
Can't let the Astros get too much more of a lead.
There's a liner to right field, dropped for a base hit.
Crawford will throw the first base and he does not get him.
Pulls Buckner off the bag. He made a good try and almost had him.
A line drives to right field, dropped for a base hit, but Crawford made it close
by firing to Buckner but he pulled him off the bag.
So the pitcher four singles and down to second base goes Menke.
That is the eighth hit for Houston.
There's a pitcher line to single into right.
And here's the leadoff batter Roger Metzger coming up.
Jerry Johnson strikes out, Nate Colbert on the side, retired for the Padres.
The end of five, one to nothing in favor of San Diego.
Jerry Johnson now against Clay Kirby.
Metzger, the leadoff man, has grounded out and struck out.
The Astros have two on against Doyle on singles by Menke and the pitcher fours.
Fastball is away, one ball and no strike.
One-oh to count, third inning.
Now the one-oh pitch.
Taps towards second base.
Valentine waits for the hot-speeds. Will for the force-off there and the side retires.
So they're down to the third, no runs, two hits, and the Astros leave two.
They have left six and the score at the end of two and a half.
Houston four, the Dodgers nothing.
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The field was 12 hours of dead 63.
Joining the circle of 20 game winners this season was Steve Carlton of the Cardinals,
Andy Nutter Smith of the Angels, and Gil Coleman of the Detroit Tigers, formerly of the Washington Senators.
And the reason a lot of those fans in Washington were a little bit down in all their shorts.
The next heat will be the drive middle, matter of the six. The father of the league wasn't up.
Now that's a long three of those over the first five, but he has the same results as he did in Gavildon Park
when he went through the first seven in an engine perfect fashion.
He's turning the first 21 he's made.
Now the Dodgers come on in the bottom of the third. They will start with a pitcher Doyle Alexander,
then Maury Willson, Bill Buckner against Ken Force, who's allowed two singles.
Force flanked the Dodgers earlier in the year and lost a tough one to them.
So he has been double tough against them in his outings against them.
Ken is one and one on the season, seven and eight against the league and a two-six-six-turns-run average.
So the Dodgers have their hands full now tonight. Doyle Alexander, a good-hitting pitcher comes up.
Doyle has nine for 32. That's better than a two-fifty average. He has two RBIs.
At the end of five in San Diego, the Padres leading one to nothing.
Clay Kirby now against Jerry Johnson.
All right, here is Alexander at bat in the third. Dodgers trying to get busy.
Force delivers and Doyle takes high ball one. Force has not walked a batter.
He got struck out one. He got Sims in the second.
4-0 in favor of Houston. Now the pitch. Doyle fouls it away off first base side.
Strike one, one and one to Doyle. This is game number 161, home game number 80.
So right down to the final two and still not decided.
Fast ball high, ball two and it's a 2-1 count now.
Force might get tired a little later if the Dodgers can stay close.
And he reported that he was in 13 innings of that big ball game in San Diego the other night when Kirby went 15.
2-1 pitch, high again, ball three and it's three and one now to Doyle.
So the Dodgers, who fell behind by four, trying to tip away.
Have a 3-1 count to the pitcher, wind up and down it's count.
Strike two, now it's a full count. He's going to have to come in with another one.
So Alexander ready to swing away on a 3-2 count.
Here's the wind up by Force.
Popped up into right field, Jimmy Wynn in his track.
Waiting pops the glove, now moves his step and handles it.
So one away, high fly to right. Here's Wills. He's swingled his first time up.
Maury batting 279.
All right, there is one out in the third.
The Giants have two outs in the sixth inning, facing Kirby.
Here's the pitch to Wills.
Breaking ball is a strike at the inside corner and it is 0-1.
Third inning.
Maury single defender, first time up.
Loops one foul off third base, that'll carry out a play.
And the count, strike two to Wills.
Ken Force, big right-hander, was involved in a shuffle with the Dodgers
and Willie Crawford earlier in the year in Houston. That was in September.
Wills pops a foul, back out of play.
Count stays, strike two to Maury.
Crowd including straight A students tonight could approach the 40,000 mark.
We have a huge turnout.
High foul outside of third. Wills, a little late, might have broken his back.
Maury comes back, he's going to test it. It's okay.
Strike two, count's still up there.
They play Wills well around to the left.
Alou shades the line in left field.
Menti, near the bag, is third.
Now Maury backs out.
The Dodgers have no runs, two hits.
The Astros, four runs and eight hits. Ken Force working.
It's 0-2 and the pick's on the way.
Caps toward third and it is foul ball.
Foul ball. Menti picks it up and gives it back to the pitcher.
Wills had crossed first base, now comes back again.
So it is 0-2 to Maury.
With two outs, the Giants have a baserunner on a walk.
Fires a walk.
Here's a pitch to Wills.
Caps toward second. Morgan backs up, waits for a hop, puts the first in time and we have two outs.
Let's pause for station identification.
This is the Los Angeles Dodgers radio network.
The pitcher left field is first time up. Billy hitting 276, facing Force.
A fling and a foul. Caps at the plate. Strike one. 0-1 to count.
We're in the bottom of the third inning.
0-1 to count.
Second inning. Second time. Big right-hander, Ken Force.
Now the pitch on the way to Buckner.
Line drive, base hit the left-center field. Could get through.
Here's Buckner around. Heads the two. The ball is at the wall.
Billy's at second base and holds on a double and Savaniel brings it back in.
So Buckner doubles up the gap in left center.
And with two down, Willie Davis, the batter, grounded into a fourth out his first time up.
Willie batting 311.
The Giants are out in the sixth inning and here's Willie Davis at bat.
It is 1-0 in San Diego, 4-0 in Houston.
We're in the third, they're in the sixth.
All right, Willie Davis up now trying to get the Dodgers on the scoreboard
and every little run would help down a situation like this.
So Davis knows it. Here's the pitch.
Foul out of play, got a fast ball in on the hand.
Strike one, 0-1 the count to Willie Davis, Richie Allen on deck.
Boy, the fans really want to break loose here tonight,
but they got the real choked up on that first inning when the Astros came in with four big ones.
Now they're trying to get something going here.
Strike one count. Davis waiting, Buckner on second base.
Ken Force ready to go with it. Two out.
Here's the look now on the pitch on the way to Willie.
Flawn and then strike two, went for a low fast ball,
and now Howard goes out to have a talk with his pitcher.
They're going to the bottom of the sixth in San Diego.
The Padres lead 1-0. Kirby.
Tomorrow night it'll be Roberts.
The Dodgers have to help themselves. They trail by four.
Richie Allen leaning on deck off to the left.
Willie Davis at the plate. Strike two count to Willie.
Three Dodgers up there. He has ten home runs and 74 RBI's trying to get on base for Richie.
Here's the 0-2 pitch.
Line drive foul. It under the stands in right field.
He got a curve ball and hit it too soon and pulled it away foul.
Willie with ten home runs, 74 RBI's and a 3-11 average.
The Dodgers have a team average of 266, the Astros 241.
Alright, Buckner away from second base. Davis waiting, still strike two.
Here's the look by Forth and the pitch.
That's over the middle behind second base. Morgan over.
Off balance ball is in time. Davis out on a close play at first on the stretch by Washington.
So, Willie is out. Good play by Morgan to get him.
The Dodgers, no runs, one hit and the man left, they've left three through three innings.
And the score at the end of three, the Astros four, the Dodgers nothing.
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Well, we've played three innings out of this. Four to nothing Houston on eight.
The Dodgers have three. Doyle and Alexander all set to go to work into the fourth.
The Astros coming to bat, more play here spinning.
