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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons.com for more sports history.

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The Philadelphia Phillies faced the Pittsburgh Pirates at 3 River Stadium for a Saturday afternoon game on September 30, 1978.

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The two teams were locked in a battle for the National League East title.

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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.

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Philadelphia was managed by Danny Ozark and had a 1-1.5-game lead with just two games remaining.

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The Phillies needed just one win and the next two games against the Bucks to clinch the division.

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The Pirates were the dominant team in the 1970s, reaching the playoffs in five of the first six seasons under Danny Murthog.

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Chuck Tanner took over in 1977 and continued their strength, but was only able to finish in second place.

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His audio recording is from the Pirates Radio broadcast, featuring announcers Lanny Fattari and Milo Hamilton.

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And a very pleasant good afternoon from 3 River Stadium.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Or what would have to be an extremely climactic showdown here at the stadium tomorrow afternoon.

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This afternoon, Don Robinson will go for the Bucks. He wants to become a 15 game winner in his rookie season.

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He'll go against Randy Lurks, the left hander of the Philadelphia Phillies.

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And I guess everybody tries to gear themselves to the final weekend of the season.

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Try to stay 100% as you can.

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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.

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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.

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First of the Phillies, Stake McRide will be leading off and playing right field against the right-hander, John Robinson.

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Larry Boll will bat in the number two spot. They're switching in short-stop.

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Gary Maddox will be hitting third and playing center field.

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Greg Luzinski will be in the number four spot for the Phillies.

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The Boll hit his 34th home run of the year in last night's second game,

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and was the only run for the Phillies as the Pirates won the game. Luzinski batting fourth this afternoon and playing left field.

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Richie Hevner will hit number five. He'll be at first base for the Phillies.

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Mike Smith will bat sixth. He'll be at third base.

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Bob Boone during the catching will bat seventh.

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Ned Seismore in the number eight spot will be at second base.

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And Randy Lurch hitting in the number nine hole and doing the fifth base.

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Once again, four to Phillies. It's McRide followed by Boone and Maddox.

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The middle third includes Luzinski, Hevner and Smith.

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And the bottom third, Boone, Seismore and Lurch.

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Down the starting lineup for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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And here's how Jeff Tanner has sent them in for their sick game this afternoon.

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Frank Sinarich in his short-stop leading off.

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Frank is at four hits in the series thus far. Four hits from the double header last night.

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Omar Moreto, he had three hits in the double header last night. He'll bat second as White Center field.

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Dave Parker leading the National League in batting average of three 34.

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He'll be batting third playing right field.

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Bill Robinson in the number four spot for the Bucks. He'll be in left field.

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Willie Targo hitting number five at first base.

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Phil Garner at second base batting sixth and listening to this crowd.

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They're anticipating the arrival of the Bucks down the field. And there they go. Jeff's having their all gold uniforms this afternoon.

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Garner's sixth and playing second base. Dale Barra batting seventh at third base.

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Down the Bucks as they take the field are the recipients of a standing ovation from a sizeable crowd this afternoon.

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Still seats available. We invite you to come on out and see the Bucks in action today.

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Barra batting seventh playing third base.

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Ed Ott will do the catching in bat eighth and John Robinson batting in the number nine spot he'll do the pitching.

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So once again for the Bucks it's Barra's followed by Milano and Parker.

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The middle third includes Robinson's charge of Garner. Bill Robinson that is.

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The bottom third Barra Ott and John Robinson.

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The upfire for the fasted in ball game. Zach Davidson behind the plate. He'll make the decisions on balls and strikes.

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Ed Fargo at first base. Ball fire at second. Terry Zayde at the umpire third.

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Well Milano fortunately front-listers they won't have to sit through me for an awful long time.

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I know your adults are still in there. 100 percent. You look about five years younger to me today.

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Get caught up in this fever. It's something. It's really something.

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This standing ovation they gave this team when they went out on the field. They are ready for things to erupt here again.

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Well that's crap. Thank you the fans for their support last night.

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All right we are ready.

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Baked McBride. 266 batting average.

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10 homers. 50 runs batted in.

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Boy I tell you what a day here. Fabulous. Beautiful weather.

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The atmosphere you can cut it with an axe.

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And fake McBride who last night won two for Aiden's Robin for a run all in the first game in that RBI column.

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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

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and first put spinzim around. Shin music to start it.

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McBride against Stumpf is hitting 250. Bull is on deck. Then it'll be Maddox.

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Down Robinson 21 years old.

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Into the wind and a pitcher on the way. Winging and he pops it up.

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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.

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And Moreno went out. I'll see if I can get any clues to why that ball didn't carry any better.

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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.

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Here's Larry Boggs. Laura. Size 8 collar in last night's double header. He's their leading header.

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Bowing 295 is a switch header. And a pitch.

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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.

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Up to you left to right. Bill Robinson, Omar Moreno and Dave Parker. 1-0 pitch to Boa. Shows fun.

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Took it up high. Ball two. Head out. Who's got a double header last night. Catching here again today.

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Down Robinson and Randy Lurch. Righty against Lefty today. And here's Down Robinson 2-0 to Boa.

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And called that a ball. Looks like a pretty good pitch.

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Balling behind Boa 3-0. Onyx is on deck to the left.

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That's a strike. Make it 3-1.

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Shicks leave clouds. Day before October breaks upon it. Couldn't be better for the weather.

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And last night's excitement. Deptis Town going gaga. And why not. Two thrilling ninth inning finishes.

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Three balls and a strike to Boa. Down Robinson delivers to him. And a strike right down the middle of 3-2.

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I got a feeling that the take sign was on there. He never offered at all.

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Only tried to get him on and set a manufacture or something. Now the 3-2 pitch on the way.

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And he pops it up. Left side. Dave Verus. Sleezes it. Upside the line and it's 2-0.

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Two up and two down. Boa popping up about 15 feet behind a third base bag.

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And about 4 feet bow. Dave Verus making the easy play. And here is Hunterfielder Gary Maddox.

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Who chips in with a couple of errors last night.

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Maddox is hitting 284. Leads them in doubles with 34. He has 11 home runs and 67 rebies.

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And he leads them in stolen bases with 33.

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And he's the first last night won for 7. The pitch. Long on line drive. Fingal, Setterfield.

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Hanks on a rope. As Moina plays it on the first bounce. Though the first hit of the game belongs to Gary Maddox.

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And it brings up Cevul. Greg Luzinski.

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Hit a home run up into the lower club level last night up above the left field for millions.

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He's as strong as Muscle Dev Muscle.

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Luzinski as he steps in. Does so with a 261 batting average.

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He leads them in homers with 34. He has 98 runs batted in.

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He has 6 of those 34 homers against the pirates.

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Ah, waiting. Seems to be some problem out in the center. I'm not quite sure.

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I think they want a fanner taken down because it's white against the green background.

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That's the hitter's background. From about each end of the big gigantic scoreboard is fine.

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But other than that those banners just came out and hung up there. It's fair to vote 12.

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Go to first base. Not close. Remember they're leading base. Maddox is on. He has 33-th.

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Darko trying to hold him close. Luzinski waiting. Another throw to first base. The runner's back.

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Still no count to Luzinski. The underkitter Richie Hebner.

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First inning. Two outs, one off.

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Robinson throws the first but he got back. Hey, that was close. Good strong quick throw.

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Darko put it down. Maddox has just put the fingertips on the bag ahead of the tag.

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The second inning. Looking over the shoulder. Don Robinson hesitates. One are going. Swinging fouled off out of play.

