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The Philadelphia Phillies faced the Pittsburgh Pirates at 3 River Stadium for a Saturday afternoon game on September 30, 1978.
The two teams were locked in a battle for the National League East title.
The Phillies had an 11-game lead on August 13, but the Pirates then won on a 23-in-3 game tear in late August and early September to tie things up.
Philadelphia was managed by Danny Ozark and had a 1-1.5-game lead with just two games remaining.
The Phillies needed just one win and the next two games against the Bucks to clinch the division.
The Pirates were the dominant team in the 1970s, reaching the playoffs in five of the first six seasons under Danny Murthog.
Chuck Tanner took over in 1977 and continued their strength, but was only able to finish in second place.
His audio recording is from the Pirates Radio broadcast, featuring announcers Lanny Fattari and Milo Hamilton.
And a very pleasant good afternoon from 3 River Stadium.
Lanny Fattari along with Milo Hamilton, we are getting set to go in this afternoon ball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies.
After the double sweep by the Pirates last night, one run decisions in each game, five to four in the first game and two in the one in the late cap on the Bucks call.
The Bucks are back to within a game and a half for Philadelphia Phillies, hoping to cut it to a half game this afternoon and set the stage.
Or what would have to be an extremely climactic showdown here at the stadium tomorrow afternoon.
This afternoon, Don Robinson will go for the Bucks. He wants to become a 15 game winner in his rookie season.
He'll go against Randy Lurks, the left hander of the Philadelphia Phillies.
And I guess everybody tries to gear themselves to the final weekend of the season.
Try to stay 100% as you can.
Well, I'd say this comeback for the Bucks is just taking so much out of me that I don't know how much more the voice can take.
But we're ready to go and we're glad to have you with us this afternoon.
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Take a look at the starting lineup. Not too many major changes.
First of the Phillies, Stake McRide will be leading off and playing right field against the right-hander, John Robinson.
Larry Boll will bat in the number two spot. They're switching in short-stop.
Gary Maddox will be hitting third and playing center field.
Greg Luzinski will be in the number four spot for the Phillies.
The Boll hit his 34th home run of the year in last night's second game,
and was the only run for the Phillies as the Pirates won the game. Luzinski batting fourth this afternoon and playing left field.
Richie Hevner will hit number five. He'll be at first base for the Phillies.
Mike Smith will bat sixth. He'll be at third base.
Bob Boone during the catching will bat seventh.
Ned Seismore in the number eight spot will be at second base.
And Randy Lurch hitting in the number nine hole and doing the fifth base.
Once again, four to Phillies. It's McRide followed by Boone and Maddox.
The middle third includes Luzinski, Hevner and Smith.
And the bottom third, Boone, Seismore and Lurch.
Down the starting lineup for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
And here's how Jeff Tanner has sent them in for their sick game this afternoon.
Frank Sinarich in his short-stop leading off.
Frank is at four hits in the series thus far. Four hits from the double header last night.
Omar Moreto, he had three hits in the double header last night. He'll bat second as White Center field.
Dave Parker leading the National League in batting average of three 34.
He'll be batting third playing right field.
Bill Robinson in the number four spot for the Bucks. He'll be in left field.
Willie Targo hitting number five at first base.
Phil Garner at second base batting sixth and listening to this crowd.
They're anticipating the arrival of the Bucks down the field. And there they go. Jeff's having their all gold uniforms this afternoon.
Garner's sixth and playing second base. Dale Barra batting seventh at third base.
Down the Bucks as they take the field are the recipients of a standing ovation from a sizeable crowd this afternoon.
Still seats available. We invite you to come on out and see the Bucks in action today.
Barra batting seventh playing third base.
Ed Ott will do the catching in bat eighth and John Robinson batting in the number nine spot he'll do the pitching.
So once again for the Bucks it's Barra's followed by Milano and Parker.
The middle third includes Robinson's charge of Garner. Bill Robinson that is.
The bottom third Barra Ott and John Robinson.
The upfire for the fasted in ball game. Zach Davidson behind the plate. He'll make the decisions on balls and strikes.
Ed Fargo at first base. Ball fire at second. Terry Zayde at the umpire third.
Well Milano fortunately front-listers they won't have to sit through me for an awful long time.
I know your adults are still in there. 100 percent. You look about five years younger to me today.
Get caught up in this fever. It's something. It's really something.
This standing ovation they gave this team when they went out on the field. They are ready for things to erupt here again.
Well that's crap. Thank you the fans for their support last night.
All right we are ready.
Baked McBride. 266 batting average.
10 homers. 50 runs batted in.
Boy I tell you what a day here. Fabulous. Beautiful weather.
The atmosphere you can cut it with an axe.
And fake McBride who last night won two for Aiden's Robin for a run all in the first game in that RBI column.
Could have worn the heroes mantle but instead took the go-torns when he didn't catch a fly ball in the ninth inning of the first game
and first put spinzim around. Shin music to start it.
McBride against Stumpf is hitting 250. Bull is on deck. Then it'll be Maddox.
Down Robinson 21 years old.
Into the wind and a pitcher on the way. Winging and he pops it up.
Should be easy in the shallow center. Moreno coming a long way but he's going to be there. It was a very high fly ball in the shallow center.
And Moreno went out. I'll see if I can get any clues to why that ball didn't carry any better.
Gainer went out. Wind must have brought it back a little bit because Moreno ended up having to come a long way for that ball.
Here's Larry Boggs. Laura. Size 8 collar in last night's double header. He's their leading header.
Bowing 295 is a switch header. And a pitch.
I had a fastball one at all. On the right side of the infield. Starchel and Gainer. On the left side. So Verus and Verus.
Up to you left to right. Bill Robinson, Omar Moreno and Dave Parker. 1-0 pitch to Boa. Shows fun.
Took it up high. Ball two. Head out. Who's got a double header last night. Catching here again today.
Down Robinson and Randy Lurch. Righty against Lefty today. And here's Down Robinson 2-0 to Boa.
And called that a ball. Looks like a pretty good pitch.
Balling behind Boa 3-0. Onyx is on deck to the left.
That's a strike. Make it 3-1.
Shicks leave clouds. Day before October breaks upon it. Couldn't be better for the weather.
And last night's excitement. Deptis Town going gaga. And why not. Two thrilling ninth inning finishes.
Three balls and a strike to Boa. Down Robinson delivers to him. And a strike right down the middle of 3-2.
I got a feeling that the take sign was on there. He never offered at all.
Only tried to get him on and set a manufacture or something. Now the 3-2 pitch on the way.
And he pops it up. Left side. Dave Verus. Sleezes it. Upside the line and it's 2-0.
Two up and two down. Boa popping up about 15 feet behind a third base bag.
And about 4 feet bow. Dave Verus making the easy play. And here is Hunterfielder Gary Maddox.
Who chips in with a couple of errors last night.
Maddox is hitting 284. Leads them in doubles with 34. He has 11 home runs and 67 rebies.
And he leads them in stolen bases with 33.
And he's the first last night won for 7. The pitch. Long on line drive. Fingal, Setterfield.
Hanks on a rope. As Moina plays it on the first bounce. Though the first hit of the game belongs to Gary Maddox.
And it brings up Cevul. Greg Luzinski.
Hit a home run up into the lower club level last night up above the left field for millions.
He's as strong as Muscle Dev Muscle.
Luzinski as he steps in. Does so with a 261 batting average.
He leads them in homers with 34. He has 98 runs batted in.
He has 6 of those 34 homers against the pirates.
Ah, waiting. Seems to be some problem out in the center. I'm not quite sure.
I think they want a fanner taken down because it's white against the green background.
That's the hitter's background. From about each end of the big gigantic scoreboard is fine.
But other than that those banners just came out and hung up there. It's fair to vote 12.
Go to first base. Not close. Remember they're leading base. Maddox is on. He has 33-th.
Darko trying to hold him close. Luzinski waiting. Another throw to first base. The runner's back.
Still no count to Luzinski. The underkitter Richie Hebner.
First inning. Two outs, one off.
Robinson throws the first but he got back. Hey, that was close. Good strong quick throw.
Darko put it down. Maddox has just put the fingertips on the bag ahead of the tag.
The second inning. Looking over the shoulder. Don Robinson hesitates. One are going. Swinging fouled off out of play.
Over in the seats on the right side.
So we've come down to this. The final weekend. We're a game and a half apart with two games left for the Phillies.
Hopefully three games left for the Bucs.
And they've got to win every one of them. No balls and one strike. The pirates coming in with 24 straight wins. Here are three rivers.
Now, Don Robinson looking down into the reeds of fans. Maddox has been going on the pre-sitting pitch.
He goes right back to a pretty good lead. He's got that front foot out on the edge of the carpet.
Robbie Chases it back. Doesn't get him. No balls. One strike. The Greg Luzinski. Two for seven in the series.
One to take measure home run last night. And now Danny Ozark coming out. Asking the play-dump fire about something.
He might be wondering if Robins' move to first base is legal. But I've got to think also this is a bit of gamesmanship too.
They know they've got a young 21-year-old right-hander on the mound. The big game. And they figure, look, let's make them think maybe he is to do something wrong.
But, Tony Taylor carrying the same case to the first base on fire, pole prior. And I think you're right.
He's faced them four times already this year and we didn't have any squawks about it. There's a throw over. Just a little bit of mental warfare going on here.
Now, Danny Ozark is complaining to Ed Vargo. And they're going to warn Danny Ozark now.
We're in charge of the game and we will handle the game.
I think Ozark is questioning the placement of Don Robinson's front foot. He's claiming that Robinson is pivoting off the heel of his front foot and not stepping to first base.
But I think it's a strike job.
And Chuck Tanner now going to come out. And he's going to try to work on the other end. He's going to try to settle down. Don't pay any attention to him.
And now Tanner is leading with Ed Vargo. Let's either tell him what it is and get on with this ball game.
Ed Vargo stops on his way back. He's had a work or two. Chuck Tanner out there to stand up for his ball club and the fans like it.
He's got a no ball one strike count on Greg Luzinski.
And the mental aspect of this game is everything. You don't want him thinking about that and then make a mistake and hang a break and roll to this big guy. He can powder you.
He hit him on the fist and popped him into shallow center. The ball is going to drop. They'll have runners at first and third.
And that Robinson could not have made a better pitch. He practically started the bat off in Luzinski's hands. But he is so strong he was able to get a pop fly single into shallow center.
Omar came on thought he might have a play but then realized he did not. He held up and played it safe. And it's a wise thing there. The ball was dropping too quickly.
Richie Hevner will be the batter. Last night 0-4-8. So after 2 away, 2 singles.
Hevner will have a 2-81 batting average when he steps in. 17 homers for the former player. And then 67 runs batted in.
He's hitting a hefty 4-17 against his old teammate.
Only for 0-48 with a homer and 8 runs batted in against the buck. And he's batting with runners on the corners and two down.
Don Robinson stretching. Checking runners third and first. Pitch to Hevner. Back ball goes outside. One ball and no strikes.
A press box with his jammed backs again. A tribute to this game considering the backs of college football all around us.
High school football games as well. But the media realizes the importance of this weekend. And they are here in abundant numbers.
Hevner the batter. Team mates on the corners. Two down as Don Robinson. The right-hander stretches. He looks and delivers.
Swinging in a slight fair down the right side. It'll score one. Marker over to get it. And the runners will be a second and third.
It's an RBI single for Hevner. Now it'll be a double.
Maddox scored. Lazinski gets the third. Hevner with an RBI double and the Phillies go first blood here.
It will just it. Get inside the first base bag.
Gargillin out. I'm talking to Don Robinson.
Hevner the batter. The batter will be the third base. Mike Smith.
Mike Smith as he backs for Philadelphia. Will have a batting average of 253. 21 homers and 77 runs matted in.
Last night got a hit in each game. Won two for six in the double header. And he's batting now with Ozynski a third and Hevner at first.
Don Robinson will go to the full wind-up on Smith. Winging in a good hard slider on the inside corner.
Three straight hits after two away. Putting the Phillies in business and they've scored one run.
Important spot here to get Smith. The unduck hitters the catcher Bob Boone.
They can look at the runners. Now delivers to Smith. Up and in. Two tight with a fast ball. One ball. One strike.
So Mike Smith. One of the glamour boys of the National League. One ball and one strike.
Don Robinson quickly to the line in the pitch on the way. High inside again. Two balls and one strike.
One of the things they wanted to guard against against Don Robinson here today. The last time he faced Phillies, in Phillies, on the 11th of September,
he was over throwing. He was tighter than a drum and he was over muckling the ball. Here's the two-one-fifth.
Winging in a line drive through Robinson and left and Bill Hazard side-refired.
Smith lines out to the left fielder Bill Robinson. The Phillies have to settle for one run. On three hits.
Hevner drove in Maddox. There weren't any errors and two Phillies were left.
We played a half an inning in another must situation for the Pirates. After the first half inning, the Phillies won one on three hits.
The Pirates are just now coming into back. Randy Lertz, the left-handed for Danny Ozarks Phillies, has completed the warm-up passes.
He's 10-8. He R.A. 387 against the Pirates. He's one-and-one. He beat us two-to-one on the 31st of May in Phillies.
Also in Phillies on the 12th of August, we beat him 10-to-one. And now Frank Tveras, with a good night last night,
four parades in the twin-bills with the buck-o-slip, comes in hitting two 79s. 38 runs batted in, 46 stolen bases.
And we'll be leading it off trying to start something to get that run back.
Tveras will be followed by Moreno and Markzler. The left-hander Lertz delivers the Tveras and it's low inside of all.
Lertz's battery made his bomb-bow. McBurk's face when Hempner buys more in seconds.
Shortstop, Bola, Schmidt at third. Here's the one-oh to Franky. They bounce through here short. Convenient, Hempner.