But, Jerry, I couldn't help thinking of the contrast between last night and tonight as far as the game here at Dodger Stadium.
Tonight, as we go to the fourth inning, we played three innings in an hour and oh two or three minutes.
Last night the entire game took an hour and thirty seven.
Joe Morgan, Cesar Cedeno, and Bob Watson in that order in the fourth.
They got them all in the first inning. Four runs on four hits against number 44, Al Downing.
Doyle Alexander picking up four and the right hand is pitched low and inside off Sims Love. One and all to count.
In San Diego, Ollie Brown has opened up with a single and the next batter promptly hit into a double play.
As Jerry Johnson pitching for the Giants in relief of John Cumberland, he came in to save Cumberland a tough spot by striking out Nate Colbert.
And it is Clay Kirby, pitching another strong effort, incredibly so.
Through six, the pitch is lifted to right center. Davis coming in a hurry and one handed on the run. Made it look easy.
One away, drive all the right centers and here it stays Cesar Cedeno, the center fielder, struck out and single.
Four runs, eight hits. The Dodgers no runs, three hits. Astros have had at least one hit in every inning.
We have really come out swinging. Oddly enough, the Astros have not hit much against the Dodgers all year.
The team batting average for Houston against Dodger pitching prior to tonight only 229. Cedeno takes a strike.
Cedeno is one fellow who has worn the Dodgers out. He has 23 hits against them.
He is going to be quite a player this fella. Strike one, pitch to Cedeno, low one and one.
They asked a little bit too much of him this year. In other words, he came up last year, hit 290 in the last two months or so.
And naturally had the label can't miss and expected him, I guess, to hit 350. But it is a lot tougher.
The pitch to Cedeno outside, ball two, two and one. The Padres are out now in the sixth inning.
So the end of sixth in San Diego. It remains Padres one, Giants nothing.
Two and one to count to Cesar Cedeno. Alexander checking, Cesar waiting.
Right-handed delivers on the hands and it's hit foul outside at first. New stick for Cedeno. He chipped that one.
Cedeno has done one thing, however, the prophets can boast about. He is leading the Astros in RBI.
He has 80. He's going to be a, well he has all of the tools. He can do everything.
He can run and throw and hit and hit with power. And he's just 21. He's just a kid.
Two, two pitches, Cesar. Fast ball. Hit to the hole at short. Knocked down, but that's all by Wills.
Even had he fielded the ball plainly, it is doubtfully to have been able to throw Cedeno out. He runs too well for that.
So Cedeno has 24 hits against the Dodgers. And the battle will be Bob Watson.
In the seventh inning, when the Giants come up, they will have Ken Henderson, Tito Fuentes, and Willie Mays.
And if anybody gets on Willie McCovey, as we said, as soon as anything happens, you've got it.
The pitch to Watson, breaking ball, swung on and missed, oh and one.
Oh and one accounts to Bob Watson. Cedeno held on by Bill Buckner. Fourth inning, Astros four, Dodgers nothing.
Throw to first base, close, with Cedeno back standing up.
The only run in that Padres game was run as at first and third.
Barton hit a high bouncer back towards the box that Cumberland knocked down.
But his only play was to first and the only run scored.
Henderson has opened up with a single to left field. Seventh inning.
Strike one pitch to Watson as a high fly ball into deep left center.
Back goes Davis to the wall, leaps up and it's gone. A home run and that makes it six to nothing, Houston.
And for the Dodgers tonight, their only hope rests in the city of San Diego.
Six runs and ten hits for the Astros who have really come out swinging nice and loose.
So Watson touching them all. For Bob, it is nine home run. He now has 66 runs batted in.
He's driven in three tonight.
If the Giants and Dodgers lose tonight, the Giants have clinched a mathematical tie.
And then they would be one in front with each with one left.
The bouncer back to Alexander and Doyle throws to Buckner for the out.
However, if the Dodgers lose and the Giants win, that'll be it.
So it's six to nothing, Houston in the fourth inning. Kenny Henderson has singled to open up to seventh.
Tito Fuentes has sacrificed Ken Henderson to second base. And with one out and Henderson at second,
it'll be Willie Mays and Willie McCovey against Clay Kirby who has turned in a remarkable effort.
Kirby must be one of the stronger men in the league.
The pitch to Alou, a slicer, two hoppers down to Valentine who throws him out.
The Astros go, but they pick up two runs. Two hits, the end of three and a half.
The Astros six, Dodgers nothing.
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Bottom of the fourth inning with the Astros leading the Dodgers 6-0.
And Ken Foers getting ready to pitch to Richie Allen, Willie Crawford, and Manny Moda.
In San Diego, 1-0 Padre, seventh inning, Kenny Henderson at second base.
And to count to Willie Mays, two balls and one strike with Willie McCovey on deck.
Richie Allen flied to right field in the first inning. He's 0-1.
The pitch to Rich, ground ball to shortstop.
Netski gloves it just about at his nose and throws him out. One away.
The way Foers is pitching and the way the Astros have been hitting, the Dodgers have only one chance.
Clay Kirby and the Padres.
The count to Willie Mays is 2-2 with one out, Henderson at second base.
1-0 Padres in the seventh.
And Kirby, it's really, the more you know about baseball, the more you realize what a job he is doing tonight.
Here's the pitch to Willie Crawford, a strike.
He made 234 pitches Friday night.
To do that any time of the year is hard to believe, but late in September, wow.
And now he's pitching a tough shutout so far tonight. He has gone 3-2 to Willie Mays.
So a full count to Mays, Henderson at second, one out in the seventh.
And the Astros leading the Dodgers here, 6-0.
Here's the 1-1 pitch to Crawford.
Half swing, but he held up. Gorman checking the line umpires who do not make a gesture.
That means ball two, 2-1.
Mays struck out on a 3-2 pitch.
So there are two outs.
Willie Mays has suddenly gotten to be an old man.
There's a high pop fly back at third base.
Menke and Metzger, and Metzger making the catch and foul ground.
Now that is certainly not a knock.
If I ever really marveled at a player's ability, it would be Willie Mays down through the years.
What I mean is I will almost bet that in the last, how many at-bats he's had over the last 20 games,
he has struck out at least half the time, at least half.
And Mays, when he just struck out, has struck out for the 121st time this year.
And boy, that's not like Willie.
They're not going to fool with McCovey. They'll walk him.
There's a bunch by Moda, foul, and McAllen won.
So in a moment, the Giants will have runners at first and second, two out, and Bobby Barnes,
who went out for a full muscle, he'll have to give way to Dave Kingman.
So the youngster from SC will be on the spot in a moment in San Diego, Dave Kingman.
Here's the strike one pitch to Manny Moda, fourth deal, foul back in the count of 0 and 2.
Bobby Barnes covered a full muscle, so Kingman will be the man on the spot.
So McCovey is getting the intentional walk.
Here's the strike two pitch to Moda, breaking ball outside, ball one, one and two.
So about Mays, he's saying how he has struck out half of his at-batch over the last 10 days at least.
He has struck out two out of four times tonight.
One and two, the count to Manny Moda. Here comes fourth, and it's flung on in mid-strike three.
So down goes Manny and the Dodgers, and at the end of four, at throw six, Dodgers nothing.
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We go to the fifth inning with the Astros leading the Dodgers six to nothing.
After McCovey was walked intentionally, Dave Kingman singled home the tying run.
Kenny Henderson scored on the single by Kingman, so the Giants and Padres are even 1-1.
On the base hit, McCovey went to third, and the batter will be Dick Deets.
And Deets hit into a fourth play, so the inning is over.
However, the Giants got a run, and at the end of sixth and a half innings, the Giants and the Padres are tied 1-1.