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Over in the seats on the right side.

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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.

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Hopefully three games left for the Bucs.

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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.

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Now, Don Robinson looking down into the reeds of fans. Maddox has been going on the pre-sitting pitch.

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He goes right back to a pretty good lead. He's got that front foot out on the edge of the carpet.

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Robbie Chases it back. Doesn't get him. No balls. One strike. The Greg Luzinski. Two for seven in the series.

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One to take measure home run last night. And now Danny Ozark coming out. Asking the play-dump fire about something.

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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.

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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.

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But, Tony Taylor carrying the same case to the first base on fire, pole prior. And I think you're right.

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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.

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Now, Danny Ozark is complaining to Ed Vargo. And they're going to warn Danny Ozark now.

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We're in charge of the game and we will handle the game.

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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.

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But I think it's a strike job.

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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.

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And now Tanner is leading with Ed Vargo. Let's either tell him what it is and get on with this ball game.

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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.

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He's got a no ball one strike count on Greg Luzinski.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Richie Hevner will be the batter. Last night 0-4-8. So after 2 away, 2 singles.

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Hevner will have a 2-81 batting average when he steps in. 17 homers for the former player. And then 67 runs batted in.

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He's hitting a hefty 4-17 against his old teammate.

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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.

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Don Robinson stretching. Checking runners third and first. Pitch to Hevner. Back ball goes outside. One ball and no strikes.

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A press box with his jammed backs again. A tribute to this game considering the backs of college football all around us.

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High school football games as well. But the media realizes the importance of this weekend. And they are here in abundant numbers.

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Hevner the batter. Team mates on the corners. Two down as Don Robinson. The right-hander stretches. He looks and delivers.

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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.

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It's an RBI single for Hevner. Now it'll be a double.

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Maddox scored. Lazinski gets the third. Hevner with an RBI double and the Phillies go first blood here.

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It will just it. Get inside the first base bag.

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Gargillin out. I'm talking to Don Robinson.

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Hevner the batter. The batter will be the third base. Mike Smith.

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Mike Smith as he backs for Philadelphia. Will have a batting average of 253. 21 homers and 77 runs matted in.

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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.

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Don Robinson will go to the full wind-up on Smith. Winging in a good hard slider on the inside corner.

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Three straight hits after two away. Putting the Phillies in business and they've scored one run.

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Important spot here to get Smith. The unduck hitters the catcher Bob Boone.

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They can look at the runners. Now delivers to Smith. Up and in. Two tight with a fast ball. One ball. One strike.

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So Mike Smith. One of the glamour boys of the National League. One ball and one strike.

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Don Robinson quickly to the line in the pitch on the way. High inside again. Two balls and one strike.

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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,

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he was over throwing. He was tighter than a drum and he was over muckling the ball. Here's the two-one-fifth.

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Winging in a line drive through Robinson and left and Bill Hazard side-refired.

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Smith lines out to the left fielder Bill Robinson. The Phillies have to settle for one run. On three hits.

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Hevner drove in Maddox. There weren't any errors and two Phillies were left.

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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.

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The Pirates are just now coming into back. Randy Lertz, the left-handed for Danny Ozarks Phillies, has completed the warm-up passes.

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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.

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Also in Phillies on the 12th of August, we beat him 10-to-one. And now Frank Tveras, with a good night last night,

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four parades in the twin-bills with the buck-o-slip, comes in hitting two 79s. 38 runs batted in, 46 stolen bases.

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And we'll be leading it off trying to start something to get that run back.

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Tveras will be followed by Moreno and Markzler. The left-hander Lertz delivers the Tveras and it's low inside of all.

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Lertz's battery made his bomb-bow. McBurk's face when Hempner buys more in seconds.

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Shortstop, Bola, Schmidt at third. Here's the one-oh to Franky. They bounce through here short. Convenient, Hempner.

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Good strong call. Gotti made it close though. Franky huts one down that line. And it's one-away.

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Short's at first, Bola to Hempner. Their outfields, standards were zinky-left, Mattick, Stetter and McBride in right.

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Pirate coaches in place. They want business in a hurry. Almond second first. Jolin at third.

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Omar Moreno just now leaving the on-deck circle. Last night he was free for seven and drove in a run.

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Moreno batting 234. Two homers. 31 runs batted in. 69 stolen bases.

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Sometime today or tomorrow he could tie and break the club record set last year by Tveras at 70.

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Facing the left-hander, Randy Lurch. And Parker has moved on deck. Here's the pitch.

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Low inside, ball one.

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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.

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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.

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Omar Moreno left-hand batter against the left-hand. Deliveries of Lurch.

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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.

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An interesting note and quite a tribute to a young man from Washington, Pennsylvania.

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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.

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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.

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He stayed up all night making a new one to replace it. Nice going, Howie Millick. Make tenets. Make tenets.

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Here's the two-to-fits. And a breaking pitch with something off too close to the letters. Three balls. Two strikes.

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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.

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All right, a payoff pitch to Moreno. Down and out he walks it. Walks to Moreno. Now he gets the leading base-sealer on.

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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.

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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.

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Last night another goal for himself that he reached. A hundred-one scored. Here's the pitch to him.

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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.

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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.

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A hundred and ninety-three hits. He's still got a shot of 200, you know that?

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And his batting average is 3-35. And it's just 20 of hit of the year against the Phillies.

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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.

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Last night did not get a hit on the double header. He wants to do more than that today.

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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.

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Radick's coming on and he can really cover some ground. The bases will be loaded for Willie Sargell.

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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.

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One of last night's heroes when he hit a three-run homer in the first game.

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The club's starting to get up all the way around again. They're going to salute Willie Sargell this time.

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What a popular figure he is in this great city. Captain Willie Sargell of the pirates.

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And another ovation for Sargell. 2-94 batting average. 27 homers. 93 runs batted in.

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Left hand pitcher against the left hand batter. And here's a pitch to Sargell.

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He swings and he misses. He was going for a grand slam with that cut. But he left that bat fly.

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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.

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Lurch winding. Hicks to Sargell. Followed off up to the left side out of play.

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And Lurch is out in front of the captain. 0-2. They got Brewster warming up in the bullseye.

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Brewster who last night walked in the winning run in the ninth inning of the second game.

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A pirate on every base with one out. Sargell trying to deliver.

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Billy's leading one to nothing opening innings. Winging. A high drive.

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Seat's better. Hicks back. Will get it. Grand slam. Grand slam. Grand slam.

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Woo!

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Oh, it ain't Toledo. How about that? Will catch Willie with Willie.

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Giner shows butch. Like a high outside of all.

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Graham. Graham Sargell. 28 homers. 97 RBIs. Come back of the air. Give him the trophy today.

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Here's the butch to Giner. High outside. Ball. 2.

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1. Maria Grand slam. There's Ball 3.

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Let's see if he ever hit one against the Phillies.

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Running to the first guide up would be Captain Willie's first slam against the Phillies.

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Ball forward to Giner. The Butchers are coming for La Trolla.

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Gray Ripplemeyer, the pitching coach is on the way.

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Captain Willie Sargell had a grand slam home run over the Butterfield Wagon gate.

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Knappick duck with it about 20 feet of the wall and said, RR is stuck.

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It was close enough to use, I'll say that.

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All right, they've had their conference.

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They didn't go to get him.

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They just want to talk to him.

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Rooster continues to warm up in the bullpen.

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It's 4-1, Pirate.

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Here is Dale Barra.