Good strong call. Gotti made it close though. Franky huts one down that line. And it's one-away.
Short's at first, Bola to Hempner. Their outfields, standards were zinky-left, Mattick, Stetter and McBride in right.
Pirate coaches in place. They want business in a hurry. Almond second first. Jolin at third.
Omar Moreno just now leaving the on-deck circle. Last night he was free for seven and drove in a run.
Moreno batting 234. Two homers. 31 runs batted in. 69 stolen bases.
Sometime today or tomorrow he could tie and break the club record set last year by Tveras at 70.
Facing the left-hander, Randy Lurch. And Parker has moved on deck. Here's the pitch.
Low inside, ball one.
Left-hander coming back quickly. And that is a strike. Put the plate into it with an ease. And the count is even at one-on-one.
Lurch working in the first. He's got a one-to-nothing lead. Here's the pitch. Breaking ball down and out. Two balls. One strike.
Omar Moreno left-hand batter against the left-hand. Deliveries of Lurch.
Playing in a high foul down the left side. Luzinski coming over. And he won't be able to get it to the first couple of rows in the lower boxes.
An interesting note and quite a tribute to a young man from Washington, Pennsylvania.
If you fan for the radio to see that pink tennis sign out of the wall and right center looks a little cleaner today, it's because it's brand new.
Howie Millick, a young man from Washington, made the other one. Last night some fans with less than common sense took it away from him and tore it to bits.
He stayed up all night making a new one to replace it. Nice going, Howie Millick. Make tenets. Make tenets.
Here's the two-to-fits. And a breaking pitch with something off too close to the letters. Three balls. Two strikes.
Well that is dedication. Howie is down to, excuse me, Howie is down to New York recently on that J. Sadian trip that brought the pen and log.
All right, a payoff pitch to Moreno. Down and out he walks it. Walks to Moreno. Now he gets the leading base-sealer on.
And when the Cobra comes out, this crowd will be ready for some action. The league's leading header is ready to step to the plate.
A lot of the folks standing in tribute to Parker as he's on his way to his second straight batting title. Comes in today hitting 3-34.
Last night another goal for himself that he reached. A hundred-one scored. Here's the pitch to him.
Swinging it about there. He blew the right side of his hip. Omar Moreno will take a turn but he won't come to third.
The ball with his two-to-fits. And the Parker continues to be as hot as a deep low stone after a walk of singles.
A hundred and ninety-three hits. He's still got a shot of 200, you know that?
And his batting average is 3-35. And it's just 20 of hit of the year against the Phillies.
I had the Cobra put on that football face pass to guard that broken cheekbone. And here is Bill Robinson. Bill hitting 2-43. 14 homers. 79 runs batted in.
Last night did not get a hit on the double header. He wants to do more than that today.
The ball, shallow center, left in base, hits. The bases are going to be loaded. They could not afford to bring Moreno on because you cannot get doubled up in that situation.
Radick's coming on and he can really cover some ground. The bases will be loaded for Willie Sargell.
The pirates are trying to get the run back in a hurry. A walk and two straight hits. And the captain of the Buck Nose is going to be stepping in.
One of last night's heroes when he hit a three-run homer in the first game.
The club's starting to get up all the way around again. They're going to salute Willie Sargell this time.
What a popular figure he is in this great city. Captain Willie Sargell of the pirates.
And another ovation for Sargell. 2-94 batting average. 27 homers. 93 runs batted in.
Left hand pitcher against the left hand batter. And here's a pitch to Sargell.
He swings and he misses. He was going for a grand slam with that cut. But he left that bat fly.
Like one to Captain Willie. He's had four hits this year against the Phillies. Three of the four have been out of the park.
Lurch winding. Hicks to Sargell. Followed off up to the left side out of play.
And Lurch is out in front of the captain. 0-2. They got Brewster warming up in the bullseye.
Brewster who last night walked in the winning run in the ninth inning of the second game.
A pirate on every base with one out. Sargell trying to deliver.
Billy's leading one to nothing opening innings. Winging. A high drive.
Seat's better. Hicks back. Will get it. Grand slam. Grand slam. Grand slam.
Woo!
Oh, it ain't Toledo. How about that? Will catch Willie with Willie.
Giner shows butch. Like a high outside of all.
Graham. Graham Sargell. 28 homers. 97 RBIs. Come back of the air. Give him the trophy today.
Here's the butch to Giner. High outside. Ball. 2.
1. Maria Grand slam. There's Ball 3.
Let's see if he ever hit one against the Phillies.
Running to the first guide up would be Captain Willie's first slam against the Phillies.
Ball forward to Giner. The Butchers are coming for La Trolla.
Gray Ripplemeyer, the pitching coach is on the way.
Captain Willie Sargell had a grand slam home run over the Butterfield Wagon gate.
Knappick duck with it about 20 feet of the wall and said, RR is stuck.
It was close enough to use, I'll say that.
All right, they've had their conference.
They didn't go to get him.
They just want to talk to him.
Rooster continues to warm up in the bullpen.
It's 4-1, Pirate.
Here is Dale Barra.
The stretch sticks to him and the strike call on the inside corner.
This ground is still in a scissor over Willie Sargell.
Get a towering home run for Grand Slam.
Go to first, not in time on Geiner.
Geiner, who was honored before the game,
receiving his watch from president of the league,
Jeff Beanie, for being co-player of the week with Parker.
There's a slow roller up the third-bass side foul,
and it's 0-2.
No balls and two strikes.
We've got a runner at first base, Phil Geiner.
Dale Barra is the hitter with 0-2.
The on-deck hitter is the catcher at half.
And the can of let's go buck, wing through three rivers.
Let him hear it on a pitch stadium.
There's a ball high and outside.
Let him know there's another game in town.
Base ball is still very much with us there.
I have to take anything away from the Panthers.
I hope they win 50-0.
Here's the pitch, swinging in a looping pop out into shallow
right behind the second baseman, Pryce Moore grabs it.
But it started out and looked like it had a chance to drop behind him.
But it was a dying clay, it was a turned off.
That makes it two away and brings up Eddard.
The first one goes in last night's first game.
4-1 on Stardale's Grand Slam.
Left hand pitcher, left hand batter.
The pitch. Big breaking ball, low outside.
He's got seven Grand Slams this year compared to only four all last year.
There's a high pop foul out of play over to the left side.
Bill Robinson against the Cubs, centered against Montreal, Milner against New York,
Milner against Chicago, Garner against the Cardinals, Garner against Montreal,
and today he's Darkle against the Phillies.
The first not in time. So it's been a Grand Slam year,
and there's one thing that'll really make it a Grand Slam,
win today, win tomorrow.
Runner going, swinging a miss, throw down, too high, so in base.
Garner, still second, is 27th of the year.
Boone hustled up when his throw-in was too high.
He's got 207 for the Cubs.
So there's a duck on the pond for Red Hat.
One ball with two strikes. Here's the fifth.
There's a fly ball out of the right center, but Maddox coming across is going to be there.
He can cover some ground, I want to tell you.
He's into the fans, saluting the box, and especially Willie Darkle.
Willie tips his cap to a standing ovation. We played one inning.
It's the Pirates Four and the Phillies one.
I said this crowd was one of the erupts about 10 minutes ago.
I didn't know how ready they were.
I should say, for less time, you'll have it.
He now has 11 Grand Plans.
Ralph Kainer had 12, Rogers Hornby 12, Ernie Banks 12, Gill Hodge is 14, Aaron 16.
Kainer's been the only side of the year as the all-time leader in this league with 18.
Here is the pitch to Boone, and a spike is called for underway in the second inning.
The bottom third of the order, Boone, Sismore, and maybe Lurch.
Boone, right-hand batter, good receiver, and having a good year with the bats.
Hitting 281. There's a line drive and a left field for a base hit.
Robinson over quickly to play it to keep it from going to the corner.
It's a lead-off single for Boone. He had a 3-2 pitch.
The line drive, there, leaped as high as he could, but it was still about five feet over him.
So, that is hit number four for the visiting Phillies.
Put the runner on with nobody out and brings up Ted Sismore.
Sismore hitting 221. No homers, 24 runs batted in.
In last night's double header, the Phillies' second baseman went 0 for 7.
Head-out when I have to have a little chat with John Robinson.
Coming back in behind home plate, Randy Lurch, who served up the grand slam the schedule, is on deck.
John Robinson stretching.
Looks back over the shoulder, delivers. High inside of all, and it's 1-0.
And now Larry Sherry is going to call time to pitch in coach.
He wants to have a word with his vise-cubal.
Larry Sherry, make no bones about it.
Pushed down Robinson from practically the first wing of the week of spring training on that he was good enough to make this glove.
And the youngster responded to that treatment and he pitched his way onto the staff.
And here he is with a chance to win the biggest game of his young career and take another notch in that rookie of the year award balloting.
And Larry Sherry knows something about being a good rookie pitcher.
He was a good one with a Dodgers, no doubt about it.
They're a little alike too, you know that?
Yes they are.
One ball, no strike, pitch on the way.
Strike with a slider, one ball, one strike.
A ball and a strike as Boone leads off his first.
John Robinson tells staffs the letters, hesitates there, checks the runner again, one-one decides more.
Strike cold, outside corner to knees.
And no draw back at all, no thought ever of pitching anybody else in this game.
When you've come this far the old saying, dance with him who'll bring you and John Robinson helps get us here.
One ball and two strikes.
The stretch and the pitch, swinging high bouncer to Baratheon, he'll flip to Geiner, one-fire to first, double player.
And I'm going to tell you something, that was not a double play ball.
That was a very high chop.
In most cases you'd have been satisfied with a force on that.
But Geiner at almost anticipation of thinking that.
Never had the ball in his gloves, a little reflection on Mayas right there of the old pirate fans will excuse me.
Comparison, but that's what he had to do in order to do it.
And to verify the fine job, aggressively charging the ball.
It is a 6-4-3 double play and the pirates have made their 129th double play of the year and here is Randy Lurtz.
Not in 2-24, he's had one homer driven in 7 runs.
Sends a high fly ball to deep right center, for ain't no back, he'll never get it, it's gone.
And John Robinson kicking the mound, he'd likely be kicking himself in the seat of the pants.
As Randy Lurtz hits the home run of his own, it's his second of the year.
He hit it over the deep right center field fence and that makes it 4-2.
It's his second lifetime and they both come this year.
Here's Bake McBride, flying to center in the first inning to start the game.
Hits John away, fly ball, left center, Marino in track of it, he's right there, side retired.
McBride out on a fly ball to fairly deep left center.
One run on two hits, broke out in a strange place like last night with Flugger Keeson.
And Lurtz homer has scored a run, no errors and nobody left.
We've played an inning and a half, it's the Pirate 4, the Phillies 2.
Randy Lurtz, you homer to get himself back within 2, is ready to work in the bottom of the second.
And he'll be doing it against John Robinson, who has been our best hitting pitcher as far as number of hits.
As a rookie he has collected 19 hits.
And he's going to lead it off in the bottom of the second inning.
The 11 grand slams for Starchel Ties, Kiner's mark has a pirate.
I mentioned earlier that Kiner had 12, so he had the other one either as a cub or an indian.
And he's going to hit it with a cup.
And a miss and a strike two on John Robinson.
And he had it with a cup.
Here's the 0-2 pitch, swinging a high bounce right side, Seismore going to wait for it to come down,
and then Seismore throws and it's one away. Seismore handled it, high chopper well, had to have patience on that, Seismore did, throws out John Robinson, and it brings up Frank Tavares.
Pirates are leading 4-2 in the strength of a Willie Starchel Grand Slam in the opening, and we're now in the bottom of the second frame.
Tavares in the first inning, bounce to the shortstop Boa.
And Lurch has pitched to him as down low, one ball, no strikes.
Nobody on but H, one away.
No, he's about hit the Bucks 5-3 with the Pirates lead in the score and a strike call to the inside corner.
One and one to the Pirate shortstop Frank Tavares with Omar Moreno on deck.
One ball, one strike, Lurch kicks and fires.
A bouncer right outside Seismore, convenient big hop, throws on to hip there and it's two away.
Two plays, second to first, getting down Robinson and Frank Tavares, and now it will bring up centerfielder Omar Moreno,
who started the upsurge in the first with a walk.
Marker followed with a single through the right side, Bill Robinson got a single, and then Starchel unloaded over the centerfield fence with his Grand Slam.
Here's Omar.
Moreno facing the left-hander Randy Lurch.
Moreno hitting 2-36 as he stands in, here's the pitch to him.
There's a foul, left here to the left, going to give those fans another shot, and they catch this one.
Same booth that they had trouble in before, but this one,
what do you think the averages are on that?
Now that happened in twice in one day, and giving them another shot.
They'll never forget it, the excitement of the weekend and catching a foul ball in a clumb level booth.
A strike call on the outside corner, Lurch has Moreno in a hole 0-2.
Moreno stepping back a moment.
Now as he is ready, Brohne drops the fingers for Lurch.
Shakes off one, now he's ready.
Here's the 0-2 pitch, big breaking pitch with something off of it, goes outside, one ball, two strikes.
Omar laid off of that one.
Something he's done a much better job on in the last two months.
One-two pitch, strike three calls, another tablizing curve, but this one comes with strike zone.
Omar caught looking, first strike out for Lurch, after a shaky first inning, Lurch comes back with a three up three down second.
So we play two innings, Mino Hamilton in.
Lanny Fratelli is always with the story, as we go to the third, it'll be Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2.
Getting ready to go to the third inning with the pirates on top and a four to two game over Philadelphia.
We're right at the top of the hour, let's flood all of our stations around the tri-state,
and we'll find themselves right here on the pirates baseball network.
This is your pirate network for Keystone Country WFBGFM, Altona.
The time is one minute after three o'clock.