The Dodgers are tied up in knots. The Astros leading them six to nothing.
Dennis Menke.
Dennis Menke, Larry Howard, and Ken Fort in that order.
They are now posting the details of the seventh inning where the Giants scored the tying run.
And now here's Menke at the plate, walked and singled.
Alexander delivers, breaking ball down and away, ball one.
Doyle has been fine until a two-run home run in the fourth inning by Bob Watson, still think all over his book.
Doyle checking, Menke waiting, and the 1-0 pitch on the way.
Low and outside, ball two.
This figures to be Alexander's last inning of work.
He is due to bat third when he comes up in the fifth inning.
The pitch is outside, ball three.
So Dave Kingham, the kid from SC who spent the year at Phoenix and has come up with so many timely base hits,
singled home the tying run, and they're putting up the play-by-play on the message board now.
The pitch is tight, three and one.
Deets grounded out to end the inning, and it'll be the bottom of the San Diego lineup.
Bob Barton, Clay Kirby, and then Tommy Dean the shortstop when the Padres hit in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Here's the three-one pitch on the way, strike on the outside corner, three and two.
Six runs on ten hits to the Astros, no run, three hits for the Dodgers.
Boy, it sure looks like the Giants have a star of the future, in fact, of the present in that Kingman.
Pitch fouled away, three and two.
In fact, the Giants, to give them their just desserts, lost Kingman for over 12 days.
Rod with an appendectomy, and then came right back even after he had been in the hospital to play almost immediately.
He's a remarkable young man, Dave Kingman.
Rod Dado is quoted as saying he's the finest player he's ever had at SC, and of course, Rod has had a room full.
Here's the three-two pitch to Menke, inside off-sims, met Dennis Cotting to first base on ball four.
Catcher Larry Howard coming up.
Howard, single to Satters to drive in two runs and struck out.
He's one for two.
When the Dodgers bat in the fifth, they have Sims, Valentine, and Alexander's spot, and they'll get somebody up in the bullpen in a moment.
Jose Pena will be the Dodger to get up in the pen.
Alexander, hands to the sides, right hand hitting Howard at the plate, Doyle delivers.
Fast ball high, ball one.
Astros got four in the first inning to banish Al Downing, and they added two more against Alexander in the fourth.
The Dodgers, meanwhile, have gotten one man to second base.
That was Buckner, who doubled in the third.
So four has been very tough.
The one-oh pitch is a slow dribbler towards Richie Allen.
Takes a good hop for him, and he's able to throw him out.
Howard has not run well.
On to play Menke advances to second.
Bob Barton, the ex-giant who drove in the Padres' run with an infield out, this time gets an infield single.
Opening up matters in the bottom of the seventh inning.
That'll bring up Clay Kirby, and of course, he figures he's bunting.
Preston Gomez piloting the Padres, and we'll see about Clay Kirby.
Kirby tried to sacrifice and missed the bunt.
The pitch swung on and missed, and Barton, who was on first base, was caught in a run down and tagged out.
So Barton opened up with a single, but now there's one out and the bases are empty, and Kirby missed the bunt in the count-o-and-one.
Ken Forch, a pretty good-hitting pitcher at the plate.
Alexander delivers.
Line drive.
Base hits the center.
Outside, two for three, and they're going to hold Menke at third base.
Ball cut off by Buckner.
So a line single to center for Ken Forch.
That's his second hit.
First and third, one out in the fifth, and Roger Metzger the batter.
Roger Metzger.
It's one-one, San Diego in the Giants, bottom of the seventh inning with one out, pitcher Clay Kirby is at the plate.
That was a rather expensive bunt-and-run play.
Of course, Gomez, with a slow runner Barton on the bases, tried to give him a head start, but Kirby, when he missed the bunt, then Barton was exposed and nailed easily.
Mesker has struck out, rounded to third and hit into a fourth play.
The switch-hitting shortstop is 0 for 3.
The Astros trying to get a ton now.
They're leading 6-0.
Clay Kirby has struck out, so there are two outs in San Diego.
And Tommy Dean, who is playing shortstop now, Lorenzo Hernandez, is in the leadoff spot.
Tommy, the next Dodger, will be coming up.
The pitch is squeezed and it's missed, and they have got Minky hung up, and the throw is to Allen, and Minky's already passed him.
And the Dodgers miss one there.
Roger Mesker tried to squeeze home Minky and missed the bunt, and Minky would have been a dead duck.
But by the time sent through the ball to Richie Allen, Minky had just passed Richie.
Meanwhile, Ken Forch moved to second base.
So the Astros have run as a second and third with one out.
0-1 the count to Minky.
Minky at third, Mesker at the plate.
They might even try to squeeze again.
The infield is up. Alexander's going to come out of a windup anyway.
And the pitch to Mesker, a high bouncer, speared by Valentine.
He has no play but first base.
Minky scores, Forch takes third, and the Astros have done it.
It's 7-11 now.
Seven runs, 11 hits. 7-0 Houston, and Joe Morgan will be coming out.
So a run batted in for Roger Mesker, the run that the Dodgers let stay alive.
Two down, Forch at third base, and the pitch is a bouncer knocked down by Alexander.
He picks it up, fires, and Buckner can't hold on to a high throw.
Forch scores, it is 8-0 in favor of the Astros.
So Alexander will get an error.
Doyle is 21 years old, and he's in a pretty tough ballgame.
When you're 21 and you're exposed to this kind of pressure, he knocks the ball down,
and then hurried a high throw to first base.
No, it is 8-0 Houston, and the battle will be Cesar Cedeno.
With two out in the seventh inning at San Diego, Tommy Dean has just walked.
Alexander at the bell then delivers, and Cedeno takes the strike. 0-1.
Well, for the Giants, it's right there waiting for them.
That is to say, the Dodgers are buried underneath an 8-0 hill,
and the Giants are 1-1 with the Padres, seventh inning.
Here's the strike one pitch instead at the throw to first.
Morgan hops back to the bag. Little Joe with 38 stolen bases.
Don Mason, the left-hand-hitting second baseman and ex-Giant, is at the plate for the Padres.
Strike one pitch is a broken bat, one hopper that Allen takes from Wills and throws to Valentine.
5-4, fourth play.
Dave Johnson, who has done it before while trying to keep Tommy Dean on, has balked into second.
So Johnson's having a terrible time lately in the cluts.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers aren't doing very well.
The Astros get two more runs on one hit on an error. A man left.
At the end of 4-1-1, Astros 8, Dodgers nothing.
Schlitz, Milwaukee in the world.
You only get one chance at life, and you can't be afraid to live it,
because second chances never come, but you wouldn't have it any other way.
Same with your beer. You wouldn't have it any other way either.
Schlitz, life's settled for less. You ran a Schlitz. You ran a beer.
Bottom of the fifth inning, the Astros leading the Dodgers 8-0 in San Diego with two outs.
Tommy Dean, an ex-Dodger, walked.
Gary Johnson balked him to second, and Johnson is now pitching to an ex-Giant.
And the ballgame is tied 1-1.
Don Mason, left hand hitting second baseman, is up there with a chance to break the tie in San Diego.
Duke Sinem, Bobby Valentine, and the hitter, Fidoil Alexander.
That would figure here in the fifth inning.
The Astros 8-0 out in front.
Force delivers, and it's popped up on the left side.
Menke, crossing the foul line.
Dennis, waiting, and makes the catch.
One away. A sports cessation identification.
This is the Los Angeles Patriots Radio Network.
Hi, this is Dave Fisher reminding you to stay tuned for more of me right after the Dodger game
here on KTAR in Phoenix, Arizona.