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The stretch sticks to him and the strike call on the inside corner.

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This ground is still in a scissor over Willie Sargell.

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Get a towering home run for Grand Slam.

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Go to first, not in time on Geiner.

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Geiner, who was honored before the game,

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receiving his watch from president of the league,

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Jeff Beanie, for being co-player of the week with Parker.

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There's a slow roller up the third-bass side foul,

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and it's 0-2.

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No balls and two strikes.

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We've got a runner at first base, Phil Geiner.

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Dale Barra is the hitter with 0-2.

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The on-deck hitter is the catcher at half.

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And the can of let's go buck, wing through three rivers.

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Let him hear it on a pitch stadium.

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There's a ball high and outside.

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Let him know there's another game in town.

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Base ball is still very much with us there.

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I have to take anything away from the Panthers.

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I hope they win 50-0.

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Here's the pitch, swinging in a looping pop out into shallow

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right behind the second baseman, Pryce Moore grabs it.

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But it started out and looked like it had a chance to drop behind him.

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But it was a dying clay, it was a turned off.

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That makes it two away and brings up Eddard.

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The first one goes in last night's first game.

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4-1 on Stardale's Grand Slam.

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Left hand pitcher, left hand batter.

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The pitch. Big breaking ball, low outside.

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He's got seven Grand Slams this year compared to only four all last year.

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There's a high pop foul out of play over to the left side.

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Bill Robinson against the Cubs, centered against Montreal, Milner against New York,

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Milner against Chicago, Garner against the Cardinals, Garner against Montreal,

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and today he's Darkle against the Phillies.

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The first not in time. So it's been a Grand Slam year,

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and there's one thing that'll really make it a Grand Slam,

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win today, win tomorrow.

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Runner going, swinging a miss, throw down, too high, so in base.

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Garner, still second, is 27th of the year.

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Boone hustled up when his throw-in was too high.

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He's got 207 for the Cubs.

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So there's a duck on the pond for Red Hat.

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One ball with two strikes. Here's the fifth.

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There's a fly ball out of the right center, but Maddox coming across is going to be there.

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He can cover some ground, I want to tell you.

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He's into the fans, saluting the box, and especially Willie Darkle.

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Willie tips his cap to a standing ovation. We played one inning.

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It's the Pirates Four and the Phillies one.

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I said this crowd was one of the erupts about 10 minutes ago.

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I didn't know how ready they were.

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I should say, for less time, you'll have it.

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He now has 11 Grand Plans.

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Ralph Kainer had 12, Rogers Hornby 12, Ernie Banks 12, Gill Hodge is 14, Aaron 16.

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Kainer's been the only side of the year as the all-time leader in this league with 18.

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Here is the pitch to Boone, and a spike is called for underway in the second inning.

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The bottom third of the order, Boone, Sismore, and maybe Lurch.

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Boone, right-hand batter, good receiver, and having a good year with the bats.

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Hitting 281. There's a line drive and a left field for a base hit.

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Robinson over quickly to play it to keep it from going to the corner.

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It's a lead-off single for Boone. He had a 3-2 pitch.

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The line drive, there, leaped as high as he could, but it was still about five feet over him.

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So, that is hit number four for the visiting Phillies.

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Put the runner on with nobody out and brings up Ted Sismore.

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Sismore hitting 221. No homers, 24 runs batted in.

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In last night's double header, the Phillies' second baseman went 0 for 7.

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Head-out when I have to have a little chat with John Robinson.

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Coming back in behind home plate, Randy Lurch, who served up the grand slam the schedule, is on deck.

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John Robinson stretching.

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Looks back over the shoulder, delivers. High inside of all, and it's 1-0.

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And now Larry Sherry is going to call time to pitch in coach.

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He wants to have a word with his vise-cubal.

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Larry Sherry, make no bones about it.

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Pushed down Robinson from practically the first wing of the week of spring training on that he was good enough to make this glove.

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And the youngster responded to that treatment and he pitched his way onto the staff.

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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.

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And Larry Sherry knows something about being a good rookie pitcher.

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He was a good one with a Dodgers, no doubt about it.

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They're a little alike too, you know that?

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Yes they are.

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One ball, no strike, pitch on the way.

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Strike with a slider, one ball, one strike.

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A ball and a strike as Boone leads off his first.

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John Robinson tells staffs the letters, hesitates there, checks the runner again, one-one decides more.

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Strike cold, outside corner to knees.

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And no draw back at all, no thought ever of pitching anybody else in this game.

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When you've come this far the old saying, dance with him who'll bring you and John Robinson helps get us here.

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One ball and two strikes.

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The stretch and the pitch, swinging high bouncer to Baratheon, he'll flip to Geiner, one-fire to first, double player.

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And I'm going to tell you something, that was not a double play ball.

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That was a very high chop.

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In most cases you'd have been satisfied with a force on that.

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But Geiner at almost anticipation of thinking that.

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Never had the ball in his gloves, a little reflection on Mayas right there of the old pirate fans will excuse me.

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Comparison, but that's what he had to do in order to do it.

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And to verify the fine job, aggressively charging the ball.

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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.

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Not in 2-24, he's had one homer driven in 7 runs.

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Sends a high fly ball to deep right center, for ain't no back, he'll never get it, it's gone.

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And John Robinson kicking the mound, he'd likely be kicking himself in the seat of the pants.

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As Randy Lurtz hits the home run of his own, it's his second of the year.

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He hit it over the deep right center field fence and that makes it 4-2.

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It's his second lifetime and they both come this year.

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Here's Bake McBride, flying to center in the first inning to start the game.

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Hits John away, fly ball, left center, Marino in track of it, he's right there, side retired.

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McBride out on a fly ball to fairly deep left center.

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One run on two hits, broke out in a strange place like last night with Flugger Keeson.

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And Lurtz homer has scored a run, no errors and nobody left.

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We've played an inning and a half, it's the Pirate 4, the Phillies 2.

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Randy Lurtz, you homer to get himself back within 2, is ready to work in the bottom of the second.

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And he'll be doing it against John Robinson, who has been our best hitting pitcher as far as number of hits.

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As a rookie he has collected 19 hits.

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And he's going to lead it off in the bottom of the second inning.

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The 11 grand slams for Starchel Ties, Kiner's mark has a pirate.

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I mentioned earlier that Kiner had 12, so he had the other one either as a cub or an indian.

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And he's going to hit it with a cup.

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And a miss and a strike two on John Robinson.

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And he had it with a cup.

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Here's the 0-2 pitch, swinging a high bounce right side, Seismore going to wait for it to come down,

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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.

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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.

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Tavares in the first inning, bounce to the shortstop Boa.

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And Lurch has pitched to him as down low, one ball, no strikes.

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Nobody on but H, one away.

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No, he's about hit the Bucks 5-3 with the Pirates lead in the score and a strike call to the inside corner.

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One and one to the Pirate shortstop Frank Tavares with Omar Moreno on deck.

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One ball, one strike, Lurch kicks and fires.

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A bouncer right outside Seismore, convenient big hop, throws on to hip there and it's two away.

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Two plays, second to first, getting down Robinson and Frank Tavares, and now it will bring up centerfielder Omar Moreno,

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who started the upsurge in the first with a walk.

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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.

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Here's Omar.

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Moreno facing the left-hander Randy Lurch.

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Moreno hitting 2-36 as he stands in, here's the pitch to him.

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There's a foul, left here to the left, going to give those fans another shot, and they catch this one.

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Same booth that they had trouble in before, but this one,

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what do you think the averages are on that?