Larry Boa, who pops up in the first inning to Vera, will lead off to third for the Philly.
He steps in and so does Lanny.
Larry Boa is off for one, he pops up to third base for Vera in the first inning.
Get in with a two 94 batting average, three home runs, 43 runs, batted in.
Larry's in front four to two in the third, Don Robinson pitch,
Boa is playing some files back on the screen, Boa, Maddox and Luzovsky in the third.
Luzoley's pretty much going with the same lineup at all three games, the exception in the second game last night, they
lose McCarver behind to play with Carlson on the mound.
Robinson drill one pitch, flying out and pops up,
down the right field, Garner out, Parker in, and Dave Parker will take Gards one away.
Fly ball in the down the right field, Boa flying out, leading off the third,
bring up center fader Gary Maddox, Maddox had the first of three straight singles after two out in the first inning,
and score the opening front and out of the arrest, four or two,
pilots are leading, we're in the top of the third.
Maddox right-handed batter, and Don Robinson delivers the first pitch,
Garner out and fouled back on the screen, Maddox hitting 286.
Boa, what a gorgeous afternoon, this is just beautiful.
Here's the old one pitch, Dave shot back to the block just by the club of Robinson out of the center field,
and the new from Maddox, that's at number six for some of the outfields.
Pirates are leading four to two on Willie Sargill's first inning grand slam,
and that'll bring out left fader Greg Lozinski for the Phillies, he had a base hit to center field in the first inning.
Robinson picks up a play, it's flying out and pops foul on a play on the right side, it's like one.
The first one out, Robinson comes to the set, long hesitation, one strike,
pitches, foul back, it just stares, one ball, no balls and two strikes.
Top of the third, pirates leading four to two, Willie Sargill with a first inning grand slam.
Those two pitch, rockin' out.
Blackout number one for John Robinson, here's a pick inside and hit, hit batsman, caught him in the right arm.
That is the first free pass issued in the ball game, John Robinson gives the hit batsman to Kevner,
on him during the right arm.
Pirates are leading four to two, Willie's got single runs in the first and second innings.
Willie Sargill had the grand slam home run for the bucks from the bottom of the first.
Mike Smith sets the inning line down to left fader Bill Robinson in the first.
Smith right handed batters, friendly close to him. John Robinson delivers, checks wing,
ground ball five of them out, second base when Garner has it closed,
the Sargill's Smith is out, fillin' the filly.
Go around one hit, a hit batsman, two men left on, after two and a half innings of play,
three river stadiums, inside buckles, four and son of Nell Fiat two.
Getting ready for the bottom of the third, the Loviner, the box for the fillies,
again tomorrow afternoon here at the stadium, a 135 game and there are still seats available for tomorrow,
Friday and we'll be telling you more about the second availability as we go throughout the broadcast
and we even hope to have an update on the second situation on our post game show.
So we'll have a final award as we can give you on the second availability tomorrow,
the second's available. Right ready for the bottom of the third, Dave Parker steps again,
I guess Randy Lerch, Parker with a base hit to right field of the first,
and he was one of the three men on board with the Grand Slam.
Parker batting 335, Lerch delivers, Parker swings and they bob all outside the third base bag.
Parker batting 3rd this afternoon, so Robinson in the clean up spot has been
standard lately for the box against West Ended Citrus, Robinson bats fourth,
again right in the end of Citrus, still moves down six and Sargele bats fourth,
and Parker swings and golfs and foul. Either they box feet, gets back out again, no balls, two strikes.
Randy Lerch, pumping up with an O2 pitch, off speed, breaking fifth second out,
and he's tied to hold up, but that's David who brings him up, and that is strikeout number two for Randy Lerch.
One away in the third, that is left field of Bill Robinson, Bill singles two,
then a field of the first.
Pirate fourth, Billy Sue, bottom of the third, Lerch delivers a strike.
Oh one pitch, long on and miss, and a field ball, two strikes.
One back, O2 pitch, long on and miss, field ball up high, and he'll face the bats,
hit, struck him out, that's three strikes, Lerch. Here's Willie Sargele with the grand slam of the first inning,
and this header into the box, just so many here, the Super Sider in Pittsburgh,
receiving a standing ovation from the crowd here this afternoon.
Sargele, the grand slam of the first inning, his 11th career grand slam, steps in,
swings and misses, and a good rip, five-steps at strike one.
Willie batting 296, 28 home runs this year, 97 runs batted in.
Tech swing, tap the right side, second base with Stilesmore,
trying to get hands and clips down to have Sargele's half the box to reset,
and then one, two, three in the third, and after three innings of play,
that's half the new action from three river stadiums, Pittsburgh,
and the Philadelphia Phillies too.
I think a lot of the wives, everybody associated with the box,
a lot of fans, not much sleep last night, a lot of anxious moments,
a lot of people just wanted to sit up all night long last night and talk about the double-header victory.
And we're ready for number four, how much pressure do you get last night, my lord, do you get enough?
Well, I got to about three, we'll come about every hour on the hour,
replaying the finishes, and it was quite a night, and the fuck those deserved it, they really battled them.
Well, it's quite a day, let's get number four.
All right, we're ready with Boone stepping in, he had a base set in the second inning,
he let off, and then was erased in a size more about 1,000,
and it sounded a double play, and he's up there now one for one against John Rubin,
from the Pirates are leading 4-2, and the first pitch went across the letters on the inside corners.
No balls in one strike.
John Robinson, kick-shiny brings it, off the, bounces short, great big hop,
Tavares, grass, throws, got him, and it's Walle.
Lang Tavares, throws out Bob Boone to start the four-binning.
That'll bring up second baseman's size more.
Well, we've had an example of Buck Tower here today with a grand slam by the captain.
We get some more on that mound with a hard-strolling right-hander, John Robinson,
and the Buck Brigade, and Buck Tower, and head-out banners, peek through.
The Geiner banners, all the ones out in the right field, there's one of those flattened affilies.
You know what you should have done with that flatten, you should have felt flattened, P-H.
There's a line drive to center, Marlene O'Han, about five steps, and it's two down.
Landy Lurch has been up once, and there was a big one for him.
He's a home run over the deep right-center field fence.
North Carolina, the last we heard, was leading the panthers three to nothing.
Here's the fence, at the outside of Walle.
One and all to count, as Lurch fasts with nobody on in front of him and two away.
McBride would be an excellent forefitting, John Robinson working with a two-run lead.
Back him out of there, two balls, no strike.
Lurch just stepped down a moment.
Now he's ready and throws Robinson.
And there's a strike right down the middle to make it two and one.
Tomorrow it'll be the Candyman, if that one's on the line, that was just the way the panthers predicted it.
If it comes to the game we need, the Candyman will be there. Here's the two ones.
And there's a drive into right field again.
Parker at the wall, and it's gone.
Another home run for Landy Lurch.
He's doing it all himself.
And he's sprinting around the bases, he doesn't bother with a home run strike.
And it's four to three.
Now it's getting serious.
That'll bring up Bate McBride, who's about to place on five balls to center.
A home run over the right field, and Parker went back.
But then at the very last second as he got to the wall, realized it was over him and gone.
And it is four to three.
Randy Lurch says that two solo homers.
Don Robinson's going to shut the door.
Here's the thing, swinging in a high foul, out of play over to the left side.
The rookie right-hander has now thrown 20 home run balls, and two today to the opposing pitcher.
That was not in the game plan.
He's got two goals in one strike.
It's to McBride, ball one and one, lower two up next.
The leads have out hit, the pirates seven to three, the pirates still clinging to a lead in a four to three game.
The Willie Sargeau Grand Slam is the only thing holding up right now,
and that's the difference in this four to three pirate lead.
Here's the one-one.
That's the third base flight. Bear in. Bear in. Won't be able to play it.
It'll be a base hit.
McBride with the element of surprise, and just tapping at that ball and putting some back spin on it.
And that is hit number eight.
And that will bring up Larry Bola over two. He's over ten in the series.
Bola switch interbounding left-handed against the right-hander, Don Robinson,
who's made two mistakes on his mound upon at work.
And right now McBride, a scripty, is at first base.
Got to watch him closely.
Robinson stretches, looks back, throws over, does not get out.
Boy, it was close. Good, strong throw right on target. McBride just did make it back in.
Pirates leading four to three, top of the fourth inning.
Bucks got bears in a cluster.
Bill just scored one in the first, one in the second, one in the fourth.
Robinson from the stretch, and here comes the ball.
Bounce foul right side past Tony Taylor, the first base coach.
No balls, one strike.
Mamek would be next.
After two away, Lurch-Homard.
Then that was followed by a Bunt single by McBride.
It was McBride first hit today and his third in the series.
No balls, one strike, Bola waiting.
Trying to give him by head-off.
Don Robinson takes a peek over the shoulder, not stretching yet.
Now he does.
McBride with his lead. He's not going.
Swung on, fly ball, right field, park her over near the line, comes in and has it.
And the inning is over.
But the Phillies get on the board again.
A home run by Lurch.
There were a couple of this.
One of the errors, one man left.
It's tightened up from the buck-o-backs who've got to start battling again.
After three and a half, Pirates four, Phillies three.
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Giner walks in the first inning in Stilivay, swinging a miss.
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Bill Giner, looking for his first hit in the series, fouled it off up to the right and he's in a hole 0-2.
Giner will be followed by Bearer.
He's already on deck.
Then it'll be head-up.
Pirates are batting into fourth inning.
They had a 4-1 lead at one time.
Now it is 4-3.
Randy Lurch has taken things into his own hands as it were, a bat and hit-to-home run.
Leo Cupid.
High ball.
1-2.
Lurch getting the sign.
Giner waiting 1-2-5.
A bouncer third, convenient big hop for a charging smith.
That throws on to first. Hey, that was close.
Giner hustled down that line and made him get it there.
Nobody will be disappointed in seeing somebody run down a base bat like that.
That was a very close play as it turned out.
That throws out Giner, one down to the fourth, brings up third baseman Dale Bearer.
Bearer popped up to size more the second baseman in the opening inning.
Gargles Grand Slam has the pirates in front, 4-3.
It's DeBara and he'll face in a Tomahawk job, a pit that was up.
And a line drive single to center for Dale Bearer, his first hit of the series.
That is hit number four for the pirates in the game.
The Phillies have doubled the hit, calamates the four on it.
And now here is Eddott who's flying out to the center fielder in the opening inning.
Eddott facing Randy Lurtz, down Robinson to up next.
The crowd would like to see the more bucko bats explode here.
He's gotten down to a one run difference.
Now the stretch in the looks of first, here's the fifth.
He's trying to go after a slow curve and let it go by.
Bob Boone wants an appeal, the plate umpire does.
Certainly some pirates just know he did not go after it, it's a ball.
Want to know who the Eddott is.
Looked at DeBara, here's the fifth.
Breaking fifth high, two balls, no strikes.
The crowd trying to get things going again.
Trying to be a disruptive force against the Phillies.
I'll tell you one thing, it helped last night, you could tell this crowd was with them.
Two balls and no strikes, now the sort of first you got to pick off going.
Throw down to the shortstop and they'll tag him out.
That is a one three sixth.
Good move that time by Lurtz.
DeBara had no place to go but keep on going hoping that Hefner would throw it wide
if Ola but he didn't do it, it's a one three sixth.
And now with nobody on and two away.
Here's the pitch to Eddott.
And that is a ball.
Three balls and no strikes.
Odd batting eighth on Chuck's lineup card today.
And that is low O'Borough, it gets away from the catcher,
Odd's going to hustle down the line and make Boone go get it.
And now he's going to have to throw it and he does.
So it is a walk to Eddott with two away.
That is the third walk given up by Randy Lurtz.
And it will bring him down Robinson.
Down Robinson in the second inning bounced out to side for a second base.
He'll be stepping in with that added person two away bottom of the fourth inning.
Knocking knowing they have to win to stay alive.
That's the simplicity of this game.
There's a high bounceer up behind, second, shortstop, low safe.
Boone couldn't get enough on the throw, threw it in the dirt.
It's safe everywhere.
It's a base hit.
On in the second, Robinson gets a high shopper out over second base.
Boone had to leap up to get it.
Then when he threw the ball, he threw it way down low for side for.
Not in time.
It is a base hit for down Robinson.
Robinson picking up his 40 of hits as a pitcher in his rookie year.
Now here is Frank DeVere.
Pirates with four runs and five hits.
The Phillies with three runs on eight hits.
There have been no errors in the early going.
We're in the bottom of the fourth inning at three rivers.
Frank DeVere's hit list today is bounced out to play once the short on the other time to second.
And as he steps in, the noise level comes up at three rivers.
The pitch off the strike call.
Barry Foote is trotting toward their bullpen.
He's their number two catcher, I guess.
If you consider that McCarver usually only catches Carlson,
Foote is the backup.
Here's the pitch.
Swinging and he pops him up right side.
Hefner with a play over by the coaches box.
Hefner has it.
DeVere is out and so are the pirates.
Made some noise but nobody stepped on that base station.
No runs and two hits.
No errors.
A caught ceiling.
Two pirates are left.
There was also a walk in the inning.
We played four if Nip Van Tucker again.
And after four innings, pirates four Phillies three.
And as we get ready to go here to the fifth inning, the pirates are in front four to three
on a grand slam in the opening inning by Willie Sargell.
Gives him 11 in his career.
The ties off Hefner and the pirates all time record.
And I'll tell you this, that grand slam is the difference right now.
Randy Lurch has hit two home runs for the Phillies off of Dan Robinson
as we welcome the Cincinnati Reds Network to our broadcast.
See you Monday.
Yeah, get things ready at Riverfront.
We're going to be there Monday for a one o'clock game.
They've got a rain delay in the Cincinnati game so they're carrying the pirate Philly
game and we welcome them aboard.