We'll be back from Bill Johnson's Big Apple.
The batter is Bobby Valentine. He takes a strike in the count of 0-1-1.
Eight runs on 11 hits. It's just not been any contest here tonight.
It's been all Houston. The strike one-fits. Valentine pops it up.
Bob Watson is waiting and waiting and makes the catch. Two down.
So the Dodgers involved in one of their poorer efforts of the year,
and certainly the worst game they have played in weeks, and it has popped up tonight.
Bill Siveka coming up to hit for Fidoil Alexander.
Standing for Alexander, number 16, Bill Siveka.
In San Diego, Don Mason is at the plate, and the count has reached 2-2.
Tommy Dean at second base, 2 out in the seventh inning, and that game tied 1-1.
Boy, that's another ironic situation. Dean the ex-Dodger at second, Mason the ex-Giant at the plate.
Joe Moeller is up throwing instead of Jose Pena. The count to Mason has gone to 3-2.
Sudeikis hitting for Alexander, takes two pitches, one ball and one strike to count.
After Mason, you start getting down into the hitters in the San Diego lineup.
On deck is center fielder Johnny Jeter.
Sudsy hits a fly ball to right field. Jimmy Winn moves back and over to his right a bit, just waiting,
and puts that away, and that's just what Forch has been doing, putting the Dodgers away.
He's retired the last seven in a row, and at the end of five, Astros 8 dodges nothing.
Sometimes when the ball club is out of town, Farmer John flies back east to the famous corn country.
He enjoys it there, he says, because the air is like it used to be everywhere, clear and clean and fresh.
It's real country farmland with mile after mile of tall green corn as far as you can see.
In fact, so much corn is grown that they can afford to use it as feed.
Well, that's why pork from this heartland of America is the finest in the world.
Farmer John uses only this pork to make his ham, and more than that, because he's a pickler for freshness,
he brings it out here live, and it's U.S. inspected and dressed fresh right here in the West.
Most packers ship their pork in frozen or cold storage, so Farmer John starts with the finest and freshest.
Then he smokes his ham an old-time Western way over native Western wood to give it the same wonderful Western flavor
the pioneers of the West enjoyed in their home-smoked ham.
So now you know why we say Farmer John ham is the East and most in quality and the West and most in flavor.
Waiting for you at Dodger Stadium, gift certificates and shares,
merchandise certificates for foursome shoes from Jude Barnett,
a mandrolex wristwatch with bracelet from C.D. Howes and Son on Wilshire Boulevard,
30 Andrew Williams records from Columbia Records,
a gold pin of a ball player at bat from California Jewsmith,
a cassette tape recorder from Panasonic, an auto cassette from T.I.C. Corporation,
a dozen notes and cookbooks, luggage by Becknells, and many other prizes.
Fan appreciation night tomorrow. Back to play here at spin.
All right, Jerry, it's 8 to nothing in favor of the Astros. 8 runs, 11 hits.
Dodgers no run, 3 hits, and an error. Joe Moeller will pick up.
In San Diego, 2 out. Runners at first and second.
The count to Johnny Jeter, one ball and one strike.
Jeter has hit hard against Johnny Cumberland. He had a single and a double.
So the young center fielder who came up through the Pirate organization
is at the plate right now, 1-1, 2 out in the seventh inning.
And an ex-Dodger at second base, Tommy Dean, and an ex-giant at first base, Don Mason.
Two balls, one strike to Johnny Jeter, and Bob Watson will start things off.
Bob Watson waiting, and Moeller looks in to get a sign from Duke Simms.
Joe into the windup now, and the first pitch to Bob Watson. Fastball, a high hopper over Allen's head,
and bouncing into left field. That'll be a dozen hits for the Astros in five innings.
Thames Edge is having a day in the country today.
So a base hit for Watson. He's had two singles and a home run.
The count to Johnny Jeter in San Diego, two balls and two strikes.
The Dodgers were touched up for 17 hits by Houston and Atlanta.
And Houston looks like they're trying to do it again.
And Johnny Jeter just hit a fly ball that was caught,
so the seventh inning rally goes down the drain in San Diego.
That means the Giants will come up in the eighth inning,
and that ballgame is tied 1-1, the Giants and the Padres.
The Dodgers are out of sight tonight. It's 8-0 Houston in the sixth inning.
Watson standing at first, held on by Buckner.
Jimmy Wynn has singled it into a fourth play and hit back to the box.
Moeller a check of first, overhand curve, another big bouncer, this one fouled outside at third, and the count 0-2.
Doyle Alexander in three and a third innings allowed four runs and five hits.
A two-run home run to Bob Watson and then some strange goings on in the fifth inning for two more.
Here's a strike two pitch to Jimmy Wynn.
Half swing fly ball into shallow center. Valentine waving, he's got it and makes the catch.
Bobby knew he had that all the way. He was just worried about a tie with Willie Davis.
They wave him away. One out and Jesus Alou coming out.
Jesus Alou, double, grounded out twice.
Jesus Alou, one for three, doubled inside the bag against Downing in the first inning.
He takes low and inside, ball one, one and oh.
One and oh to Jesus Alou.
Moeller ready to go to a stretch, but time had been called by first base umpire Landis
at the request of base runner Watson who wanted to check with Hub Kettle.
The Astros with Alou especially might play hit and run even though they're leading eight to nothing.
It's all part of it. They've already tried to squeeze in a run when they were leading six to nothing.
They're now out in front eight oh.
Here's the one oh pitch to Alou. He takes a good breaking ball for a strike and the count one and one.
One and one to count to Jesus Alou.
Moeller ready, another look at Watson. The pitch to Alou is low, ball two, two and one.
The Astros scored four in the first inning to chase Al Downing.
Then two in the fourth and two in the fifth.
Clay Kirby has just struck out Alan Gallagher to start off the eighth inning as Alou fouls it away two and two.
Boy how really marvelous a performance Kirby is putting in tonight.
When he struck out Gallagher that is the eighth strikeout for him.
The young right-hander who pitched so long, so hard and so well Friday night.
So it's one one and Chris Spire is the batter with one out in the eighth inning.
Now the two two pitch to Alou on the hands it's sharply under Alan's glove and through in the left field.
And not stopping at second is Watson, a big turn at first by Alou and he dives back to the bag.
13 base hits for the Astros. They are just eating up the Dodgers tonight.
And the batter is Dennis Menke.
Eight runs, 13 hits for Houston. No runs, three hits for the Dodgers.
The batter is Dennis Menke. He's walked twice and singled.
So this game is over just about for sure unless the Dodgers really pull a miracle.
But boy the one in San Diego is really alive.
One one in the eighth inning. The pitch is low ball one, one and all.
And with two down Jerry Thompson. We'll leave it at that. Jerry is stuck out in his only at bat.
We come back and there's one pitching in Friday night. He's thrown a lot of pitches tonight.
No runs, no left, no left. We go to the bottom of the eighth.
And that's what happens.
Baltimore took a pair from Boston 10-2 and 5-4.
Mueller sat at the bell, looks back at second base at Alou and delivers to Howard a strike. Going on.
Boy Bob Watson, the local boy having a big night, he has scored three times.
He has driven in three and he has three hits and four at bats.
So Watson has really been leading the parade.
Now the strike one pitch to Larry Howard. Mueller delivers, breaking ball over, strike two. 0-2.
Nine nothing Astros here in the sixth inning.
They're going to the bottom of the eighth in San Diego all tied up one and one.
Clark Bantler, Houston leads nine to nothing over the Dodgers with the sixth inning still going on.
One-one.
If the drive, Clark B. By the moderate tonight, it's been to the final day with the Dodgers building the sand for God. Now it is, then it's third base.