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Now that happened in twice in one day, and giving them another shot.

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They'll never forget it, the excitement of the weekend and catching a foul ball in a clumb level booth.

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A strike call on the outside corner, Lurch has Moreno in a hole 0-2.

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Moreno stepping back a moment.

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Now as he is ready, Brohne drops the fingers for Lurch.

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Shakes off one, now he's ready.

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Here's the 0-2 pitch, big breaking pitch with something off of it, goes outside, one ball, two strikes.

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Omar laid off of that one.

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Something he's done a much better job on in the last two months.

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One-two pitch, strike three calls, another tablizing curve, but this one comes with strike zone.

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Omar caught looking, first strike out for Lurch, after a shaky first inning, Lurch comes back with a three up three down second.

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So we play two innings, Mino Hamilton in.

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Lanny Fratelli is always with the story, as we go to the third, it'll be Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2.

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Getting ready to go to the third inning with the pirates on top and a four to two game over Philadelphia.

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We're right at the top of the hour, let's flood all of our stations around the tri-state,

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and we'll find themselves right here on the pirates baseball network.

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This is your pirate network for Keystone Country WFBGFM, Altona.

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The time is one minute after three o'clock.

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Larry Boa, who pops up in the first inning to Vera, will lead off to third for the Philly.

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He steps in and so does Lanny.

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Larry Boa is off for one, he pops up to third base for Vera in the first inning.

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Get in with a two 94 batting average, three home runs, 43 runs, batted in.

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Larry's in front four to two in the third, Don Robinson pitch,

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Boa is playing some files back on the screen, Boa, Maddox and Luzovsky in the third.

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Luzoley's pretty much going with the same lineup at all three games, the exception in the second game last night, they

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lose McCarver behind to play with Carlson on the mound.

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Robinson drill one pitch, flying out and pops up,

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down the right field, Garner out, Parker in, and Dave Parker will take Gards one away.

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Fly ball in the down the right field, Boa flying out, leading off the third,

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bring up center fader Gary Maddox, Maddox had the first of three straight singles after two out in the first inning,

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and score the opening front and out of the arrest, four or two,

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pilots are leading, we're in the top of the third.

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Maddox right-handed batter, and Don Robinson delivers the first pitch,

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Garner out and fouled back on the screen, Maddox hitting 286.

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Boa, what a gorgeous afternoon, this is just beautiful.

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Here's the old one pitch, Dave shot back to the block just by the club of Robinson out of the center field,

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and the new from Maddox, that's at number six for some of the outfields.

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Pirates are leading four to two on Willie Sargill's first inning grand slam,

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and that'll bring out left fader Greg Lozinski for the Phillies, he had a base hit to center field in the first inning.

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Robinson picks up a play, it's flying out and pops foul on a play on the right side, it's like one.

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The first one out, Robinson comes to the set, long hesitation, one strike,

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pitches, foul back, it just stares, one ball, no balls and two strikes.

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Top of the third, pirates leading four to two, Willie Sargill with a first inning grand slam.

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Those two pitch, rockin' out.

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Blackout number one for John Robinson, here's a pick inside and hit, hit batsman, caught him in the right arm.

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That is the first free pass issued in the ball game, John Robinson gives the hit batsman to Kevner,

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on him during the right arm.

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Pirates are leading four to two, Willie's got single runs in the first and second innings.

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Willie Sargill had the grand slam home run for the bucks from the bottom of the first.

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Mike Smith sets the inning line down to left fader Bill Robinson in the first.

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Smith right handed batters, friendly close to him. John Robinson delivers, checks wing,

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ground ball five of them out, second base when Garner has it closed,

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the Sargill's Smith is out, fillin' the filly.

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Go around one hit, a hit batsman, two men left on, after two and a half innings of play,

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three river stadiums, inside buckles, four and son of Nell Fiat two.

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Getting ready for the bottom of the third, the Loviner, the box for the fillies,

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again tomorrow afternoon here at the stadium, a 135 game and there are still seats available for tomorrow,

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Friday and we'll be telling you more about the second availability as we go throughout the broadcast

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and we even hope to have an update on the second situation on our post game show.

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So we'll have a final award as we can give you on the second availability tomorrow,

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the second's available. Right ready for the bottom of the third, Dave Parker steps again,

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I guess Randy Lerch, Parker with a base hit to right field of the first,

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and he was one of the three men on board with the Grand Slam.

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Parker batting 335, Lerch delivers, Parker swings and they bob all outside the third base bag.

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Parker batting 3rd this afternoon, so Robinson in the clean up spot has been

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standard lately for the box against West Ended Citrus, Robinson bats fourth,

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again right in the end of Citrus, still moves down six and Sargele bats fourth,

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and Parker swings and golfs and foul. Either they box feet, gets back out again, no balls, two strikes.

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Randy Lerch, pumping up with an O2 pitch, off speed, breaking fifth second out,

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and he's tied to hold up, but that's David who brings him up, and that is strikeout number two for Randy Lerch.

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One away in the third, that is left field of Bill Robinson, Bill singles two,

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then a field of the first.

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Pirate fourth, Billy Sue, bottom of the third, Lerch delivers a strike.

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Oh one pitch, long on and miss, and a field ball, two strikes.

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One back, O2 pitch, long on and miss, field ball up high, and he'll face the bats,

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hit, struck him out, that's three strikes, Lerch. Here's Willie Sargele with the grand slam of the first inning,

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and this header into the box, just so many here, the Super Sider in Pittsburgh,

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receiving a standing ovation from the crowd here this afternoon.

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Sargele, the grand slam of the first inning, his 11th career grand slam, steps in,

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swings and misses, and a good rip, five-steps at strike one.

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Willie batting 296, 28 home runs this year, 97 runs batted in.

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Tech swing, tap the right side, second base with Stilesmore,

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trying to get hands and clips down to have Sargele's half the box to reset,

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and then one, two, three in the third, and after three innings of play,

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that's half the new action from three river stadiums, Pittsburgh,

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and the Philadelphia Phillies too.

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I think a lot of the wives, everybody associated with the box,

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a lot of fans, not much sleep last night, a lot of anxious moments,

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a lot of people just wanted to sit up all night long last night and talk about the double-header victory.

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And we're ready for number four, how much pressure do you get last night, my lord, do you get enough?

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Well, I got to about three, we'll come about every hour on the hour,

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replaying the finishes, and it was quite a night, and the fuck those deserved it, they really battled them.

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Well, it's quite a day, let's get number four.

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All right, we're ready with Boone stepping in, he had a base set in the second inning,

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he let off, and then was erased in a size more about 1,000,

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and it sounded a double play, and he's up there now one for one against John Rubin,

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from the Pirates are leading 4-2, and the first pitch went across the letters on the inside corners.

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No balls in one strike.

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John Robinson, kick-shiny brings it, off the, bounces short, great big hop,

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Tavares, grass, throws, got him, and it's Walle.

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Lang Tavares, throws out Bob Boone to start the four-binning.

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That'll bring up second baseman's size more.

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Well, we've had an example of Buck Tower here today with a grand slam by the captain.

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We get some more on that mound with a hard-strolling right-hander, John Robinson,

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and the Buck Brigade, and Buck Tower, and head-out banners, peek through.

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The Geiner banners, all the ones out in the right field, there's one of those flattened affilies.

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You know what you should have done with that flatten, you should have felt flattened, P-H.

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There's a line drive to center, Marlene O'Han, about five steps, and it's two down.