It's four to three Pittsburgh.
Don Robinson is getting ready to work the fifth inning against Gary Monk who is two
for two, Greg Glawzinski one for two and Hefner who is one for one with an RBI.
Talk about nip with Doug Ballgames.
Blake Cullen who is the Public Relations Director of the National League has informed us
that through last night's game there's been 333 one run games in our league this year.
That ties the record set two years ago.
It's dramatic playing a bouncer deep short to bear with him.
Fast man running, throw his high and he's safe.
It's an error on the strike stop to Verich.
The throw was high, Sargell had to go way up to get it.
With Nadex's good speed he beat the wrap because of the time Sargell came down and Nadex was
buying.
It's the first error of the game.
The tying run is aboard.
Error to Verich and that will bring up Greg Glawzinski who's single in the first.
Struck off swinging in the third.
Now Sargell will hold against their leading base dealer Gary Manek who is on base for the third straight time.
With two singles and now the short stop throwing error.
Error to Wadzinski who at a tape measure home run here last night in the club level in the
upper deck over the left field pavilion is facing down Robinson.
Here's the fifth.
Winging it a fly ball right field, well hit.
Marker back, he's at the fence and won't get it.
It's off the top of the fence.
Rolling back into late center.
Molino there to get it.
It's a double and they've got runners in second and third and nobody out.
That ball just missed being over the late center field fence.
Robinson's fitting for an opposite field home run and just did miss it.
Marker went as high as he could but it was just off the top of the fence a good backup on that play by
Molino.
Coming over into right center to play the carom.
Wadzinski second hit of the day.
That's tip number nine for the Phillies.
Now Richie Hebner will be batting with runners to second and third and nobody out and Chuck
Tanner is on his way to the mound.
Eddie Whitson has been throwing in the bullpen as has left hander Grant Jackson.
But Tanner, he's not given any indication as to whether he's made up his mind or not.
Yep, he's going to go to the left hander.
Grant Jackson was Hebner up there.
Don Robin Finnu's given up nine hits including in that two home runs of the opposing pitcher Randy Lurch.
And so the young rookie is gone.
And Grant Jackson who did a great job last night is coming on again.
Don Robinson worked four plus innings.
Gave up three runs.
The two men on a course of his responsibility.
And Grant Jackson who came out of that bullpen last night and relief of Keeson in the second game and really did a
yeoman job. So Buck is coming on for the 60th time this year.
Seven wins, four losses.
He has five saves.
Goodie R.A. of 2.99.
He's worked 75 innings.
So Jackson the veteran, he's been through it with Baltimore and the Yankees.
And he'll be coming on to face the first baseman Richie Hebner.
With runners at second and third, Smith is on deck.
Van Boone and Seismore.
Eddie Whitson continues to throw in the bullpen.
All right, we're ready to go with Grant Jackson facing Richie Hebner with runners at second and third.
Maddox third, the Wazinski second.
There's a high pop.
Farah over, will it come back for him?
He's going to look at it go up about four rows into the lower boxes down at the far end of the third base dugout.
Jackson in relief with Don Robinson and he comes in and a peck of trouble here.
Hebner drove in the one in the first inning with a double just inside the first base bag.
In the third inning, Hebner was hit by a pitch.
Here's the 0-1.
Crowds team backs him out of there. One ball, one strike.
Phillies are batting in the fifth. They fell behind 4-1, but they are making a comeback here.
The windup by Jackson and the pitch to Hebner.
Off speed pops it up, off behind second.
Garner grabs it and the runners will not be able to move.
Garner has been playing second base like he owned it here in this series.
Racing out to get that ball behind second base.
The runners still at second and third.
Garner is due. Garner is lying to lap and bounce to second.
Starkill came over to say something to Grant Jackson.
Now he's going over to first base.
Mike Garner is super-aid in this series and they're going to put him on here.
He got a base open and then he got bone.
He might have a chance to get that double play ball.
Here comes the first of four intentional wide ones.
This will be the first walk to a Philly in the game.
He'll load him up with one out and bring up the catcher, Bob Bohn.
You've got Whitson working in the bullpen.
He's ready if Garner decides that's the direction he wants to go.
Whitson is the only one throwing at the moment.
So there's ball four. The intentional pass completed.
You have Maddox at third.
Now it's Luzinsky at second.
Maddox weeps on a high throwing error by Daveris.
Luzinsky doubled.
A high off the right center field fin.
That was the knockout punch on Dan Robinson.
Jackson got hipner to pop up behind second to Garner.
They've now walked mid-inventionally and Bob Bohn is the Philly batter.
Pirates leading four to three.
That is in jeopardy as the Philly's batting to fifth.
Jackson looking at Bohn and here's the pitch to him.
He taps it up left side.
Dale Farrell wants it.
Infield fly rule is in effect. He squeezes it two ways.
A very big out there because the sacrifice fly can no longer tie it at this moment.
And now, Pysmore who has hit into a double play and lying to center will be the batter.
And Danny Ozark is coming out.
He wants to say something to the point on fire.
Danny Ozark has had more time today on the field than some of the players.
This time though it wasn't about any move by a pitcher.
He went out to tell Ted Pysmore that he was going to pitch it for him.
Pysmore is 0-2 today and 0-9 in the series.
And Morrison will be the pinch hitter.
Jim Morrison.
Let's see what he's been doing with his bat.
Morrison batting 1-54 but he has three homers in 10-Irby-Ive.
And Chuck Tanner comes out and asks the point on fire if he went out to him.
Morrison did not appear in last night's double header.
Morrison against this for the year is 0-4-12.
That also might be...
That might have been designed by Ozark to try to force Tanner to get Jackson out of the game.
Tanner did go to the Maren but did not make that kind of a decision.
He just went out to talk.
And now Morrison will be announced.
Morrison and Infielder.
He's come back to the on-deck circle and is working on the bat handle.
The faces are loaded with fillies.
Grant Skexon came on in relief with Ted Lamitson.
The box threw their one-run difference here.
Pirates 4-1-5 it.
Got all four in the cluster in the first inning.
When Captain Willie Sargill hit a grand slam over the wagon gate in deep center.
Hit it off a Randy Lurtz.
Lurtz has sent two of his own.
Billy's 3-1-9 hits.
The bases are loaded with two away.
Morrison a right hand batter.
Now you've got a speed person and Maddox a third.
He's coming for something here.
Morrison came back and had a long talk after he was announced with Danny Ozar.
Jackson switched to him.
And it's a ball outside and whoa, whoa and no strikes.
Morrison stepping out, still trying to get loose.
Randy Lurtz, he of the two home runs and two trips today is on deck.
One ball and no strikes.
Lurtz in the third, delivering to Morrison,
swinging a foul into the backstop, not even at one and one.
A ball and a strike.
Grant Jackson who did really a marvelous job last night.
Trying to do it again here.
Jackson works an inning in two-thirds and a strong release mid last night.
Gensikovic was the winner in those ends of last night's Victoria's double header.
Here's the one-one pitch, swinging a foul off to the right, back into the feet.
One ball, two strikes.
This crowd's pulling now for Jackson.
Maddox third, Lesinsky second, spin a first, two down.
One ball and two strikes.
Grant Jackson takes off a side.
He's trying to do his career as a Billy.
Now he's trying to shut the door on the old organization.
He's just signed in, back into the 60s.
Jackson went on to figure in better things at Baltimore.
And now in his second year as a pirate, working much more and more effective in 1978,
now the crowd brings up their roar again as far as it jumps back in.
As he spins it for size four, one two pitch,
off-speed pitch high outside didn't go for it.
Two balls, two strikes, two away.
Third game of a four game series and Jackson winding, two-two to Morrison.
Low inside in his ball three, strike two.
Now he's come to the dilemma.
Doesn't want to make it too good.
Doesn't really want to walk into Tida's game.
And it's a three-two delivery that's anticipated here by Morrison as he steps back in.
The player says all right, time is back in and Jackson's going to go to a strike.
Not giving those runners a chance to get a big lead.
Here's the fifth.
Waking them out, striking off with a fastball.
Listen to the hands-free Jackson.
What a job by Jackson.
Don't wall Jackson has got the door on the billiard.
An outstanding release job.
We've reached the halfway point of this game.
We're in the middle of the fifth.
And after four and a half of three rivers,
the excitement wanes the frame here as the battling marks are doing just that.
It's the Pirates Four and the Millies Three.
Red Heroson is the new second baseman.
All right, Randy Lurch facing Molino who is lost and struck out.
Left-handed delivers to him and it's laying in a high,
short-stop left fielder all moving down and it falls off foul,
upside the line.
Well, since he came a long, long way, give him credit for a great effort.
He really had those fire-plug-like churnin' but he couldn't get to it.
It was in foul down and it's rank one to Omar Molino.
Molino walked in the first inning.
He was on base when Sturgill hit the Grand Slam.
North Carolina's gone back a foot of fifth, nine to seven.
Here it's the Pirates Four and the Millies Three.
Omar Molino came over to the on-deck circle.
Working on that bat hand a little bit.
Right over there by Parker, the on-deck hitter.
Pirates need to get something going again.
Put some daylight in this score.
Pittsburgh in front, four to three.
There are no tomorrow for the 78 Pirates.
They have to win today. They have to win tomorrow.
They have to win Monday at Cincinnati.
Here's the other one, fifth.
Look out! Almost hit him in the head.
One ball, one strike.
Strings, strings happening.
Back in the middle of August, the Pittsburgh Pirates were humiliated
at Philadelphia, dropped 11-and-a-half games back.
Now the two was on the other foot of the bucks and keep it going.
He punched it up in the air, it's up on the screen.
He was trying to track that one and he popped it up on the screen.
One ball and two strikes.
Molino stepping out, looking at his third base coach,
Joe Lennard, Randy Lurch has kept himself in his gold ballgame with his bat.
He has hit two home runs.
He gave up a grand slam to Starchel in the first inning.
It's four to three, Pittsburgh, out of it a fifth.
A good Saturday afternoon crowd after almost 50 in here last night for the double header.
One ball and two strikes and a pitch on the lay.
Swing and a foul, he's still alive.
That one fouled off of his left instep.
An excellent crowd here today, considering the fact that fifth batters are home
and that is as it should be.
It's got his football season.
I'll tell you, there's a lot of baseball fans
that are interested in what the buck goes do with the Phillies.
We win tomorrow, they put them in here tomorrow with a shoehorn.
Not only is it prize day for the fans with all those gifts,
but the big surprise of all might be dangled for the taking the Eastern Division flag.
And that's what the buck's hanging on and fattling to do here.
One ball and two strikes.
Molina waiting, Randy Lurch delivers.
Swing and a miss, struck him out.
Second straight time he's got him.
That's four strikeouts for Lurch.
Makes it one away in the bottom of the fifth and brings up Parker, who is one for two.
Parker with another batting title in his hip pocket.
He's trying to make points for the MVP and I'll tell you, he made some last night.
Lamby Lurch here for the Cobra and he steps in one for two.
And a base hit on the first inning through the right side and the third inning struck out swinging.
He's at five or ten in the series.
He's batting three, thirty-four.
Here's the fifth.
There's a looping fly ball, left center and Maddox is going to be there.
Gary Maddox breaking quickly to catch that one and it's two down.
So Parker's out and it'll bring up Bill Robinson, who had a base hit on the first.
Strikeout swinging in the third.
Lurch is giving up five hits.
Strikeout four has walked three.
Bill Robinson, racing Lamby Lurch with nobody aboard in two away.
Left half of the fifth and a ball low outside.
One and over to Laby.
Captain Willie moves on deck.
He unloaded on Lurch with a slammer over the center field wagon gate in the first inning.
There is a high drive that's going to go far away down the left side.
Going to end up in our bullpen and it's one ball and one strike.
Bill Robinson batting two forty-four.
He's driven in seventy-nine runs.
Fourteen homers.
Lurch with a side and into the motion, one one pitch.
Outside high.
I tell you the job that Jackson did in the top of the inning when he inherited a full-blown mess.
Get thrown to pop up with the bases loaded.
Strikeout pinch hitter Morrison with the bases loaded and into the filly fret.
That's a ball outside.
Three and one to Bill Robinson as he pops in the fifth inning.
Pirates leading by a run in a four to three game.
The three-one to Bill Robinson is hung on.
Smash, granted third.
Mike Schmidt with a long throw across.
Got him.
Three up, three down.
Third to first.
Mike Schmidt to Hefner.
We have played five complete innings.
And still anybody's game.
The Bucs right now are leading.
We'll go to the sixth with a Pirate's four and the filly's three.
And as we get ready to go to the sixth inning, Buc Jackson is going to be looking
at a pinch hitter, Jose Cardinal.
The Randy Lertz, who after giving up the grand slam in the first inning did not will.
He hung in there not only with his throwing arm but with his bat.
He hit two home runs.
He's going to be lifted now.
Jose Cardinal will be the pinch hitter.
Grant Jackson winding in here is the pinch to Cardinal's wings and fouls it up on the
top of the screen.
The Warch has been lifted in favor of Cardinal.
And McBride, two up next.
Yankees leading Cleveland, seven to nothing after five.
Bigarola pitching for the Pines Parmars at a ball high outside.
Boston in front of Juano, five to one after five.
That keeps up.
They'll go to the final day of game apart with the Yankees in the driver's seat.
One ball and one strike.
Pinch hitter kind of out of waiting.
Sign given by Eddott.
And Jackson fits to it.
That is a strike call.
Breaking pitch.
What's the plate up to with the knees?
And it's one ball and two strikes.
The Pirates and the Phillies battling right down to the wire.
Baxons pitch to Cardinal.
Please!
And the message is striking out with a foul.
Second strikeout for Jackson.
Third strikeout of a filly in the game.
Second straight pinch hitter that Jackson has.