And they're very dominant.
And the blow off of all big jobs today is not going to fall apart.
He has given us a line drive just for him.
That mark was big dog.
But now he walks like any other guy in the world.
He's a leader to play on the end of the world.
He released on cover.
Will the action again, Mcmahon and Hamilton get up for the drive?
He wants it to go over.
And one of the.
The six yard mark for tonight 4 3 StatesWAN
turned, Doug, one of.
like this. High for a ball. Water on and deep. Fires a one back out to Johnson and yelled
at him about getting that pitch up. That was a swatting. One out, Major Zemdue. There is
one one-fifth. Drive to right center, KFC. May's racing over there is there. Makes the
gap. Round hits that one hard in the right center. He's the captain. He's all gaffed
into a line-up. Double. He's having a good little play. New down. That makes it empty.
That's one out of them. There is Micks. Micks went by gaffed into the play. Olicutus is
out of three. Here is San Diego. That's one out. That's one out. That's one out. That's
one out. That's one out, right side. That's one out, left side. That's one out. That's
Did he climb up that one there?
No.
Two and one.
Breaking Vance and Johnson held out.
Johnson.
Oh, man.
Had a sparkling career before coming to the ground.
With four and four with Philadelphia and the 68.
Thanks and 13 with them.
Vance and Powell.
Two and 10.
He's five and four last year.
Johnson's that strong with one out on the bottom on six.
Doing just half a gap.
Doing full push there.
Hocking up.
No, he followed it.
Mousetrap.
And his favorite one.
Johnson.
During the round of breaking, he got hard.
Harder.
And there's Johnson with two.
Two down.
Johnson's dead.
Two down.
Two on.
Get away.
Hamilton and McMain.
Two out on the bottom of the eighth.
Four sides of one and one.
Vance and Moulin.
A little bit of a top of the order.
Two first.
Hocking up.
No runs.
No hits.
No L.A.s.
No one left on.
We have gone eight full lengths.
Four and five and one and one.
In another nationally game, Chicago and Montreal in Chicago leading that game by the score of five to four after eight and seven.
I'm not sure how the final score is in on that game though.
It should be, but we haven't checked.
It will take a while for you to play this.
Oh, William for two minutes in that game.
For Chicago it's 27 and 28 to three.
For Washington, it's a Chicago, Vance, Lassie, and Giro for Montreal.
The American League, Minnesota, B.C., went nothing.
It was open eight and to 67.
It was a little 50-gross up there on the bottom of the ninth.
It was coming behind the winner.
In fact, they tore seven of the eights.
Johnson and McMain had three runs in the seventh.
Two runs in the eighth and two more than none.
New York down.
Washington takes three.
Saddlemire won at 16.
The
Lakers are back to lose for Washington.
Lakers are season at three in the heavens.
And Cleveland defeated Detroit by the score of two to one.
Colbert the winner.
Lowland's the loser.
Lowland's the finish at 25.
That's right.
Against Dwight Curtis, the top of a giant order.
And here's the news for you.
In the last moment, Gaylord Terry starts to warm up.
Gaylord who went nine and in glass back, starting the top lead with
Nooran Robbins, leading him seven to one on seven-head.
And Terry is in the bullpen now, starting to loosen up.
If he could get ready tonight, he'd get one man in this ballgame.
It's going to take Terry quite a while to warm up.
I would imagine he is down there now.
And he's got a lot of time.
Terry delivers to the left hand, downing Henderson.
He'll drag about half a century.
Almost looped it over his hands.
Terry has it down.
Henderson's like a hundred way off.
But it's locked it up to the putt now.
That's out number one and he don't want it.
Henderson's trying to drag about zero.
And he's bouncing it.
He might have bumped it over to his head.
The pitcher is back to get back to things.
He's got one down.
He don't want to sacrifice.
He doesn't want to sacrifice.
He don't want to.
He has a little bit of a chance.
He's going to be on a close call.
He's going to come up to Houston, ladies and gentlemen.
It's his own play.
It's the end of six.
It's the end of seven.
Houston ladies and gentlemen.
That's the reaction from the crowd at the time.
They have to get around.
They're going to make something out of it.
How will he see my photos?
One on one.
Two strikes.
What is that?
That was one out.
He's got seven in his hands.
That's a million in his hands.
That was one out tonight.
They're going to make this one go up.
That's one to one.
That's right in his hands.
One one, that's two point eight.
One on a miss.
That's one to one.
Two strikes now.
That's just that back drop with two strikes on twenty-two.
Well, he may as well have made it.
He may as well have struck out of the bubble.
He popped up and he struck out again.
There he is.
One two-pitch to two.
Top foul out of Boyle and he saves it.
That's two.
No more.
That's a one-off.
Seventeen.
That's one two-pitch to forty.
Drowed into the right side.
Waiting for it to the first base and over and beat twenty-two to the back.
That's the time of the night.
The Giants lead it up to twenty-nine.
Twenty-four.
That's like a place to be doubled in the third and popped up.
The question now is will the fans of the Senators enjoy it at the top of the ninth inning?
If they do not score here, we'll go to touchdown.
That's the time for concern.
Kirby looking at it nice.
Right-hander to it.
We're going to miss him, are we?
The young right-hander who's just clearly at the beginning of his career and a veteran
center fielder who's nearing the end of his.
Take him to the end of the ninth inning.
He's going to miss the breaking position of the first brother.
Johnny Ponder.
Don't worry, Mays will look for it.
Well, Mays is going to pop right now.
I want that.
Hell, I missed.
I thought he was trying to win it.
Mays with a bad shoulder.
He's not as he's long enough as anyone to relax for them.
He has his right shoulders and you're the impulse.
That is not an effect of play.
He's a lot of strength and layers and he's about to lose even to the base.
Willie takes five.
Willie trying his mightiest.
Willie with everything he's got down to hit one out of it.
Kirby's one-two-thick.
Bucky Dobson.
The young man is waiting for that.
No run, no hit, no area.
No one left.
We've got the bottom of it up.
And Jerry Scott's going to have to get about to get the job for another shot at it.
Go on and see him take a half.
The job's not in the pot right now.
Well, things continue to turn clear.
And Diego, further to the north, the Los Angeles Dodgers are having a tough time as Houston is losing that ballgame by the score of 10-0.
You might be curious to see some of the comments made earlier in this ballgame by Lauren Simmons about the then-Skeleton Dodgers.
That was KFI in Los Angeles.
It was 50,000 watts per channel station.
In fact, it's 101 meters from Mississippi.
That might not mean too much to most people.
But what it's having means is the reception is incredible.
You can hear that all over the western part of the United States.
And so down in front of me, you'll go about 200 miles or so to the south.
And you've got the little transistor radio turned into KFI.
That's where you're going to be on those 25-3.
And what's going on in Dodgers Stadium.
They are at their home in San Francisco.
The San Francisco Giants station is still fixed up pretty well.
It's about 5,000 watts per channel.
And then the rest of it can be heard in Los Angeles.
And that's the one.
Both networks know what the other team is doing.
They got to the bottom of the ninth.
At the end of sixth and a half of Dodgers Stadium, usually the 11th and a half of the game,
you can almost say that one is pretty much the end of the game.
But it will not be the time for much of it.
It will be the time for the good and the bad.
Dodgers lose this one.
Giants lose the commander of the ninth.
Now, Jerry Johnson after hitting the bottom of the ninth.
The second to lead off with a single flat out of popped up.
Jerry takes the touchdown.
He's got almost hit it by one.
Oh, Terry is throwing now as well.
Yes, Terry is still throwing.