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Landy Lurch has been up once, and there was a big one for him.

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He's a home run over the deep right-center field fence.

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North Carolina, the last we heard, was leading the panthers three to nothing.

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Here's the fence, at the outside of Walle.

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One and all to count, as Lurch fasts with nobody on in front of him and two away.

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McBride would be an excellent forefitting, John Robinson working with a two-run lead.

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Back him out of there, two balls, no strike.

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Lurch just stepped down a moment.

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Now he's ready and throws Robinson.

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And there's a strike right down the middle to make it two and one.

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Tomorrow it'll be the Candyman, if that one's on the line, that was just the way the panthers predicted it.

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If it comes to the game we need, the Candyman will be there. Here's the two ones.

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And there's a drive into right field again.

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Parker at the wall, and it's gone.

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Another home run for Landy Lurch.

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He's doing it all himself.

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And he's sprinting around the bases, he doesn't bother with a home run strike.

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And it's four to three.

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Now it's getting serious.

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That'll bring up Bate McBride, who's about to place on five balls to center.

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A home run over the right field, and Parker went back.

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But then at the very last second as he got to the wall, realized it was over him and gone.

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And it is four to three.

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Randy Lurch says that two solo homers.

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Don Robinson's going to shut the door.

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Here's the thing, swinging in a high foul, out of play over to the left side.

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The rookie right-hander has now thrown 20 home run balls, and two today to the opposing pitcher.

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That was not in the game plan.

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He's got two goals in one strike.

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It's to McBride, ball one and one, lower two up next.

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The leads have out hit, the pirates seven to three, the pirates still clinging to a lead in a four to three game.

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The Willie Sargeau Grand Slam is the only thing holding up right now,

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and that's the difference in this four to three pirate lead.

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Here's the one-one.

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That's the third base flight. Bear in. Bear in. Won't be able to play it.

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It'll be a base hit.

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McBride with the element of surprise, and just tapping at that ball and putting some back spin on it.

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And that is hit number eight.

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And that will bring up Larry Bola over two. He's over ten in the series.

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Bola switch interbounding left-handed against the right-hander, Don Robinson,

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who's made two mistakes on his mound upon at work.

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And right now McBride, a scripty, is at first base.

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Got to watch him closely.

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Robinson stretches, looks back, throws over, does not get out.

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Boy, it was close. Good, strong throw right on target. McBride just did make it back in.

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00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:26,000
Pirates leading four to three, top of the fourth inning.

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00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:28,000
Bucks got bears in a cluster.

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Bill just scored one in the first, one in the second, one in the fourth.

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Robinson from the stretch, and here comes the ball.

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Bounce foul right side past Tony Taylor, the first base coach.

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No balls, one strike.

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Mamek would be next.

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After two away, Lurch-Homard.

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Then that was followed by a Bunt single by McBride.

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It was McBride first hit today and his third in the series.

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No balls, one strike, Bola waiting.

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Trying to give him by head-off.

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Don Robinson takes a peek over the shoulder, not stretching yet.

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Now he does.

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00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:09,000
McBride with his lead. He's not going.

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Swung on, fly ball, right field, park her over near the line, comes in and has it.

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And the inning is over.

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But the Phillies get on the board again.

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A home run by Lurch.

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00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:23,000
There were a couple of this.

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One of the errors, one man left.

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It's tightened up from the buck-o-backs who've got to start battling again.

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After three and a half, Pirates four, Phillies three.

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Remember tomorrow's big prize day.

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Hundreds of you fans will win great prizes worth thousands of dollars.

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00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:45,000
You just might win a brand new car, a trip to Mexico or one of the other fabulous prizes.

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00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:47,000
That's tomorrow.

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00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:49,000
The big prize for fans, bearer.

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00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:53,000
Certainly an evidence the big prize might be a flag for the buck.

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That's tomorrow at 1.35.

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Pirate prize day.

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00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:02,000
Giner walks in the first inning in Stilivay, swinging a miss.

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00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:08,000
You know you can buy your tickets or register without obligation with any Pirates or Murphy's ticket outlet.

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00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:11,000
Winners will be confirmed by mail or phone.

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00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:18,000
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.

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00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:20,000
Giner will be followed by Bearer.

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He's already on deck.

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Then it'll be head-up.

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00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:24,000
Pirates are batting into fourth inning.

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00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:26,000
They had a 4-1 lead at one time.

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Now it is 4-3.

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00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:35,000
Randy Lurch has taken things into his own hands as it were, a bat and hit-to-home run.

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00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:37,000
Leo Cupid.

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High ball.

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1-2.

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Lurch getting the sign.

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00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:51,000
Giner waiting 1-2-5.

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00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:54,000
A bouncer third, convenient big hop for a charging smith.

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00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:59,000
That throws on to first. Hey, that was close.

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00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:02,000
Giner hustled down that line and made him get it there.

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00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:06,000
Nobody will be disappointed in seeing somebody run down a base bat like that.

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00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:09,000
That was a very close play as it turned out.

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00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:15,000
That throws out Giner, one down to the fourth, brings up third baseman Dale Bearer.

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00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:20,000
Bearer popped up to size more the second baseman in the opening inning.

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00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:24,000
Gargles Grand Slam has the pirates in front, 4-3.

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It's DeBara and he'll face in a Tomahawk job, a pit that was up.

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And a line drive single to center for Dale Bearer, his first hit of the series.

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00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:39,000
That is hit number four for the pirates in the game.

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00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:42,000
The Phillies have doubled the hit, calamates the four on it.

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And now here is Eddott who's flying out to the center fielder in the opening inning.

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00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:56,000
Eddott facing Randy Lurtz, down Robinson to up next.

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00:57:56,000 --> 00:58:01,000
The crowd would like to see the more bucko bats explode here.

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00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:04,000
He's gotten down to a one run difference.

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00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:07,000
Now the stretch in the looks of first, here's the fifth.

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He's trying to go after a slow curve and let it go by.

604
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:14,000
Bob Boone wants an appeal, the plate umpire does.

605
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:21,000
Certainly some pirates just know he did not go after it, it's a ball.

606
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:25,000
Want to know who the Eddott is.

607
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:27,000
Looked at DeBara, here's the fifth.

608
00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:31,000
Breaking fifth high, two balls, no strikes.

609
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:34,000
The crowd trying to get things going again.

610
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:37,000
Trying to be a disruptive force against the Phillies.

611
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:42,000
I'll tell you one thing, it helped last night, you could tell this crowd was with them.

612
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:46,000
Two balls and no strikes, now the sort of first you got to pick off going.

613
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:48,000
Throw down to the shortstop and they'll tag him out.

614
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:54,000
That is a one three sixth.

615
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:58,000
Good move that time by Lurtz.

616
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:02,000
DeBara had no place to go but keep on going hoping that Hefner would throw it wide

617
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:05,000
if Ola but he didn't do it, it's a one three sixth.

618
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:09,000
And now with nobody on and two away.

619
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:11,000
Here's the pitch to Eddott.

620
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:16,000
And that is a ball.

621
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:18,000
Three balls and no strikes.

622
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:21,000
Odd batting eighth on Chuck's lineup card today.

623
00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:24,000
And that is low O'Borough, it gets away from the catcher,

624
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:27,000
Odd's going to hustle down the line and make Boone go get it.

625
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:30,000
And now he's going to have to throw it and he does.

626
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:34,000
So it is a walk to Eddott with two away.

627
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:37,000
That is the third walk given up by Randy Lurtz.