May their strikeout victim.
And it brings up Big McBride.
Big McBride has flyed to Spedder twice.
Had a base hit that was a punch single in the fourth inning.
He'll be batting here with nobody on in front of him and one away.
Top of the sixth inning.
Jackson looking around.
I think he wants Bill Robinson to shallow up a bit in left field.
Also move a little toward the line.
Drop down side of him and he's been the ball hit the bag and jumped down in the right field.
Down the line where Geiner will grab it quickly.
They're looking to throw the second but McBride realizing Geiner had made the excellent playout there.
Decided hey, as short as there will be enough.
He lined it right down the first base side.
It hit the bag and jumped about 30 feet in the air in the curse the minute it hit the bag.
It was a base hit and that is his second hit in this game and his fourth hit in the series.
That is the first hit off Jackson.
It's the tenth filly hit in the game.
And it'll bring up Larry Boer.
He's over a three today and Boer is over 11 in the series.
McBride at first one away.
The Phillies keep coming at you.
Pirates leading four to three.
There's a fly ball in the right field.
Parker will move back a couple of steps.
Come back in those two and grab it two away.
Boer is over 12 in this series.
That's going to bring up Gary Mannock.
He's been on base three straight times.
Single in the first and scored and a hipner double.
There's a buck.
First base side Jackson would have had to throw in a hurry and it hit the runner in the back.
But Geiner again backing up.
Now to throw over Clark Bird and it'll be free for third base.
And it'll be an error on the throw.
Second pilot error.
Mannock is three for four today.
Running it up the first base side.
Chuck Tanner came to ask the umpire if he was sure that the runner was in that lane.
We've had a few of those calls this year.
Go against us and it was worth the ask.
So that's 11 hits for the Phillies.
And here comes Levincky.
He is single and double.
He's super clean today.
He's four for 10 in the series.
He's founding with one is on the corner and two down.
And Grant Jackson's going to look at the bull.
He's waiting for Jackson to stretch.
Here's the pitch.
Wing it as it drives.
And while Parker will never hold it.
It's a home run into left field for Marion and the Phillies are taking the lead.
It's a good start.
And the line drive for Michael Vensky into the left field for Marion and all of a sudden
is a different game.
Phillies leading six to four.
Their magic number, they only need a win.
And that's the first bit of emotion we've seen from the Phillies bench in this series.
They came out to greet the bull that time.
Runs four, five and six.
And now here is Hefner.
And the pitch backs him away at the shoulder.
Greg Levincky doing another number on the Pirates.
It's his 35th home of the year.
Gives him 101 RBIs.
It is his seventh home run against Pittsburgh.
And the bull low outside to Hefner makes it 2-0.
Phillies six, Pirates four.
Phillies about hit the Pirates 12-5.
Here's the 2-0 to Hefner.
That came in on him, rode in on him and he couldn't get out of the way and hit the bat for a foul.
Two bulls, one strike.
Hefner has driven in the run with a double, been hit by a pitch and popped up the second.
A three run Philly inning.
We are in the sixth.
They have their second lead of the game.
It's their third home run.
And he learned to hit two before Levincky hit that one.
Bowled it back over here into the seat,
step above the third base dugout.
And it's two and two with two away.
Two bulls, two strikes and two outs.
Brad Jackson ready to work.
And a pitch on the way to Wichita.
Off-speed curve ball, swung on high fly ball, right field.
Woke Terry, Parker waiting for it to come down.
Woke Levincky, left field.
And the side has been retired.
The Phillies get on the board with three.
The big ball of course was Zinske's three run homer.
There were three hits.
One error, throwing error on Jackson.
Nobody left the bull clean them off.
No, the buck's now.
You've been listening, the excitement again continues to build.
A three river stadium in Pittsburgh.
Greg Luzinski with that home run for the Phillies with two aboard to give Danny Ozarks ball club a 6-4 lead over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Here in no change in terms of the weather situation, rain is still falling and we are continuing to wait in hopes of getting this ball game in.
Although we understand now that our Man at the Weather Bureau reports that a break in the showers is expected in approximately 15 minutes.
So that's good news and we still are planning on playing baseball here at Riverfront Stadium this afternoon.
Right now we go back to Pittsburgh to resume the broadcast of the Phillies and the Pirates.
New picture for the Phillies war in Brewster.
Over 28,000 paid in here on a Saturday afternoon to see this all important battle.
Brewster with a record of 6-3 ERA of 236.
He's recorded no saves.
He's worked 88 innings.
He's on in relief of Landy Lurch.
He's a right hander and starts a 1-2, a big one.
A grand slam in the first.
The Pirates have not scored since that grand slam.
And as a result, are down in this game 6-4.
Now the crowd needs to get things going again.
The pitch goes by Blue and hits the plate on Pyrr Davidson.
I guess he's alright.
Barchel stepping out a moment to give him a chance to make sure.
Brewster last night walked in the winning one in the 2-1 victory in the second game.
He's facing us with a seventh time this year.
He's playing in a foul 1-1. He has one win, no losses, no saves.
In 4-2 third innings and 6 previous outings, 3 hits.
He is not allowed to fire at the run.
He's playing in a minute.
A hard slider right in on his hand.
He busted one off right in where it's tough to handle.
One ball and two strikes.
Barchel batting 2-95.
Facing Warren Brewster.
Geiner on deck. Here's the pitch.
Two post of an A's. Two ball, two strikes.
Geiner on deck and then Vera.
We are in the 6-1ing.
Billy's leading 6-4. Here's the pitch.
Playing in a foul off of an instep.
Down the right side and the captain with a lick on his face that tells you,
I'm not young enough to take that kind of funny spin anymore.
Barchel, when he hit the home run today, gave him 28 and he has 97 runs back in.
For a guy that a lot of people thought wouldn't play this year, that is some plus.
Still into the pitch.
Into the dirt. Just over to the left side and a 3-2. Joe, that'll grab it.
So now we're due to playoff pitch.
The Phillies have 6 runs on 12-1. The Pirates 4 runs 5-1.
Playoff pitch on the way.
Swing and a mess of a sinker in the structure of the bat.
So Brewster opens up with a strikeout out of the bullpen.
Five strikeouts against the Pirates in the game.
Lurch at 4 in the first five innings.
Bill Giner walks in the first inning and stole second.
Fourth inning bounce-out to Schmitt.
Giner looking for his first hit in the series and he is 0-4-7.
Inning number 6.
Too close to the knees. Ball 1.
John Milner is on deck with bat 4-bara.
Badminton McClough throwing in the Philly bullpen. Here's the pitch.
A high chop. Not by second.
Bara all along Giner that's in the center for a base hit.
A leaping Lena that jumps over the mound and then jumps out over second.
Bowen tried to scratch and get it. It was 5 in the base hit.
Giner picks up his first hit today and in the series.
Crafts is the first. Would a 1-out single.
That is hit number 6 for the Pirates in the game.
John Milner will be batting for Bara.
This is a reverse.
Lately the pattern has been getting front.
Usually with Milner in the outfield.
But now Milner is going to be a pinch hitter.
Milner hitting 2-73.
Sixth over 38.
Lens batting in.
A batter towards second.
Harrelson has only the one play.
That's the fourth.
As Giner went in, hired on Bowen.
A mixed jury didn't get rid of it.
And it's a fourth play at second.
Harrelson to Bowen.
Donny races Giner and puts Milner in first base on a fielder's choice.
And brings up head-on.
Milner at first with 2 away.
Head-on has fly to center and he is lost.
Two base hits in 8 official trips in the series.
Oren Brewster right hander relieving.
Lined foul down the left side.
Kicks off the poxied railing and ends up in the shuttle left
where the pirate will go.
Giner at strike one.
Head-on batting.
He represents the tying run.
He needs to play some long ball here and give this pirate
attack a charge.
Drilling 6-4 in the 6th inning.
Brewster in relief of lurch.
Here's the pitch.
A high bounce and it's going to get into center for a base hit.
And Milner in the second.
He'll stop there as Harrecks charged the ball quickly.
A high bouncer out over the middle.
Out over the Marinus pass second again.
That is hit number two.
And Dave May, a left hand pinch hitter is coming out.
He will be batting for Jackson.
Dave May who came to us a couple of weeks ago from the Milwaukee Brewers.
Eddie Whitson is throwing in the bullpen so he would be the new pitcher
when we go to the 7th.
Dave May going to try to pay a dividend.
May is 0 for 3 as a pirate.
The pitch.
Outside fast ball of the letters.
One ball and no strikes.
John Milner is the second head on as it first.
Two away.
Take a big club ship now.
Look out to the fourth of this goal there.
Ball through.
We're getting down to judgment time.
And that's a strike.
A sinker and a ease on the inside corner.
Two balls and a strike.
The pirates cannot lose another game.
The Phillies are leading 6-4 in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Lusinski's three run home and put him in front.
And that's a strike on the letters on the inside corner.
The Brewster falling behind comes back with two cold strikes.
Two and two.
Dave May the pinch hitter batting left handed.
Milner second out at first.
Here's the pitch.
Two close above the knees.
That makes it full.
Chuck Tanner comes out.
He wants those runners to get ready to go.
A payoff pitch is due with two away now.
As Dave May steps out trying to fall with a point on fire.
The crowd trying to put some adrenaline in Davey May's bat.
Runners going, swinging, batter for safe.
Hempner with it, runs to the back, side retired.
No runs.
A couple of hits no errors and two men are left.
We have played through six full innings.
We've got three more chances to do it.
And it's a must situation in every respect of that word.
After six innings, the Philadelphia Philly Six, the Pittsburgh Pirates four.
Eddie Whitson comes on to be the new pitcher.
There are other changes.
Bill Robinson moves from left field to third base.
John Milner who pinched for Barra stays in the game to play left field.
Eddie Whitson four and nine has come on now to be our third pitcher.
And to tell you about Whitson stats and take you through the seven when Schmidt steps in,
here is Lanny Britaire.
Okay, thank you very much Milo.
Eddie Whitson making his 43rd appearance of the year.
What is that sound, beautiful doesn't it?
Four wins and I lost it.
Four saves.
And a Deale of 3.11.
Mike Schmidt will lead off with Philadelphia.
He is over two in the ball game and he's left field in the first inning by a side in the third.
It's not going to click in if you have to do it.
I'm afraid the frog is chirping harder than you are pal.
You need a big sniff with a lot of honey in it.
And there's nothing you can do about it.
I've been there.
Right now, umpires, there may have asked for the whether to look enough.
They want the lights to come on.
It isn't that bad, is it?
They've been looking up with the lights.
Maybe that's what they want.
They want them to come on slowly here.
But any rate here is Schmidt.
Schmidt is over two and walked intentionally in the fifth inning.
He is two for eight in the series.
Facing right hander Eddie Whitson and here's the pitch.
He's going to follow back over to the right side.
Whitson is facing the Phillies for the fifth time.
He has no record against them.
No wins, no losses and no saves.
Against the Phillies in four roundings, five and two third innings, ten hits, six wins all earned.
Walked only one, struck out nine.
And his pitch to Schmidt is swinging in the midst of a high pass for a low and two.
In the seventh inning, the Pirates on the short end right now.
Luzinsky's three run homer up. Jackson in the sixth.
Put the Phillies in front for the second time in the game.
No balls, two strikes.
Whitson takes off his sign.
Now has the one he wants.
Here's the oh two to third baseman Schmidt high on a fastball one and two.
Don Robinson started.
Struggled a bit today.
Through two home run balls to Lurch that earned him.
In the fifth inning after a double by Luzinsky they brought Jackson on.
And he really did his job in that fifth inning.
Then Jackson landed in the trouble of his own in the sixth.
Climax for the home run by Luzinsky with two of a board.
Swinging in the midst of the breaking pitch going down and away.
Schmidt strikes out to start the Phillies seventh.
Ford strike out of a Phillie in the game and it'll bring up Bob Boone who has single bounce to short and pops a bird.
Boone is one for three to days, three for seven in the series.
They sing Eddie Whitson.
Whitson waiting a moment.
Now Whitson in to read the sign from it up.
And the first pitch inside of all.
Coming out Bill Robinson is playing at third base.
John Milner's in left.
Whitson the new pitcher.
One ball and no strikes and here's the pitch.
Swinging in a hit right back through the middle and almost took Eddie Whitson's shield as well as it.
One of that ball was hit higher.
Boone racks one right back through the middle.
I don't know Whitson got on the way to tell you the truth.
First hit off Whitson 13 Phillies hits.
The Phillies had not been hitting.
But for today they've gotten their hit and close on and they've got 13 hits in this game and they're leading six to four.
They're bringing up Haroldson. He's batting for the first time today and in the series.
He's batting 224.
Batting left handed against right hander Whitson. Here's the pitch to him.
He puts it up the first base side.
Starchel will grab it. Flip behind him to Ganger.
They just did. Get him at the wire.
And the sack goes three four.
Makes it two and moves Boone into scoring position.
And it looks like Tim McIver is going to come on.
That's who it is.
Norman Stumps from the VA hospital.
Never misses one of our games and pulling for the puck to pull it out here today.
McIver has been announced.
Big Jim Libby throwing in the bullpen.
Jim McIver hitting 243. One homer and 14 runs batted in.
He conned last night when Carlton was the pitcher in the series.
McIver is over three. McIver against Hyret pitching this year.
Batting 067 with one for 15 and two runs batted in against him.
We have a pinch hitter with a runner with second.
Boone is the runner at second base and he's got a pretty good lead right now.
Whitson looking back to check him.
So here's McIver. The Phillies are leading six to four.
Sevens inning. Whitson's pitched to McIver.
And a basketball that misses. And it's one and 0.
Bibby continues to throw in the pirate bullpen.
The ball is heating up in the Philadelphia bullpen.