He's got him with two hands.
Terry is not throwing hard.
He was just trying to get loose.
Jeff Dadd follows to take the lead.
One and one.
Jeff Dadd, Martin, and the servings are in batter.
Steve Marlins throws the bullpen for the potter.
He's almost asking too much of the servings to go in there.
But tonight after 15-15 in the last time, Jeff Dadd with the high drive to left field.
But anything will have room.
That one at the warning sign.
It makes the catch for him.
And the way to just then, it's this one for your heart.
And anything scares you now.
Because it is.
And it's a touchdown.
One down.
Bob Parsons who has driven in the fundraiser.
And then the founding man, that's the global starter, John Keppler, has lost.
And his single press partner couldn't handle his line drive.
And that's Beijing Jerry Tom.
He's got a point to make this mistake on Sunday.
I'm going to follow back.
Strike one.
You know what I'm saying.
I'll make you go now too if he doesn't get out.
We're in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Tired of one and one.
That act of the batters in the seventh inning is a fairly 11-0.
Where he's got some hits to bust.
He takes them slow.
That's the money he's in this.
He's got a point to make.
And he's got 11 men on him.
The Padres just ran an eight.
And Johnson's room is in there.
He's got a point to make with a high fastball on a two-two.
Tom Keppler strikes the bounce of our buzz.
One down.
And the base is up.
Another play there.
But there, batting the full base line, it's backed up deep.
Drops and grinds.
No distance to the bench anyhow.
That's the bottom of the ninth.
That one's too big.
Down the way from deep to two and two.
Little else and she strikes the bounce.
Perhaps if they get that far, we'll have McCully, Kingman, and Deane from the tenth.
Johnson wants to go quite a few too fast.
Now, passing back to where Bob might be up here getting fastball in the front,
knowing that Johnson does not want to walk him.
Very two-two foot fastball hits him right to him.
Kingman goes back, waiting for this to look to his fair, makes the catch, and two-meter down.
And I will have to say, even though Dave Kingman is a very poppy and boy's young bulls player,
and he has to have some thoughts when that fly ball was coming out to him, you just can't be normal.
And then a ball game that means just one.
Your life doesn't go a little faster when you have to catch it one at all.
Turn it up, right there they got the hands of McBride and Mitchy DeMegas.
This young man is Mitch, another beautiful ball game, and he is making a habit of it.
And Mitch DeMegas, he's going on a miss right now.
Quiet out, rounded out in the front.
Johnson with one out to go to get the bounce.
Johnson's next pitch.
Rounded out in the miss, trying to get on anyway he can.
Frank Jumkin, who's up on the move then, for it.
There he is, not throwing anymore.
Maybe he'll find out that it's just a little, or maybe he's ready.
And yet ready, isn't he?
Don't you think? One out in the miss.
Jumkin's down on the plate.
He'll go to the ten-penny.
And Jumkin's in the burlong of the 1971 season.
As we go to the tenth and the score, the Giants 1 and the Padres.
Michael Cetti in the major league since 1932 is a player our coach will not return as the third-base coach of the Minnesota Twins in 1972.
The Southern Giants are the twins, they're the clubs, the first place in the United States West, a goal for four out of the five places next season.
Cetti, according to Memphis, left for home at easy-eye.
Cetti immediately fell upon your home, could not be reached.
Cetti being a lot of his same as a player, but also as a third-base coach, Winston and Rockanky.
On Wednesday's play in the American League, Baltimore leads the short by 11 games, Boston a 7-10 out, New York by 21-1.5, Washington by 37 and Cleveland by 43 games.
The home team games schedule Thursday, so multiple clubs will be right where they are.
In the West Oakland is leading Kansas City by 15, Chicago 22-1.5, Minnesota by 25-1.5, California Brown by 26, Milwaukee by 30.
And a half.
California is battling Minnesota for fifth place in, actually for fourth place.
California fifth at the moment, Minnesota fourth by 25.5, and Minnesota by a half a game each.
Okay, let's get back to the 10-10 now at the end of the game.
Brown for the rest of it, getting up our shot for the Giants, 4-5 and 6-6 in the order, first place for the Willie McAtee, right fielder Drew Stingley, and Patrick McPhee.
A Cetti going up for a half and a third, right down the third, then to the Miss Gephin, and then a half and a seventh.
By the way, for three-and-a-half-piloters on the left side, they've just that, about 25 feet off the line of third and hitting the baseline, guarding against the front.
Kirby's first pitch for McAtee.
He's high and deep to center field, but he will make the gap.
He's back there, he's got nine runs, a full center, McAtee hit it on the nose.
Dave Kingman, and into the ball again, went fast out the lane with a long side
ground with a left-strike shot.
and a seventh with two outs from Stingley and the Giants runner.
Tie it up, the Giants runner, Kingman and the right-hander again.
The government doesn't have to win that hard, you know, all around, but over-swinging the next pitch without a count.
He's got a hit one too hard of San Diego State.
370 feet and 18 feet, I'll be quiet, Dave.
High inside it, through the one-one count.
The one-one must have fallen.
One-one must have broken.
A ball and two strikes.
The Dodgers had 302 outs from the bottom of the seventh.
That was, that was.
Houston is funny, level the net back.
One-two, but high and deep to left field, but not deep enough, I don't think.
That goes, that goes fast, and he watches, and he makes the catch at the wall.
That high five off, but high enough.
Drops down around the rim, and Justin made the count.
That's a game of chess by just literally inches.
Those good feet.
That's a hand-pump by Irving Hanna, Washington 7, second and third, 4-totnol, 4-totnol, 7.
Making this his world tie line.
Two outs, bases on the top of the tenth, 9-1 to Padres, one.
There we hit, high ball field.
Let me drop behind him, he needs two balls on those strikes.
Oh, a very one-and-two-one, a 10-and-one.
Three-and-out, breaking the hot-side ball three.
Dodgers at the bases loaded from the seventh on three-in, the Muckner line at the other side.
11-11, Houston, three-offence to base, all strikes, a three-and-out-fist, Irving with the broken ball.
Three-and-one count on good feet, every other play.
And a miss strike to each case in a high-breaking pitch, not getting it, a full-cash, three-ball two-toss.
Irving's back to the plate, three-two, all strike four, a 10-and-3-totnol.
The game is at number 11, the Giants and the Caps go around and go hit, and the Tigers are in the middle of the club.
They go to the bottom of the tenth, the Giants win it, the Panthers win it.
Hemmingson's been kind of tough this year for the last three innings, and now he's tired.
Ten Giants in a row, the last man in human base, Dave King, in the seventh inning, and it was King and St. Russell,
and it goes in, Henderson, on second base, who's going to be coming in, and that's why we're next to any.
And they go forward, it's on his side in the seventh inning.
That's France Gas, the leadoff of the single defender field, and then moves to third base,
and a run and hit single by Kershwack, and he's two of the infields, three of them, that's Gas and Brown,
Olly Brown, excuse me, scoring, Johnson is the left fielder, and Meech is the second.
So they run and hit single by France Gas, and then four, on an infield out by Boston, the catcher.
And that's the end of the scoring that's going in this ballgame.
Meanwhile, the up and left fielder, this team that's in San Diego and Los Angeles,
they're raffling away a night when they hit 11-0 in favor of Houston,
and they're dodging King-Carrolls as long as San Francisco loses this ballgame.
If they hit one time right down, they'll send you to the back of the bottom of the half.
Jerry Johnson comes off the pitch at the bottom of the tenth, against the top of the tenth in that order.
George Stoptowels will run second base from Don Mesa and send us through this land here.
The Giants are long past the chances early.
That two men out in the first inning was two outs, double scores.