628
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:42,000
And it will bring him down Robinson.

629
00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:48,000
Down Robinson in the second inning bounced out to side for a second base.

630
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:56,000
He'll be stepping in with that added person two away bottom of the fourth inning.

631
00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:59,000
Knocking knowing they have to win to stay alive.

632
00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:01,000
That's the simplicity of this game.

633
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:05,000
There's a high bounceer up behind, second, shortstop, low safe.

634
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:08,000
Boone couldn't get enough on the throw, threw it in the dirt.

635
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:09,000
It's safe everywhere.

636
01:00:09,000 --> 01:00:11,000
It's a base hit.

637
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:16,000
On in the second, Robinson gets a high shopper out over second base.

638
01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:18,000
Boone had to leap up to get it.

639
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:21,000
Then when he threw the ball, he threw it way down low for side for.

640
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:22,000
Not in time.

641
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:26,000
It is a base hit for down Robinson.

642
01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:31,000
Robinson picking up his 40 of hits as a pitcher in his rookie year.

643
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:34,000
Now here is Frank DeVere.

644
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:37,000
Pirates with four runs and five hits.

645
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:39,000
The Phillies with three runs on eight hits.

646
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:41,000
There have been no errors in the early going.

647
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:44,000
We're in the bottom of the fourth inning at three rivers.

648
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:49,000
Frank DeVere's hit list today is bounced out to play once the short on the other time to second.

649
01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:59,000
And as he steps in, the noise level comes up at three rivers.

650
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:04,000
The pitch off the strike call.

651
01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:08,000
Barry Foote is trotting toward their bullpen.

652
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:10,000
He's their number two catcher, I guess.

653
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:13,000
If you consider that McCarver usually only catches Carlson,

654
01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:17,000
Foote is the backup.

655
01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:18,000
Here's the pitch.

656
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:20,000
Swinging and he pops him up right side.

657
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:23,000
Hefner with a play over by the coaches box.

658
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:24,000
Hefner has it.

659
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:29,000
DeVere is out and so are the pirates.

660
01:01:29,000 --> 01:01:33,000
Made some noise but nobody stepped on that base station.

661
01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:34,000
No runs and two hits.

662
01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:35,000
No errors.

663
01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:36,000
A caught ceiling.

664
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:37,000
Two pirates are left.

665
01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:39,000
There was also a walk in the inning.

666
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:43,000
We played four if Nip Van Tucker again.

667
01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:50,000
And after four innings, pirates four Phillies three.

668
01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:55,000
And as we get ready to go here to the fifth inning, the pirates are in front four to three

669
01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:58,000
on a grand slam in the opening inning by Willie Sargell.

670
01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:00,000
Gives him 11 in his career.

671
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:04,000
The ties off Hefner and the pirates all time record.

672
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:09,000
And I'll tell you this, that grand slam is the difference right now.

673
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:13,000
Randy Lurch has hit two home runs for the Phillies off of Dan Robinson

674
01:02:13,000 --> 01:02:17,000
as we welcome the Cincinnati Reds Network to our broadcast.

675
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:18,000
See you Monday.

676
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:20,000
Yeah, get things ready at Riverfront.

677
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:26,000
We're going to be there Monday for a one o'clock game.

678
01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:32,000
They've got a rain delay in the Cincinnati game so they're carrying the pirate Philly

679
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:34,000
game and we welcome them aboard.

680
01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:36,000
It's four to three Pittsburgh.

681
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:41,000
Don Robinson is getting ready to work the fifth inning against Gary Monk who is two

682
01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:47,000
for two, Greg Glawzinski one for two and Hefner who is one for one with an RBI.

683
01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:54,000
Talk about nip with Doug Ballgames.

684
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:59,000
Blake Cullen who is the Public Relations Director of the National League has informed us

685
01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:05,000
that through last night's game there's been 333 one run games in our league this year.

686
01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:08,000
That ties the record set two years ago.

687
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:11,000
It's dramatic playing a bouncer deep short to bear with him.

688
01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:17,000
Fast man running, throw his high and he's safe.

689
01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:19,000
It's an error on the strike stop to Verich.

690
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:22,000
The throw was high, Sargell had to go way up to get it.

691
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:27,000
With Nadex's good speed he beat the wrap because of the time Sargell came down and Nadex was

692
01:03:27,000 --> 01:03:28,000
buying.

693
01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:30,000
It's the first error of the game.

694
01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:32,000
The tying run is aboard.

695
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:36,000
Error to Verich and that will bring up Greg Glawzinski who's single in the first.

696
01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:42,000
Struck off swinging in the third.

697
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:48,000
Now Sargell will hold against their leading base dealer Gary Manek who is on base for the third straight time.

698
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:51,000
With two singles and now the short stop throwing error.

699
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:56,000
Error to Wadzinski who at a tape measure home run here last night in the club level in the

700
01:03:56,000 --> 01:04:01,000
upper deck over the left field pavilion is facing down Robinson.

701
01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:02,000
Here's the fifth.

702
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:07,000
Winging it a fly ball right field, well hit.

703
01:04:07,000 --> 01:04:10,000
Marker back, he's at the fence and won't get it.

704
01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:12,000
It's off the top of the fence.

705
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:13,000
Rolling back into late center.

706
01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:14,000
Molino there to get it.

707
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:18,000
It's a double and they've got runners in second and third and nobody out.

708
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:22,000
That ball just missed being over the late center field fence.

709
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:26,000
Robinson's fitting for an opposite field home run and just did miss it.

710
01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:29,000
Marker went as high as he could but it was just off the top of the fence a good backup on that play by

711
01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:32,000
Molino.

712
01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:34,000
Coming over into right center to play the carom.

713
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:36,000
Wadzinski second hit of the day.

714
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:39,000
That's tip number nine for the Phillies.

715
01:04:39,000 --> 01:04:43,000
Now Richie Hebner will be batting with runners to second and third and nobody out and Chuck

716
01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:46,000
Tanner is on his way to the mound.

717
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:52,000
Eddie Whitson has been throwing in the bullpen as has left hander Grant Jackson.

718
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:59,000
But Tanner, he's not given any indication as to whether he's made up his mind or not.

719
01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:01,000
Yep, he's going to go to the left hander.

720
01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:04,000
Grant Jackson was Hebner up there.

721
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:13,000
Don Robin Finnu's given up nine hits including in that two home runs of the opposing pitcher Randy Lurch.

722
01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:19,000
And so the young rookie is gone.

723
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:25,000
And Grant Jackson who did a great job last night is coming on again.

724
01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:28,000
Don Robinson worked four plus innings.

725
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:31,000
Gave up three runs.

726
01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:36,000
The two men on a course of his responsibility.

727
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:42,000
And Grant Jackson who came out of that bullpen last night and relief of Keeson in the second game and really did a

728
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:49,000
yeoman job. So Buck is coming on for the 60th time this year.

729
01:05:49,000 --> 01:05:51,000
Seven wins, four losses.

730
01:05:51,000 --> 01:05:52,000
He has five saves.

731
01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:54,000
Goodie R.A. of 2.99.

732
01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:58,000
He's worked 75 innings.

733
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:04,000
So Jackson the veteran, he's been through it with Baltimore and the Yankees.

734
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:09,000
And he'll be coming on to face the first baseman Richie Hebner.

735
01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:13,000
With runners at second and third, Smith is on deck.

736
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:16,000
Van Boone and Seismore.

737
01:06:16,000 --> 01:06:19,000
Eddie Whitson continues to throw in the bullpen.