The Phillies need to win. The pirates cannot afford a loss.
The pitch. Swinging in a high fly ball shallow light center.
Omar Marlino is there and the side has been repaired.
No runs, one hit. No errors.
And now this car will stand as one over 28,000 on a Saturday afternoon.
And they'll try with their vocal chords to do what they did last night.
Where the fuck goes on?
We won last night in the ninth and fourth of those games.
Now we're calling to the bottom of the seventh.
And with the scoreboard telling this tale.
Phillies six, pirates four.
Go back now and join Milo Hamilton in Pittsburgh.
McIver is the third Phillie pitcher following Wirtz and Rooster.
Frank Tavares whole fourth lead today.
Bicks up a couple of hits in each of the games last night.
But has gone hit with so far today.
Batting 278 is a lead off to the seventh inning.
Marlino's on Decton Parker.
Doug McRall ready to throw his first pitch in the relief today.
And here it comes to Tavares and it is high inside ball one.
The Phillies six runs, 13 hits.
They've got two homers on a Randy Lurch insider
and a big one from Levincky that put him back in front.
The pirates are four seven and two with a grand plan by Starchel.
Walked up to Bunt, took it down low with two balls, no strikes.
McRall's pitch.
And it's a strike call in the outside corner.
Right hand batter, left hand pitcher.
McRall out of the motion.
As a high fly ball, shot a right.
McBride head in position, perfectly makes the catch one away in the seventh.
Tavares flying out to bake McBride.
Here's Omar Marlino.
He walked in the first inning was on base when Starchel hit the grand slam.
Since then Marlino has struck out twice.
Randy Lurch got him both times.
Pirates now have not scored since the Starchel grand slam in the opening inning.
And as a result of trailing six to four in the seventh.
Marlino the batter Parker do up next.
Doug McGrall takes some delivers.
There's a fly ball in the left field and Levincky had him play perfectly.
Makes the catch and it's two away.
Marlino trying to take the tug to the opposite field.
He did, but got it up in the air to Levincky who moved back about four steps and made the play.
Now the big guy is coming out.
Dave Parker who got a base hit in the first, struck out in the third,
wide out to center in the fifth.
So he's won for three to nine.
He's had five hits in the series, batting 334.
The batting title is his, but he wants to play on a winner.
And here is the fifth.
A high bouncer to second.
Haroldson backs up on the ball, draws in it's a three up three down inning for Doug McGrall.
He came on and made it look easy.
Now it's the end of seven.
Only two more shots left.
It's the job of the pitcher on that mound to keep it where it is in order to get the puck bats a chance.
We'll go to the eighth inning with the Phillies coming to bat leading.
Philadelphia six, Pittsburgh four.
Well you're being covered on two fronts this afternoon bringing you the bonus of Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies
in the third game of that crucial series in Pittsburgh.
Philadelphia needs only to win one to reign as a National League East Champion for the third consecutive season.
Pittsburgh coming off of a double-edder sweep last night with today trailing at the end of seven innings of play
six to four to the Philadelphia Phillies.
So the next to the last day of the regular season things are still very much up in the air.
In two divisions the American League East where the Yankees lead Boston by one game.
Both of those teams are winning today at New York at Sigaroah shooting for his 20th win working on a four-hit shutout
through seven innings as the Yankees hold a seven-to-nothing edge in that game.
Reggie Jackson has hit a home run for the New York club.
It is 26th of the year and in the bottom of the eighth at Boston the Red Sox lead to run 05-1
as Dennis Eckersley tries to notch his 20th win for the Boston Red Sox.
Time running out on Pittsburgh and we'll go back now to the Phillies batting in the top of the eighth inning.
Alright here we go to the eighth with FAKE MCBRIDE, Larry Bull and Gary Monick do up as the top of the Daniels' Accordor.
FAKE MCBRIDE is two for four today as that sixth is from the series.
Please say yes to the answer in the following minutes.
I'm going to take all the blame for the other team.
I've been telling the PA announcer requesting the fans now to show the courtesy that they should not throw anything on the field.
I mentioned McBride with his two hits today as four hits.
Hit two in the first game last time and drove in four runs with a couple of doubles.
And Eddie Whitson ready to work his second inning.
Philadelphia batting and leading by two.
And Whitson's pitched to McBride. He swings and he misses.
Oh and one.
McBride has two hits. Maddox three, Lozinski three.
Lozinski's last of course was a big one of three run armor that put them back in front.
Hevner and RBI double, boon two hits.
Randy Lerks of Snyder had two homers before he left.
This comes way inside almost takes McBride with it.
One ball and one strike.
Inning number eight at three rivers in Pittsburgh.
A cloud of over 28,000 here.
They've still got some pull left in him and they're going to do their best here.
They really wrinkled the Phillies a bit last night.
One ball and one strike.
And Whitson's pitched.
Swinging in a line drive single to fatter. His third straight hit.
Reno's throwback into Garner but the second base back.
And Larry Sherry has started his walk to the mound.
That is the second hit off Whitson and 14 hits for Philadelphia.
The batter is Larry Bowler, 0 for four today and 0 for 12 in this series.
Sherry, Hop, Whitson and Bill Robinson forming the courts out on the mound.
He got McBride at first to comply. Leads it off with a single in the eighth inning.
The Phillies are in front of this game.
Six to four. They've doubled the pirate hit count 14 to seven.
And the Bucks just can't out a forward to let the Phillies put any more pressure on here
as far as expanding the lead.
And Kent Zacobi has started to throw in the bullpen.
Look, it's been three round homer.
In the sixth inning off Jackson, got the Phillies back in front.
And that erased the Stardale Grand Slam first inning lead.
Here's the pitch. Out, runner was not going.
Larry Bowler looking down at his third base coach Billy DeMars.
One roll no strikes. He's back up in there, batting left handed against the right hander Whitson.
McBride has his lead at first. Stardale trying to hold him close. Here's the pitch.
He bumps it up the first base side. And Stardale throw behind and it's safe at first base.
Geiner got there for the throw, but Bowler beats it off.
Two men on and no one away.
It goes as a once single.
Dragging it up the first base side.
Stardale came in through quickly behind him to Geiner, but Bowler had beaten the rep.
Hit number three off Whitson. 15 hits for Philadelphia and it brings up Gary Maddox.
Two on and no one out. And Chuck Tanner's on his way.
Probably figuring here, we're in the last corral.
And if we're going to do it, I'm going to go with a guy who prung me.
Because Zacavi is out there and ready.
And Zacavi will be called upon.
Whitson after giving up two hits in the eighth will be relieved.
And Kent Zacavi will make the long walk from the bullpen for the 90th time this year.
Eight wins, seven losses. He both won both ends of the double header last night.
He has 30 saves.
And Zacavi now as the crowd responds to him making that walk.
He's got to come in and put out another major uprising here.
The New York Yankees in the bottom of the eighth are still leading Cleveland.
Seven to nothing.
Boston over Toronto. Five to one in the bottom of the eighth.
And Kent Zacavi, who's been the workhorse out of that bullpen this year,
has reached the mound and Chuck Tanner had agreed him to hand him the bull and say,
alright, this is it.
The Phillies are leading six to four. They've got two men on with nobody out.
The game is in the eighth inning.
Gary Maddox has had three for four today. He is due up.
So Zacavi will be announced.
And he is the fourth pitcher used for the Pirates today.
Robinson started. Jackson in the fifth, Whitson in the seventh and out Zacavi in the eighth.
Phillies have had two home runs out of Randy Lurch, the standing pitcher,
and Greg Lusinski hit one into the pavilion in left field.
And that gave them their second lead of the game and that's what they're working on right now, six to four.
It's come down to the next of the last day here.
And it looks like in the American leagues that the Yankees and Boston will start tomorrow a game apart on their final day.
Because the Yankees are leading seven and nothing and the Red Sox are leading five to one.
Both of those games in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Alright, Zacavi says he's ready and Gary Maddox will step in.
He's been on base every time up today. Three singles and Whitson in error. He has scored twice.
McBride and Boa, two speed merchants are on with nobody out.
And Zacavi with a big deep breath. He lets it all out.
Now, Whitson to read the sign from Mada.
Stretching, they're expecting the punt and before any pitches thrown the move was on
and Zacavi looking to see if Garner checked in behind the runner a second.
But McBride didn't go for that fate and so Zacavi wisely held on to the ball.
Maddox three hits today, four hits in a series and light out Garner letting Zacavi know what the defensive sign has been flashed by Chuck Tanner.
So, always Garner's job to do that.
Early in the year of course it was spent at the second baseman does it.
Let's see the infield and how they move.
There's the punt up the first base side, Starchel with it. His only play is behind him to counter and Maddox is out and moves two runners up.
Three four on the sack. It was the only play they had.
And now with Vince G, three for four, included in error three run homers.
We'll be batting with Garner to second and third with one away.
When the ball hit one out of here, his last time up with the sixth inning it gave him 35 for the year and put him over the century mark in RBIs, giving him 101.
So with runners at second and third and one away, Lovinsky is arrived at the batter's box. Richie Hebner is on deck.
So Ken Tzikovic with a monumental task in front of him.
And Tick Coupe got that batter, waving out there, trying to pull him through.
The infield is up all the way around. The stretch by Tzikovic looked to third. The pitch to Lovinsky too close and it hit him.
Hit him on the forearm. Faces are loaded.
So it by a pitcher, it's loaded in there.
It's the first one by Tzikovic, the second to be hit today. Hebner was hit in the third inning by Don Robinson.
And here is Richie Hebner. He doubled in a run in the first, was hit by a pitcher in the third.
Simpson has popped a second and flyed to right.
And a former pirate will back with the faces loaded and Lovinsky may be lifted here.
And Jerry Martin is candy will run for it.
And then with Staten the game to play the outfield.
So Richie Hebner, a left hand batter. The last thing Tzikovic in the world wanted to do was hit Lovinsky.
So Martin running in first place. The faces are loaded.
The obematics making the only out of the inning so far on the sacrifice.
And there's a high bouncer just outside the plate line.
He thought it was fair, the umpire had called his foul. It was a high chop about eight feet up the first base side.
He stepped on the plate and was ready to fire to first, but the first base umpire was stopping him yelling and saying it was a foul ball.
I'm looking down at the ground in disbelief.
He was ready to come up with a double play that would have ended the threat, but it was foul just outside the first base line about eight feet up the line.
No balls in one strike. McRide is a third, Bowler's a second.
Vince runner Martin at first, one out. Eighth inning. Tzikovic pitched to Hebner.
He winds it down the right side and it will be an extra base hit into the corner. McRide scores, Bowler scores.
Martin is going to be waved. Hebner is headed for third. The throw to the plate was safe and Hebner has been at third base and he cleared the bases.
It's a double third on the throw to the plate and three runs batted in and the Phillies have widened the gap to nine four.
The first hit off to Colby, 16 hits for the Phillies. Runs seven, eight and nine scoring on the Hebner double into the right field corner.
Coming up, Smith, three RBIs for Hebner, four RBIs for Hebner in this game. He's got a dozen of them against the Pirates this year.
Infield up all the way around with Hebner at third base getting credit for a double, took third on the throw to the plate.
It was not in time to get her sliding Martin and a side eye breaking pitches in for a strike on Smith.
They had come from 11 and a half back to a game and a half. Now they're down nine to four in the eighth inning.
They had a four to one lead at one time. Here's the pitch. Shows front and took it for a strike.
No balls, two strikes on Smith. So Hebner is at third. He cleared them with a double into the right field corner.
So the Phillies needing a game when they came into this series threatening to put it away here in the eighth inning because they are leading nine to four.
So Colby's pitch on the way and is just outside, one ball and two strikes.
And So Colby coming on in the eighth inning and relief bullets and fourth prior pitchers of the afternoon.
A day that started so glamorously and gloriously with a grand slam by Starchel and the box had not scored sent them but the Phillies have been.
Here's the pitch. Too tight of an ease and it's two and two. And Randy Lurch, the standing pitcher who came up the grand slam,
kept himself and his club in the game by hitting two home runs up down Robinson.
Then in the sixth inning, Lusensky hit a three run homer. Now a three run double by Hebner and the Phillies are leading the Pirates nine to four.
Two more chances for the box. But to Colby needs to shut the door here.
A pouncer foul outside third and skips up off the boxy railing to the third base umpire and it's two and two.
Our boon will be next. The Phillies have out hit the Pirates 16 to seven. Leading the score nine to four.
The Pirates who picked up two dramatic ninth inning wins last night will have two more chances to try to pull out the third one and stay alive in the National League Eastern Shades.
Two balls and two strikes. Here's the pitch to Smith. A high fly ball to center that's going to score a one as Milano is right at the edge of the track.
Hebner will walk in with run number ten on the sacrifice fly by Smith.
Now it is 10 to four Philadelphia.
Boon to performer will step in.
Boon had a single in the second and a single in the seventh.
I'm booning out and he's up in there and to Colby ready to work with nobody on. Two away and the breaking pitch outside.
But four runs across they have scored seven runs in the last three innings and have come from down four to three to lead 10 to four.
One ball and no strikes and here's the pitch. Sinker outside corner for the Nees and it's one and one.
To Colby working on Bob Boone. Harrelson would be next.
Two straight hits against Whitson and to Colby came on. And even he fouled it off to the left side.
One ball and two strikes on the catcher Boone.
In the bottom of the eighth we will have Robinson, Starchel and Geiner to try to get something going.
It's going to take some doing. One ball and two strikes. Here's the pitch.
There's a high pop right side. Starchel wants it and the captain will grab it.
Side is retired but the Phillies put a big force spot up there.
How does crowd going to try to give the puck bats a lift? Four runs on one, two, three hits.
The big four of course is Richie Hempner's three run double.
There weren't any errors. Nobody was left.