They're having a matter of second with run outs.
The runners in first and third with run out in the second didn't score.
The runners in second and third with nobody out.
The bases had a one out in the third and did not score.
Finally got a run in in seventh, and a single by Hunter's, and a sacrifice.
Dave Kingman, see how it's going over.
The second inning, single by Brown, and was one out, Parsons didn't feel out getting a run in.
A man inside the third on the hit, and a run single by Gestach.
There's Donny Gray and George Stoptowels, Oaks are killing them quick.
Right hander battered.
Jerry Johnson in the play.
Last ball, five-one-one.
Johnson came on with two outs in the fifth.
This is four on one third innings, wild pitch.
Fastball low ball two.
Fuller and Jerry throwing a dad bullpen again.
Johnson gets the go through.
Half-ball strike.
Johnson in on the count with Deamis doing one.
Don Mason on deck.
George is with Donny to read it to follow.
Two-one-six on the way.
Now ball, they get to right field.
And a by-draw is in business in the monitor test.
Donny Deam, plays as a second on the right field, a sharp ground ball from the horrible first and seventh.
Don Mason will be up in a sacrificial situation.
Donny here moves in at four.
Johnson is a second to go.
Mason running around the bite.
Johnson to the right, first one.
The ball goes to the left throw, I'm going back in.
No one can place it in the first base.
Rene will get a second and he got it.
Go to first, not in third.
Great play by Lanier.
Mason running the ball at third base.
Now well and one.
Wilson grabbing ground and is tied for the first.
Well and one, Rene to fire, foul, disc, Mason takes over at first.
The bottom will be presented to the God of Heaters.
They put an error, single, double, nine, 11.
Mason leaves them first.
The ball goes to the left, the left is fired, goes to Pawella, he drops the ball at second base.
The ball goes to the left, the left is fired, he fielded it to the bloody side to catch his bare hand and it dropped it.
Now the time is really expensive, they have a big guy up there, Holt Colby.
They're going for four.
Mason at second, Giddyup first, one out.
Down to the point.
Raging hit, blow outside, ball one.
One second, the runner is laid from first and second.
Giddyup set, now it's foul, pass third.
One-one, Giddyup on Colby.
The ball is handed by the outfield, Jepha gets over.
One-one, Jepha by Johnson.
In the dirt, bounce away from Jepha, but the runners cannot move up.
Jepha quickly reprees, the ball is right behind him.
Johnson drops behind on Colby, two balls and one strike.
Jepha runs out on Colby, Mason at second, Giddyup at first, one out.
Johnson, looking back a second, if it's a turnover, it's one on a missed strike too.
He's got the ball, but it's basically his take.
He's the one that's about to change Colby to put on fire.
It's a perfect hand, a count of two and two.
Johnson's hit, foul at the plate.
Johnson, it's a double play on here, but when he drops the ball, it's up and base.
Johnson ready to keep you a bit beneath Colby.
It's deep to left field, that's a home run, it's no game over.
The guy has dropped early and is definitely off to field.
The father has went up four to one.
What happens to Los Angeles, it goes down to the final night.
The guy has missed the double play.
They've got it, the play right here is deep into the half field.
There was no doubt about it, it was gone the minute it left the bat.
The final total, in the first inning, three runs for the Padres, two hits, one strike,
no runners left.
Final score, San Diego's four runs, nine runs, no error.
The one that has got our score, winning pitcher is Craig Hogan, and losing pitcher is Jerry Johnson.
This is still time for the last minute, but I predict it will get smaller.
You might need to stay tuned.
Okay, that's it from San Francisco and San Diego, it's a five minute game.
In the ninth inning, time to draw dreamer one more and after a nine-on-eight play,
but in the tenth inning, made Colbert on a three-run home run, and that is it.
And still time for the quarter-finals, regardless of what happens in Los Angeles,
the Penegra East and the National League West will go to the final day of the season.
Now, you might think, well, what's the sense of pushing the Los Angeles with their Dodgers turning at 11 to nuffol?
Well, for your information, my thoughts are just about the same.
However, I wouldn't even have to come to work tomorrow if the Dodgers happen at 411 runs or so,
and try that ballgame up.
I really can't do the very same, but in just a few moments, we'll be switching the Dodgers team
to Mark D'Agato, our final commentary Dodger, for the description of the remainder.
The third team is in the eighth inning now, the Dodgers and the Houston Astros.
Well, the Houston scored four times in the first inning, twice in the fourth, twice in the fifth,
twice in the sixth, and once in the seventh, and ended by the score of 11 to nothing,
a system of batting in the top half of the eighth inning, twice, at the Dodgers stadium in Los Angeles.
So, as I said, in just a few moments, we'll be switching to Los Angeles.
In the National League game, Montreal defeated Chicago by the score of 65,
six runs 12, and two errors in Chicago, five runs 10, and two errors.
Before switching to Los Angeles, that far is 15 seconds for a coaching identification.
This is the American Forces radio and television service.
As far as the body is concerned, it's close up the up and go home, and get out of here early tomorrow.
And a home here along the line of arms.
What a finish. What a marvelous finish.
And we're so happy to finish on such a high note.
Whereby, we can tell a line of home here.
There's a basket back to second, left to the margin, can't get it, a day to put thought.
It doesn't mean anything, but this time, we're so delighted that the Dodgers have some shade.
And one more day, if anything happens here, we'll get a war.
And I'll tell you something, there's a fellow named Clay Kirby down there in San Diego
who did something that most professional men felt would be impossible.
Friday night, he said, 15 and 8, he made, as I understand it, 234 points on Friday night.
The pitch to Manimoda fouled away.
And at Phillips, an ex-Dodger, Jack Billingham, will be pitching for Houston.
And as an added Phillips, an ex-Dodger, Jack Billingham, will be pitching for Houston.
Juan Marajal.
Left-hander Dave Roberts, who the Jellis has had a sore back, will go against Juan Marajal.
Today, to make sure the batteries on the radio are working, the tubes on the TV stand,
the batteries on the radio are working, the tubes on the TV set are working,
and together we'll all find out.
The Giants lost. The Dodgers are being clobbered.
The Giants have clinched a mathematical tie.
Crawford goes as a bouncer, the third backhanded by Martinez, who throws accurately to Menke,
and the Dodgers are done in the eighth inning.
They get a hit, but that's all. And at the end of eighth, Astros 11, Dodgers nothing.
Spirit, the ability to make one more effort, to try a little harder than the other guy.
Spirit, that's what the folks at Union 76 have, and they put it to work making gasoline.
Take Super 76, for example, Union's premium blend.
They've put five different engine cleaners into Super 76 when two or three might have done the job.
The people at Union 76 don't like to just get by, and that's what the spirit of 76 is all about.
Those five engine cleaners are there, because Union feels that's what it takes to do an effective job
of keeping critical engine areas clean.
Intake valves, exhaust valves, spark plugs, carburetors, anti-pollution valves.
Keeping an engine clean means it's going to run better, longer, and the cleaner the engine, the less pollution it creates.
So start doing yourself and your car a favor now. Get the spirit.
The spirit of 76 lives at Union Oil.
As we go to the ninth inning, with the Astros leading 11 to nothing,
and Mike Straula will be pitching to Larry Howard to start it off.
For the Giants, of course, a bitter defeat.
1-1, missing a ninth inning home run by Dave Kingman, or that was a tenth inning he missed.
And then Colbert hitting a three-run home run to beat Jerry Johnson.
So the Giants lose a bitter game.
As far as the Dodgers are concerned, they could have stayed home tonight and caught some of the shows.
They have not been...
And actually, it comes as a good time for them. Howard takes ball one.