738
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:24,000
All right, we're ready to go with Grant Jackson facing Richie Hebner with runners at second and third.

739
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:26,000
Maddox third, the Wazinski second.

740
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:28,000
There's a high pop.

741
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:30,000
Farah over, will it come back for him?

742
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:38,000
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.

743
01:06:38,000 --> 01:06:43,000
Jackson in relief with Don Robinson and he comes in and a peck of trouble here.

744
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:48,000
Hebner drove in the one in the first inning with a double just inside the first base bag.

745
01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:53,000
In the third inning, Hebner was hit by a pitch.

746
01:06:53,000 --> 01:06:55,000
Here's the 0-1.

747
01:06:55,000 --> 01:07:01,000
Crowds team backs him out of there. One ball, one strike.

748
01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:08,000
Phillies are batting in the fifth. They fell behind 4-1, but they are making a comeback here.

749
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:11,000
The windup by Jackson and the pitch to Hebner.

750
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:13,000
Off speed pops it up, off behind second.

751
01:07:13,000 --> 01:07:18,000
Garner grabs it and the runners will not be able to move.

752
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:22,000
Garner has been playing second base like he owned it here in this series.

753
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:27,000
Racing out to get that ball behind second base.

754
01:07:27,000 --> 01:07:29,000
The runners still at second and third.

755
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:36,000
Garner is due. Garner is lying to lap and bounce to second.

756
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:39,000
Starkill came over to say something to Grant Jackson.

757
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:43,000
Now he's going over to first base.

758
01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:48,000
Mike Garner is super-aid in this series and they're going to put him on here.

759
01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:50,000
He got a base open and then he got bone.

760
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:55,000
He might have a chance to get that double play ball.

761
01:07:55,000 --> 01:07:59,000
Here comes the first of four intentional wide ones.

762
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:04,000
This will be the first walk to a Philly in the game.

763
01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:08,000
He'll load him up with one out and bring up the catcher, Bob Bohn.

764
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:11,000
You've got Whitson working in the bullpen.

765
01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:15,000
He's ready if Garner decides that's the direction he wants to go.

766
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:18,000
Whitson is the only one throwing at the moment.

767
01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:21,000
So there's ball four. The intentional pass completed.

768
01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:22,000
You have Maddox at third.

769
01:08:22,000 --> 01:08:25,000
Now it's Luzinsky at second.

770
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:27,000
Maddox weeps on a high throwing error by Daveris.

771
01:08:27,000 --> 01:08:29,000
Luzinsky doubled.

772
01:08:29,000 --> 01:08:31,000
A high off the right center field fin.

773
01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:34,000
That was the knockout punch on Dan Robinson.

774
01:08:34,000 --> 01:08:37,000
Jackson got hipner to pop up behind second to Garner.

775
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:42,000
They've now walked mid-inventionally and Bob Bohn is the Philly batter.

776
01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:44,000
Pirates leading four to three.

777
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:48,000
That is in jeopardy as the Philly's batting to fifth.

778
01:08:48,000 --> 01:08:51,000
Jackson looking at Bohn and here's the pitch to him.

779
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:53,000
He taps it up left side.

780
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:55,000
Dale Farrell wants it.

781
01:08:55,000 --> 01:09:02,000
Infield fly rule is in effect. He squeezes it two ways.

782
01:09:02,000 --> 01:09:09,000
A very big out there because the sacrifice fly can no longer tie it at this moment.

783
01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:14,000
And now, Pysmore who has hit into a double play and lying to center will be the batter.

784
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:16,000
And Danny Ozark is coming out.

785
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:20,000
He wants to say something to the point on fire.

786
01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:26,000
Danny Ozark has had more time today on the field than some of the players.

787
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:29,000
This time though it wasn't about any move by a pitcher.

788
01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:33,000
He went out to tell Ted Pysmore that he was going to pitch it for him.

789
01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:40,000
Pysmore is 0-2 today and 0-9 in the series.

790
01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:51,000
And Morrison will be the pinch hitter.

791
01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:55,000
Jim Morrison.

792
01:09:55,000 --> 01:10:01,000
Let's see what he's been doing with his bat.

793
01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:06,000
Morrison batting 1-54 but he has three homers in 10-Irby-Ive.

794
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:13,000
And Chuck Tanner comes out and asks the point on fire if he went out to him.

795
01:10:13,000 --> 01:10:16,000
Morrison did not appear in last night's double header.

796
01:10:16,000 --> 01:10:24,000
Morrison against this for the year is 0-4-12.

797
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:28,000
That also might be...

798
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:35,000
That might have been designed by Ozark to try to force Tanner to get Jackson out of the game.

799
01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:39,000
Tanner did go to the Maren but did not make that kind of a decision.

800
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:41,000
He just went out to talk.

801
01:10:41,000 --> 01:10:51,000
And now Morrison will be announced.

802
01:10:51,000 --> 01:10:53,000
Morrison and Infielder.

803
01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:56,000
He's come back to the on-deck circle and is working on the bat handle.

804
01:10:56,000 --> 01:10:59,000
The faces are loaded with fillies.

805
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:02,000
Grant Skexon came on in relief with Ted Lamitson.

806
01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:05,000
The box threw their one-run difference here.

807
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:07,000
Pirates 4-1-5 it.

808
01:11:07,000 --> 01:11:09,000
Got all four in the cluster in the first inning.

809
01:11:09,000 --> 01:11:13,000
When Captain Willie Sargill hit a grand slam over the wagon gate in deep center.

810
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:15,000
Hit it off a Randy Lurtz.

811
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:19,000
Lurtz has sent two of his own.

812
01:11:19,000 --> 01:11:21,000
Billy's 3-1-9 hits.

813
01:11:21,000 --> 01:11:23,000
The bases are loaded with two away.

814
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:25,000
Morrison a right hand batter.

815
01:11:25,000 --> 01:11:29,000
Now you've got a speed person and Maddox a third.

816
01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:33,000
He's coming for something here.

817
01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:38,000
Morrison came back and had a long talk after he was announced with Danny Ozar.

818
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:40,000
Jackson switched to him.

819
01:11:40,000 --> 01:11:47,000
And it's a ball outside and whoa, whoa and no strikes.

820
01:11:47,000 --> 01:11:51,000
Morrison stepping out, still trying to get loose.

821
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:55,000
Randy Lurtz, he of the two home runs and two trips today is on deck.

822
01:11:55,000 --> 01:11:57,000
One ball and no strikes.

823
01:11:57,000 --> 01:11:59,000
Lurtz in the third, delivering to Morrison,

824
01:11:59,000 --> 01:12:02,000
swinging a foul into the backstop, not even at one and one.

825
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:06,000
A ball and a strike.

826
01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:10,000
Grant Jackson who did really a marvelous job last night.

827
01:12:10,000 --> 01:12:16,000
Trying to do it again here.

828
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:23,000
Jackson works an inning in two-thirds and a strong release mid last night.

829
01:12:23,000 --> 01:12:27,000
Gensikovic was the winner in those ends of last night's Victoria's double header.

830
01:12:27,000 --> 01:12:32,000
Here's the one-one pitch, swinging a foul off to the right, back into the feet.

831
01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:34,000
One ball, two strikes.

832
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:41,000
This crowd's pulling now for Jackson.

833
01:12:41,000 --> 01:12:46,000
Maddox third, Lesinsky second, spin a first, two down.

834
01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:48,000
One ball and two strikes.

835
01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:49,000
Grant Jackson takes off a side.