And we're getting down to cases now folks. After seven and a half it's Philadelphia 10 and Pittsburgh four.
Things do not look good for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Philadelphia with four in the eighth inning now leaded by a score of 10 to four.
And we'll go back to join the Pirate Baseball Network.
Jerry Martin who ran for Lozinski stays in the game to play left field.
And as we go to the bottom of the eighth, Doug McGraw ready to work his second inning.
Bill Robinson is one for three today.
And Doug McGraw's first pitch in the eighth is swing on and foul to the screen and a strike one.
The Phillies leading 10 to four.
They came to town needing a win. They didn't get it last night.
They're leading by six with two innings to go. Here's the pitch.
Bounced it up there. And the count is even at a ball and a strike.
Left hand reliever McGraw, he's their third pitcher.
And delivers to Bill Robinson, swinging and fouling out of play back to the right side and it's one and two.
McGraw's still pulling here.
Trying to lift the buckles up by their bootstraps. They're down by six.
After leading four to one at the end of the first inning. Here's the one to fifth.
Low inside, two balls, two strikes. Willie Starchel who hits the grand slam in the first inning is due up next.
Two balls and two strikes. McGraw reached the sign from Bob Boone.
He's ready. And here's the fifth.
Check swing foul up on the screen again. He tried to duck away from the high inside pitch but it hit the bat.
And the count holds it two and two.
The fifth. Go ball swung on and delivered way back into left field. If it's going to stay there it is just foul.
About a foot and a half outside the foul ball.
Willie might have gone way over there. Almost got through it. That ball just must be in gone. It just did hook off about the last entry.
So it's a long noisy foul and the count is still two balls and two strikes.
Bill Robinson trying to strike something for the buck. Who made a major comeback since mid-August.
They brought it down to the next to the last day. And up he'll climb now. Trilling ten to four in the eighth.
Two balls, two strikes. McGraw's pitch. World inside. Full count.
The bucks need two big innings. They're trailing ten to four.
And a payoff pitch from McRodder Robinson swinging and funneling out of play up to the right side.
Robbie's still alive.
McGraw takes that big deep rep. Now he's ready. And a payoff pitch on the way.
Swinging and fouling. Robbie hanging tough and it's still three and two.
Pirates have been limited to seven hits. They got three of those in the very first inning.
And another three-two is due. And here it comes from the tug. Line drive. Left field. It is a pair of balls.
Rattles up into the corner. Mark plays the carom. Strong throw but it's off target in second.
Robinson leads off with a double in the bottom of the eighth inning.
What's the effect of being a start of something? The double for Bill Robinson is his thirty-sixth.
The first hit off McRodder. It's the eighth hit of the game for the Muck. And it brings up the captain, Willie Stajl.
The Phillies have ten runs on sixteen hits. The Pirates four runs eight hits.
The Muck's in for Willie Stajl.
If Robinson has excited something, the Muck's needs to keep it going.
Stajl one for three. It was a grand slam in the opening and he has threw ball high inside.
One ball and no strike-in with that. Bob Lone calls five.
Big ball, Lane Andrew, who's been very effective for the Phillies in seventy-eight.
Ron Reed is heating up in their bullpen. In the left field bullpen, Jim Bibby is cranking it up.
One ball, no strike-in. Stajl. The stretch. The pitch.
And a strike is called over the outside corner, let her high.
Philadelphia coming on strong in the sixth and the eighth, scoring seven runs in those two frames and leading by six.
Here's the one-one to Stajl. And another strike in off-speed breaking pitch and it's one and two.
McRodder going to the name of pitching. Off-speed pitches a couple of times here on Stajl.
One ball, two strikes. Look to second. Here's the pitch.
Followed over here to the left side into the seats and it's zero one and two to Captain Willie who has had a marvelous comeback here.
Twenty-eight homers. Ninety-seven runs, badadans.
Fixed up his eleventh career grand slam in the first inning today.
Here's the one-two pitch. Swinging them in, striking off.
First strike out for McRod today. It is the sixth strike out of a pirate in the game and it brings up Bill Garner.
There was had a walk and a stolen base, a bounce to third and a base set. He's one for two.
Garner facing Cog McRod in the eighth inning.
Watching and looking back, long hesitation this time. The pitch to Garner and it is low inside ball one.
Philadelphia Phillies.
They look as though they had the pirates buried on the 12th of August. 11 and a half games back.
Here we are the next to the last day and there is a strike call in the outside corner of the knees.
The pirates who have won 24 in a row at home coming into the day.
One ball, one strike, one out. Renner at second, Robertson the pitch, swing on and popped him up behind the shortstop bowler.
He's waiting and he has it two away.
The first one to bring up John Milner who was a pit-seller in the sixth inning for better remained in the game to play left field and comes out for the second time in this game.
Left hand pitcher, left hand manner, McRod Milner with teammates at one time with a New York Mets.
Robinson left off ending with a double, now they're a two away and a strike is called a Milner on the inside corner between the knees and the belt.
The battling butts have been just back.
No balls, one strike. Here's the pitch.
Off-speed breaking pitch, strike call. Boy he's been effective with that pitch in his inning.
Oh and to the count, Bill Robinson started it off with a double in his left field corner, remained in second, his start will strike out and Keiner popped up.
Here's the O2 to Milner, swinging him in for the second, he's struck him out and the side has been retired.
No runs and one hit, no areas, a double that started the inning wasted and one man left. Only one more, one strike. Here's the pitch.
Off-speed breaking pitch, strike call. Boy he's been effective with that pitch in his inning.
Oh and to the count, Bill Robinson started it off with a double in his left field corner, remained in second, his start will strike out and Keiner popped up.
Here's the O2 to Milner, swinging him in for the second, he's struck him out and the side has been retired.
No runs and one hit, no areas, a double that started the inning wasted and one man left. Only one more shot and we will go to the ninth inning with the Phillies, 10th and the Pirates 4.
Only one inning stands between the Philadelphia Phillies and their third straight Eastern Division Championship and we will pick up the ninth inning of action with Milo Hamilton.
The first inning will be leading it off and Fibby's first pitch is high ball one.
Fibby working in the ninth and the pitch to Harrelson and a strike call on the outside corner. One ball, one strike.
The pitch on the way from the pick right hander and it is a swing and a miss and it's one and two.
Doug McGraw the pitcher is two up next.
Well outside two and two.
And as you look at this situation, 10 to four in the ninth, that's a bad reflecting.
It's just been a game closer when you came into this series but you can't look at it that way. Those games are gone.
It's like your Aunt Minnie if she had a mustache, she would have been your Uncle Fred but it didn't happen that way.
This is a club that is battled back with everybody out of written off, all in size and that walks Harrelson.
Fibby walks the first man that he faces and there comes Doug McGraw.
Who doesn't get a chance to bat very often?
He's only been to bat four times all year.
He throws left bats right.
Harrelson is first base, Fibby stretches, looks back, McGraw putting it up to first base side.
Fibby would have almost collided with Sargell, that would have been like two max trucks.
Through the counter it is a one four sock.
And McGraw will be the batter. He has had three straight hits in the fourth, sixth and eighth and triggered some inning for them.
It started with the grand slam in the first place Sargell but Landy Lurk who threw that grand slam.
When you go back and look at this game, it's going to turn out that he really kept them in the game because he hit two home runs and sparked them and kept them from oblivion.
Then when he was relieved, they got three on a home run by Lozinski.
Hebner got a bases loaded double in the eighth and the Phillies are leading ten to four.
Harrelson is second with one out, McGraw is the batter and a pass ball on the outside corner.
And Lozinski is the batter and a pass ball on the outside corner.
And the Phillies have been the hitting and they've done the scoring.
They've out hit the buck sixteen to eight lead in the score ten to four, ninth inning.
Fibby has the sign from it out.
Stretches and looks back. Here's the pitch.
It came out again on the screen.
I think McBride two strikes. Three hits today, five hits in the series.
Inbuby, a tough pirate pitcher of the game, stretching, looking back to second, comes on to McBride, almost nipped him in the shoulder, one ball and two strikes.
The light at the end of the tunnel. The pucks have one more chance to keep it lit.
One ball and two strikes. And here's Bibby's pitch.
Down to their first base side, Starchell grabs it behind the back, runs the first, gets McBride, Harrelson moves over to third.
It's two away and brings up Pohla. Pohla had a blunt spangle in the eighth inning. It's his only hit in the series.
They talked about this weekend being a battle of Pohla and Parker for the MVP. No contest.
I had Bibby with a full line and a pitch to Pohla.
A strike call on the outside. You might have even just tipped the end of the batman to leave it to it.
Parker's had five hits in the series. Pohla's had one. Parker has scored 101 times this year as a baller left side.
Pohla has scored 77 times batting all year in the second spot with hitters like Manix, Wazinski-Hepner and Schmitt behind him.
Here's a 1-1 to Pohla. There's a high fly ball, Schottel left shortstop to Behrasov and he's going to make the grab running away.
Pohla's out and so are the Phillies. We have come down to one inning for the 1978 season.
The Pirates will come to bat trying to stay alive for the 78 campaign. They're going to have to have their biggest ending of the year.
The Phillies 10 the Pirate 4.
Alright, it's the last mile for the 1978 Pirates. If they can come back, they will take it to the mile in the final day.
They have battled from 11 and a half back. It's been an inspiring team. They've lived up to their 78 nickname, the Battle in Bucks.
It would have been easy on the 12th of August to roll over and dive. They wouldn't do it.
And they have brought it down to the next of the last day and Ed Ott, who is 1-2, will be leading it off against McGraw.
I've played McGraw who has picked two innings and given up only one hit.
Ed Ott with a fly ball to center, a walk and a single, three hits in the series and a van still clamoring for some pirate action.
And there's a land drive single in the right field. Ed Ott hangs on a loop to start the bottom of the ninth.
Second hit off McGraw, ninth hit of the game for Pittsburgh and Ceddo Gaston will make his first appearance as a pirate.
He has been with Atlanta all year, running 229 with one homer and nine RBI's.
Clarence Ceddo Gaston. And obviously the Bucks need a long ball. They've got a carve in as hard and as much as they can.
The Phillies are leading 10-4 in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Ceddo Gaston, right-hand pinch hitter. McGraw stretching, looking to first, here's the pitch.
Through the hole, a base hit into left field. Gaston jumps on the first pitch. His first offense as a pirate is a base knock through the hole on the left side.
That's it number 10 and the crowd now up and clamoring. They want that beginning. They want it to go to tomorrow.
And Frank Gerveroz who was hit with today and four troops will be stepping in.
Frankie is four for 12 in a series. That's two hits in each of the games last night.
Now the job is to get things moving and get Old Mo back on our side.
We came to this series with momentum. What a double header last night. Need to get him back.
Stretchy, looking and McGraw's pitch to Gerveroz. He punts it. The pitch are coming over to get it.
Now it's going to turn three. It's safe. The place is eluded. Nobody out.
A fun single by Gerveroz. The pirates are still alive. It's the third straight hit off McGraw.
An 11 pirate is for the off and on. And Omar Moreno will be the batter.
The Philadelphia Phillies are leading by six.
Two fifths of the beginning of one of the greatest comebacks in baseball history.
Omar Moreno was locked once today. He's over three officially. He has struck out twice.
Hit off the bird. Gaps in a second. Gerveroz is at first. Nobody out. The 28,000 are still here.
They're still yelling. They're trying to get it going. They're trying to turn up the pirate path.
But McGraw is still on the mound. It's the Moreno swinging a high pound for the second.
The only play will be a forced play. The second and off scores. It's ten to five.
Coming over to third was Gassman. Gerveroz was forced.
Carroll from the ball scored that four to six. Moreno's at first with a fielder's choice.
He gets credit for a run right at end. And here comes the Cobra.
Parker today is one for four. He's got five hits in the series.
This is one of those times when Parker would probably be trying to play long ball
because we need him at a cluster. It's ten to five Philadelphia.
Gassman third. Moreno first. The crowd's still wild about their pirates.
Here's the runner going at first. Delvino's throw at the stolen base and that tie is the pirate record.
Seventy stolen bases. That tie is the pirate record set last year by Saveras.
Moreno ties the all-time pirate season high of 70 with that fifth.
First bases empty. Two runners in scoring position with one out. The old one to Parker.
A foul ball down the left side. It'll end up in the seats. Not quite to the bullpen area.
And McGraw is in the out in front of Parker with two strikes. Will Robinson do up next?
Philadelphia with ten runs and sixteen hits. The pirate five runs, eleven hits.
They're trying to live up to them. Nickname in every way. No balls, two strikes.
McGraw winding. The pitch to Parker. Swinging in a loopy five ball.
Better drop. They've hit one run on score. They're going to wave Moreno.
Why is it the plate he's in there? Extended subject. The ball gets away from Moon.
That's Parker in the second base. Welcome to this loud now.
Garcy shortstop Poe was a throwing error on his relay. The ball that got away from him.
And Sammy Ozark has arrived at the mound. The Clark McGraw Magic has worn off.
One, two, three, four hits in the inning. Will hits in the game for the pirate.
Two more RBI's for Parker, who now has a hundred and seventeen.
He's got sixteen RBI's against Philadelphia. And Ron Reid is being summoned from the right field bullpen.
The score is ten to seven.
Oh, you just got a good box and a tire. The seventy-eight pirate things.
They've had their fix in their valleys. It would have been so easy to have said, well, in the middle of August this club can't do it.
But they didn't do it. They just simply wouldn't quit.
And now they're trying to keep it going till the final day. They've battled back with three runs here in the ninth inning.
It's the fully seven of Pirate Summit as Ron Reid arrives at the mound and Clark McGraw makes a walk to the shower.
That's how big it is that the Candy Man has gone to the bullpen.
Here is Bill Robinson running to face Ron Reid.