The Giants, even though they have clinched the tie, have lost a tough one.
And the Dodgers must feel, psychologically, that, well, they've gotten a bad game out of their system
and really haven't gotten hurt.
The pitch foul back 1-1.
And the Giants are going to be the first to make a comeback.
They're going to be the first to make a comeback.
They've gotten a bad game out of their system and really haven't gotten hurt. The pitch foul back 1-1.
Well, don't forget, and we might as well follow all of the zany proceedings tonight with this note,
that tickets are on sale right now over the counter for the National League Championship Series,
if and when, between the Pirates and the Dodgers.
It would start Saturday if the Dodgers finish on top in the National League West.
The games here are both day games, Saturday and Sunday, beginning at one.
Here's the 1-1 pitch. In Howard, it's a fly ball to right field.
Crawford hesitates, now comes up forward, and Willie makes the catch.
The prices for those two games against the Pirates, if they are played, $7 per box, $5 for reserved,
$3 for Pavilion and Blue level.
Now, tickets may be purchased for one game or both games.
And they're on sale right now over the counter at Ticketron offices,
at Mutual offices, and at the Dodger Ticket office on Stadium Way, open daily at 9.30.
So, you can get tickets for the playoff, and then tomorrow night,
you can watch the game and see if you're going to use the tickets.
Of course, swings and misses. That's right, the Dodgers are going to televised tomorrow night's game on Channel 11.
Stroller ready in the strike one pitch.
Half swing foul, queued right over into the dugout, 0-2.
So, on fan appreciation night, the Dodgers televised a home game to the home folks.
That'll be Channel 11, KTTV, and of course, KFI and the Dodger radio network, every time, everywhere.
0-2 to force, good hitting pitcher. He has two hits tonight. He takes five, ball one.
So, Don Sutton and Jack Billingham and Dave Roberts and Juan Marischal, all four men, will have pressure.
Oh, there's no real pressure on Billingham and Roberts, except professional pride, knowing that they can change the race.
The pressure is really on Don Sutton. The one-two pitch is popped in the air in the shallow left.
Mota is there and waiting and makes the catch.
You know, if you had to pick one of the four men now, you got Roberts and Billingham, Marischal and Sutton.
Sutton is the one. He's going to taste it. What he does all day tomorrow, I don't know.
But Don is going to have to do something until he goes to the mound and starts pitching at 7.45.
Boy, it's going to be a long day. I'm sure his wife Patty and young son will try and keep him busy.
But the story of Don Sutton tomorrow, Roger Metzger, struck out, grounded out, hit into a fourth play, grounded out, fly to center.
He is the only member of the Astros without a hit.
The pitch is low, ball one.
The one-oh pitch on the way, line drive to left. That means everybody's in on the act. A base hit for Metzger.
He was the last Astro to check in.
So a single against Scrawler. And that'll bring up Joe Morgan.
Joe Morgan. Second race.
Don Sutton was born in Alabama, and Don was 26 on the 2nd of April.
He has had five years of big league experience, and all of that and then some will be on the line tomorrow night.
Morgan takes low, ball one, one and oh.
When Sutton pitches, I would guess the Dodger bullpen will be standing room only.
You could see Al Downing warming up in the Dodger bullpen tomorrow night.
Because he didn't pitch much tonight.
Here's the one-oh on the way, swung on and missed one and one.
Down in San Diego, they tell us that while Jerry Johnson was struggling in relief of John Cumberland, Gaylord Perry was throwing in the pen.
Tomorrow night for the Dodgers, everything goes. Anything and everything.
Here's the one-one pitch. Morgan fouls. This is like having to read the last 20 pages of a very bad book, watching this game.
Eleven to nothing Astros, top of the ninth inning.
One and two to little Joe.
Roller, a look at first. Mike delivers and Morgan takes outside. Ball two, two and two.
Long Jack Billingham, the ex-Dodger, will be on the mound for the Astros, trying to wreck the Dodger plans for 71.
The Giants figure to have their hands full. If Dave Roberts is healthy, they're going to have some time.
There's a bounce at a Parker, he'll go to the bag.
Okay, the top of the ninth is in. At the end of eight and a half, Astros 11 Dodgers nothing.
Schlitz, Milwaukee in the world.
Don't go around watching, so you do it with all the gusto you have. Right down to the beer you drink. Less will do.
Stepping away to throw down to the teams.
And you're out of slips, you're out of feed.
Bottom of the ninth inning with the Astros leading the dot, leading is not exactly the
word.
They have led them astray, they have led them down the Primrose path.
The Astros 11 runs, 16 hits and an error, and the Dodgers nothing.
No runs, 8 hits and an error.
And we have mercifully reached the bottom of the ninth.
But it's tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow that is on everybody's mind.
Not this one.
Duke Simms, Bobby Valentine and Wes Parker, and bless them, the folks come up with a charge.
That charge with the Dodgers down 11 to nothing could only be heard in Montreal.
All right, here's the Duke.
He is struck out and fouled out and singled one for three.
Walter Alston has to make up his mind about tomorrow.
Simms gets a line drive base hit.
The Dodgers now have 9 hits and nothing to show for it.
What do you do tomorrow?
Do you, Walter Alston, do you play Duke Simms who's been hot?
Do you play Tommy Howler who has more experience?
And then do you play Manny Moda over Wes Parker?
And if Moda plays over Parker, you are weaker defensively in the sense that Allen stays
at third.
And then you would go on the outfield, hit foul back.
So the manager will have a short night.
Tomorrow will come pretty fast for him if he has thinking to do.
0-1 to count to Valentine.
Force delivers low 1-1.
I keep thinking about Maury Will who is telling us the price of a pennant race.
He's lost 10 pounds, averaging maybe four or five hours sleep these days.
Less than one full meal a day.
Pitch to Valentine low, ball two.
You hear a lot about professionalism, but you scrape away professionalism and underneath
there's still a human being.
And these fellows are writhing right now in the last painful moment for the pennant race.
Five-ball to center by Valentine, caught by Sedeno.
One away, let's pause the station identification.
This is the Los Angeles Dodgers radio network.
Wes Parker will be the batter.
Finishing up at first base.
Wes hitting 275.
He hasn't figured in many Dodger gameplay, but he takes it in the hands, ball one, 1-0.
After such an incredible year last year, suddenly now in the pressure days, we haven't seen
Wes except late in the game.
He hadn't been in a start.
Manny Mota has changed everything by playing every day.
Pitch is low, ball two.
2-0.
Several folks have called in, and I'm sure the majority understand, but we don't want
to slide anybody.
And a couple of folks went into the trouble of calling in, so we'll explain.
The pitch to Parker is a bouncer wide at first, fielded by Menke, underhands to force in time.
2-0.
And the batter will be Maury Wills.
Maury Wills.
Folks have called in asking about tomorrow night.
It is very simple.
The Dodgers are trailing by one.
If the Giants lose and the Dodgers lose, the Giants win the pennants.
If the Dodgers win and the Giants win, the Giants win the pennants.
Only if the Dodgers win and the Giants lose, then there's a tie.
There's a bunch.
Force picks it up.
Those two first.
So it's as simple as that.
Tomorrow night, the Dodgers must win, the Giants must lose, or it's over.
I've thought about over it.
This is over.
It's been over for quite a while.
The Astros 11 runs, 16 hits, one error.
The Dodgers no runs, 9 hits, and one error.
The best thing to be said about this game tonight, the Dodgers will not lose any sleep
over it, but they'll probably lose sleep over the cloudy future tomorrow evening.
Once again, final score of the ballgame, the Astros 11 and the Dodgers nothing.