Robinson in this game has had a single and a double.
Parker is the second base. If Robbie could play long ball in a field one run game,
that way they're leading ten to seven with a run to a second and one out.
Swinging the foul up here to the right side and a strike one.
Ron Reid becomes there fourth pitcher of the afternoon. He's in relief with Clark McGraw.
Reid gets the side. Here's the pitch. Swinging a slice up off Reid.
Up off Smith's body the ball gets away into left field. Parker's going to score. It's ten to eight.
That ball was absolutely hit like a bullet.
It's a base hit and an RBI for Robinson. The ball faced into the Alps of Torps,
gets up off Smith, pulled into left field, starts to lob out her. He represents the tying run.
Holy Toledo. Hang on folks.
The Fucco's are trying to do it here in the ninth inning. Billy's ten, Fyrus eight, four runs of score.
Willie Stardew in a grand slam in the first inning. He's won for four in the game.
It's a ten to eight game right now. Here's the pitch. Swinging a foul ball coming up this way,
but lands on the screen and it's plate two to Stardew. Garner do a peck.
The Philadelphia Phillies ten runs, sixteen hits to Fyrus, eight runs, thirteen hits.
Five hits in this inning. Here's the pitch. Did he go after it? Yes he did and that is a sweet house.
Now it's up to Bill Garner.
Bill Garner today has walked, bounced the third single and popped up.
The Philadelphia Phillies know they've been in a dog fight.
And Bill Garner will be batting against Ron Reeves. He represents the tying run.
Robinson at first base. The pitch swinging and fouling into the backstop.
John Milner would be next. Garner trying to keep not only this inning alive and this game alive,
but this season alive.
The pitch.
Low inside. One ball, one strike to Garner.
Ron Reeves, the first-time he plays Robinson in his first short, he's off the pitch, rolled into left field, he got Parker off.
Now there are two away. The one-one to Garner. Blings, and he misses it. One ball and two strikes.
Philadelphia leading by two. Garner represents the tying run. The crowd trying to keep it going.
Garner's trying to do the same thing. The one-two pitch.
Outside of the maze. Two balls, two strikes.
Trapper trying to wear out Reid here.
Bill Robinson at first base. Two away. Four runs are in. Trying to keep the uprising going. The two-two pitch.
Low outside, ball free.
All right. Bill Robinson will be ready to move at first.
It's a full count. Two away. Bottom of the ninth inning. Philadelphia leading by two.
The Phillies trying to hang on and end it. The Pirates trying to hang on and keep it from ending.
All right. Robinson ready to run. Here's the pitch. A high bouncer. Foul. Third-eighth side.
They'll wind Robbie up and bring him back to first.
Three balls and two strikes.
Bill Garner is rest right on his back.
The 160 of Game of the Year.
That's for the Pirates. The Phillies 161. The runner ready. Here he goes. Here's the pitch.
A bouncer to short. Foul of flowers. And the Phillies have one seed.
One of the greatest comebacks. And the Phillies are clamoring all over each other.
They have won their division. But they won it by the skin of their collective feet.
In the ninth inning for the Pirates, four runs on one, two, three, four, five hits.
In the air as one man was left. And the Phillies have won their third straight division in a row.
The Pirates put it on them right down to the next to the last day.
But the Phillies have survived not only a great comeback, but they survived a great ninth inning comeback.
And the final score. The Philadelphia Phillies 10-the Pittsburgh Pirates 8.
All the good things wrapped up in one.
Hey, TK, see the world of fun. All the good things that come in the dark.
Hi everybody. We're back on the Tasty Cake Wrap-Up Show. I'm Andy Musler along with Chris Wheeler upstairs here.
We're going to switch to the locker room. Rich Ashburn is talking with Mike Schmidt and Schmidty walking a rain out.
And Warren Brewster is coming in to talk with Whitey. Let's join the locker room celebration.
We're going to play in 60 situations all year. None hairier than this week.
I feel super right now. It's great to have all this pressure off us now. We're ready.
We played under pressure all year. We're used to it now. We're ready.
You made the box last night. Today you came in. You only got in one inning, but it was a big inning.
You got them out of there. It's time we only had a two run lead.
And I guess you kind of wanted to get back in there.
I did. I wanted to redeem myself bad. I really feel bad about last night.
And I have to live with it. It happened. And it's over with today's a new day. Now we're celebrating.
Good luck to you, Bruce. Nice going. Randy Lutz. You stole our gun. Nice, everybody.
You know, you've always told me you could hit the box. You said before the ball game that you hit one over the center field fence.
But I didn't think you were going to do it twice, Randy.
That's new too, Rick, because I didn't think I was going to do it twice either. I'll say it was a once.
That's the first time I've ever gone over center field fence, even in batting practice.
So if I do it another time, I couldn't believe it.
I give you credit for hanging in there. Stardale got you for that grand slammer.
Looks like you made a bad pitch. And he nailed it, huh?
I did. I made a very bad pitch. I was going too fast. I was right by him and I came back with a hanging break and ball.
It was very dumb on my part. We didn't get down. We battled right back.
You kept them in there with those home runs. You kept them close. Nice going.
Thank you very much, Rick. Randy, good luck to you.
I can't believe it.
I'm going to ask you about that jack.
I'm going to ask you about Randy's words.
Alright, good job.
Back in the club, I was at the three rivers stadium, Bob Boone standing right here.
Boone, nobody said it'd be easy that last inning.
How did you fix the well he started you? How did you strike him out?
What were you thinking at that time? What are you thinking now?
How am I supposed to know?
I say, Harry, with Ron Ratesman, it's such a great job for us all year.
You get into that inning. You can't try anything fast here.
I was just going to go at him hard, try to move the ball around.
I tried to give him one ball in, down and in.
He's been swinging it down to the real tough pitch for him.
Then I was going to go at him hard and Ron, he gets through a super hard fast ball.
Up and away and Willie's going to be standing there and trying to hit it out.
He's got to get a good pitch and it was a great pitch by Ratesman.
So how does this feel this year compared to the last two?
It's a fast ball. It was a struggle all the way for us.
I think it's over with. It's been a long year and we're just starting to thank for this over.
We're just starting to think about the playoffs.
You've got to get the pire to a great deal of credit.
They came a long way to get back at us and they were battling right to the end.
It was something where we never really pressed.
But it's something where you knew we had to win one.
We knew it was tough here. They're playing great ball.
They're all swinging hot bats and we just had to go out and do it.
Especially the win where Randy gives up the grand slam in the first inning.
And now we've got a battle back and I've got a great deal of character in our club.
Randy Lurch getting into two big full runs and Bull coming through.
It was a tremendous win for us. It's what I'll remember forever.
It's very nice to have you here.
The post following.
Vice President and General Manager.
Nobody's going to be easy.
What were you thinking of the night setting?
I don't know. I died a thousand times.
I lost ten pounds the last two days.
Well, you've got to give the Pirates credit. What a job they did.
Do you think the Pirates, by coming out, have made the Phillies a better ball club?
I think this has been a good lesson for us.
I can't say enough about the Pirates. We played good ball last month.
They just played super ball and they put on a great show.
I think it was great for baseball. I hope it's great for the Phillies.
There was a point in time in the fifth inning where the Phillies got second and third.
They did not score. They came back in the next inning with Bulls home run
and they had to beat them.
I've never seen a big guy that emotional.
Even he passes that.
Oh, my ball! No for it!
I'm showing bonesies.
Very ball. Really, Captain Earth?
The Phillies president and the owner is here.
Really had them all the way.
I think my heart stopped beating about ten times in that night setting.
It's unbelievable.
It really shows you the character of this ball club.
I think maybe it's a blessing that the Pirates gave us a little ease.
It's a real tribute to the Pirate organization, the job they have done
because I think the last time we played them in August, they were 13 or 14 games.
It's dying! I see ya! The Pirates, I see ya!
Get out of the way!
Bad Hawkeman being shot.
The Pirates were 13 or 14 games out of first place and here they are today
just knocking on the door and they really kept the heat on us
and it is a tribute because I know it was a terrible disappointment
last night when we lost the double header and these guys came back today
and did a really fun job.
It's ironic because the bats woke up.
Our relief pitching has been so strong all year and then in the ninth inning
the relief pitching really wasn't that effective other than Ron Reeves.
They all did a hell of a job.
Really, as far as your concerns, is this the sweetest of the great?
Well, in some ways, yes.
In spite of all the external difficulties surrounding the first one in 1976,
I think that was the sweetest because that was the first time since 1950
the fellas didn't ever really want anything.
How do you feel going into the playoffs?
Well, the Dodgers have played very well.
We're going to have to get more hitting and we're going to beat the Dodgers.
I think the pitching is going to be solid.
It's been solid all year and the defense has been good too
but we're going to have to get the hitting when it counts.
Certainly today the whole free run homer and Ricky Hadner's free triple
with a base throw today were the big hits.
Really, you think you could have won it without the losing feeling.
That was a key trait.
I certainly do.
I know we gave up, in my opinion, maybe one of the top three or four
to leave pitchers as baseball and team Garber,
but Dick Ruefman came back and we would have really been in trouble without him.
Great win.
Thank you, Harry.
Really, Carpenter, President and Otis.
We're back upstairs here on the broadcast booth
and we're going to run down the scoreboard and then wrap up our tasty cake wrap-up show.
As you can tell, the boys in the locker room are really happy about this one
and Chris, I think, really in many ways the celebration down there
is more genuine and spirited than the last two.
I mean, the bills really came a lot closer to the end of the season
before winning at this time than they did either 76 or 77.
There's no doubt in my mind that the Phillies realized
that they were looking to bullet right in the eye last night after that double header.
And that this was a very, very hot baseball team they were playing here in Pittsburgh
and they knew they had to try and somehow win a game
because of the Pirates swept the Phillies this weekend.
They weren't going to lose to the Reds on Monday.
And they just showed you why the way they came at the Phillies in the ninth inning.
So, yeah, I think it is.
It looks like it.
And I know when we get down there we'll probably get drowned again,
but it sure is a lot of fun to get down and be in one of those babies.
And I think it is more genuine.
I think if it would have happened a week ago,
it wouldn't have the feeling that it does today.
But because of the problems and all the things that led up to it,
you know, it has to be very, very satisfying.
And they doused Whitey Asperin.
Just walked in our broadcast booth.
That stuff smells terrible.
I hope it tastes better than it smells.
Whitey says it does.
Quick look at the scoreboard in the American League.
New York beat Cleveland 7-0.
Their magic number is 1 now.
As the Reds talk speed Toronto 5-1.
Both Ed Stigie-Roa and Dennis Eckersley became 20 game winners today.
Baltimore and Detroit 2-2 at the end of 3 1 1 half.
Milwaukee and Oakland just getting underway.
And the National League, St. Louis over Montreal 6-1.
And at the end of 7 innings, it was New York 4.
And the Chicago Cubs 2.
I believe a final has been posted in that ball game,
but our ticker here in the booth has begun to garble.
And we never got any report at all on Atlanta Cincinnati
with Phil Negro pitching for his 20th in that
when it could possibly be that that is a night game.
All right, that's it for the Tasty Cake Wrap-Up Show.
Speaking for Chris Wheeler, Harry Callis and Rick Cashburn.
Andy Munster saying so long from Pittsburgh
where the Phillies have indeed wrapped up.
The National League Eastern Division title, the magic number is 0.
We'll see you tomorrow on the Phillies baseball network.
Hope you've enjoyed today's Tasty Cake Wrap-Up Show.
Tune in after the next fill-up game
when Tasty Cake once again wraps up facts and figures of the game.
Interviews will start the game.
And give you the inside scoop in the Phillies
as the 1978 baseball season rolls along.
Tasty Cake and the Phillies are all a good thing wrapped up in line.
Tasty Cake in the world of fun.
You probably won't see the back of any of these cars.
Tasty Cake in the world of fun.
Well, the 1978 season has come through a dramatic end
and abruptly here, although there's another game to go tomorrow.
The Phillies have wrapped up the East for the third straight year.
They can believe easier knowing that they beat
a rough, tough, tumble, rough-house pirate crew
that put it on him from the middle of August right down to the day.
And even in the ninth inning, the Phillies couldn't breathe easily.
They thought they were going to waltz in.
They were leading 10-4.
Then a four-run pirate inning made it 10-8.
And here are the totals.
Four of the Phillies, 10-16 hits whenever they strand 10,
lurched the winner, and although he gave up a grand slam in the first inning,
he kept his own club in it by hitting two home runs.
His record is 11-8.
The winning RBI went to Hebner when he got the bases loaded double in the eighth inning.
The pirates, 8-13 and 2-7, left Jackson the loser, 7-5.
Home runs by lurcher player, Lozinski won that put him in front this day.
Sargele had a grand slam in the first inning.
And so, the Pittsburgh Pirates, who made one of the most scallant runs
in the division title that's come since the divisions were put into existence,
fell short on the next to the last day.
But nobody that's done this pirate team,
nobody that's connected with the pirates in any capacity,
has to walk around with their head down today.
This team just battled for all they were worth.
They had won 24 in a row at home,
but they lost this one and with it, a chance to win the division.
So that's the story of it here.
This crowd is limp, I want to tell you.
They stayed on and they pulled and they pulled for the bucks to do it.
They almost did it in the night.
They had to tie a line at the plate, but couldn't pull it off,
but oh how close they came, and oh how close it was.
So the Phillies have won at 10-8, now tomorrow,
as far as we know, Candleria will still pitch.
Christensen has played it for them,
but they might pitch somebody else because they know they've got to be in a playoff with the Dodgers.
And now that the season has wound down to one remaining game,
when we come back on the scoreboard,
we're going to recap some of the interesting memories of this year.
But I want to remind you that the broadcast tomorrow will be at 1.20, it's Friday,
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