836
01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:51,000
He's trying to do his career as a Billy.

837
01:12:51,000 --> 01:12:54,000
Now he's trying to shut the door on the old organization.

838
01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:58,000
He's just signed in, back into the 60s.

839
01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:02,000
Jackson went on to figure in better things at Baltimore.

840
01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:08,000
And now in his second year as a pirate, working much more and more effective in 1978,

841
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:12,000
now the crowd brings up their roar again as far as it jumps back in.

842
01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:15,000
As he spins it for size four, one two pitch,

843
01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:22,000
off-speed pitch high outside didn't go for it.

844
01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:25,000
Two balls, two strikes, two away.

845
01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:31,000
Third game of a four game series and Jackson winding, two-two to Morrison.

846
01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:37,000
Low inside in his ball three, strike two.

847
01:13:37,000 --> 01:13:39,000
Now he's come to the dilemma.

848
01:13:39,000 --> 01:13:41,000
Doesn't want to make it too good.

849
01:13:41,000 --> 01:13:44,000
Doesn't really want to walk into Tida's game.

850
01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:50,000
And it's a three-two delivery that's anticipated here by Morrison as he steps back in.

851
01:13:50,000 --> 01:13:54,000
The player says all right, time is back in and Jackson's going to go to a strike.

852
01:13:54,000 --> 01:13:56,000
Not giving those runners a chance to get a big lead.

853
01:13:56,000 --> 01:13:57,000
Here's the fifth.

854
01:13:57,000 --> 01:14:00,000
Waking them out, striking off with a fastball.

855
01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:14,000
Listen to the hands-free Jackson.

856
01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:16,000
What a job by Jackson.

857
01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:20,000
Don't wall Jackson has got the door on the billiard.

858
01:14:20,000 --> 01:14:22,000
An outstanding release job.

859
01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:24,000
We've reached the halfway point of this game.

860
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:26,000
We're in the middle of the fifth.

861
01:14:26,000 --> 01:14:28,000
And after four and a half of three rivers,

862
01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:33,000
the excitement wanes the frame here as the battling marks are doing just that.

863
01:14:33,000 --> 01:14:43,000
It's the Pirates Four and the Millies Three.

864
01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:46,000
Red Heroson is the new second baseman.

865
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:51,000
All right, Randy Lurch facing Molino who is lost and struck out.

866
01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:54,000
Left-handed delivers to him and it's laying in a high,

867
01:14:54,000 --> 01:14:59,000
short-stop left fielder all moving down and it falls off foul,

868
01:14:59,000 --> 01:15:01,000
upside the line.

869
01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:06,000
Well, since he came a long, long way, give him credit for a great effort.

870
01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:11,000
He really had those fire-plug-like churnin' but he couldn't get to it.

871
01:15:11,000 --> 01:15:15,000
It was in foul down and it's rank one to Omar Molino.

872
01:15:15,000 --> 01:15:17,000
Molino walked in the first inning.

873
01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:20,000
He was on base when Sturgill hit the Grand Slam.

874
01:15:20,000 --> 01:15:26,000
North Carolina's gone back a foot of fifth, nine to seven.

875
01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:31,000
Here it's the Pirates Four and the Millies Three.

876
01:15:31,000 --> 01:15:34,000
Omar Molino came over to the on-deck circle.

877
01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:36,000
Working on that bat hand a little bit.

878
01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:41,000
Right over there by Parker, the on-deck hitter.

879
01:15:41,000 --> 01:15:43,000
Pirates need to get something going again.

880
01:15:43,000 --> 01:15:45,000
Put some daylight in this score.

881
01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:47,000
Pittsburgh in front, four to three.

882
01:15:47,000 --> 01:15:50,000
There are no tomorrow for the 78 Pirates.

883
01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:52,000
They have to win today. They have to win tomorrow.

884
01:15:52,000 --> 01:15:55,000
They have to win Monday at Cincinnati.

885
01:15:55,000 --> 01:15:57,000
Here's the other one, fifth.

886
01:15:57,000 --> 01:15:59,000
Look out! Almost hit him in the head.

887
01:15:59,000 --> 01:16:02,000
One ball, one strike.

888
01:16:09,000 --> 01:16:12,000
Strings, strings happening.

889
01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:16,000
Back in the middle of August, the Pittsburgh Pirates were humiliated

890
01:16:16,000 --> 01:16:20,000
at Philadelphia, dropped 11-and-a-half games back.

891
01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:24,000
Now the two was on the other foot of the bucks and keep it going.

892
01:16:24,000 --> 01:16:27,000
He punched it up in the air, it's up on the screen.

893
01:16:27,000 --> 01:16:30,000
He was trying to track that one and he popped it up on the screen.

894
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:32,000
One ball and two strikes.

895
01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:37,000
Molino stepping out, looking at his third base coach,

896
01:16:37,000 --> 01:16:41,000
Joe Lennard, Randy Lurch has kept himself in his gold ballgame with his bat.

897
01:16:41,000 --> 01:16:44,000
He has hit two home runs.

898
01:16:44,000 --> 01:16:47,000
He gave up a grand slam to Starchel in the first inning.

899
01:16:47,000 --> 01:16:50,000
It's four to three, Pittsburgh, out of it a fifth.

900
01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:57,000
A good Saturday afternoon crowd after almost 50 in here last night for the double header.

901
01:16:57,000 --> 01:17:01,000
One ball and two strikes and a pitch on the lay.

902
01:17:01,000 --> 01:17:03,000
Swing and a foul, he's still alive.

903
01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:06,000
That one fouled off of his left instep.

904
01:17:06,000 --> 01:17:10,000
An excellent crowd here today, considering the fact that fifth batters are home

905
01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:15,000
and that is as it should be.

906
01:17:15,000 --> 01:17:17,000
It's got his football season.

907
01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:20,000
I'll tell you, there's a lot of baseball fans

908
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:24,000
that are interested in what the buck goes do with the Phillies.

909
01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:29,000
We win tomorrow, they put them in here tomorrow with a shoehorn.

910
01:17:29,000 --> 01:17:33,000
Not only is it prize day for the fans with all those gifts,

911
01:17:33,000 --> 01:17:39,000
but the big surprise of all might be dangled for the taking the Eastern Division flag.

912
01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:43,000
And that's what the buck's hanging on and fattling to do here.

913
01:17:43,000 --> 01:17:44,000
One ball and two strikes.

914
01:17:44,000 --> 01:17:46,000
Molina waiting, Randy Lurch delivers.

915
01:17:46,000 --> 01:17:48,000
Swing and a miss, struck him out.

916
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:50,000
Second straight time he's got him.

917
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:52,000
That's four strikeouts for Lurch.

918
01:17:52,000 --> 01:17:58,000
Makes it one away in the bottom of the fifth and brings up Parker, who is one for two.

919
01:17:58,000 --> 01:18:01,000
Parker with another batting title in his hip pocket.

920
01:18:01,000 --> 01:18:08,000
He's trying to make points for the MVP and I'll tell you, he made some last night.

921
01:18:08,000 --> 01:18:15,000
Lamby Lurch here for the Cobra and he steps in one for two.

922
01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:19,000
And a base hit on the first inning through the right side and the third inning struck out swinging.

923
01:18:19,000 --> 01:18:22,000
He's at five or ten in the series.

924
01:18:22,000 --> 01:18:26,000
He's batting three, thirty-four.

925
01:18:26,000 --> 01:18:28,000
Here's the fifth.

926
01:18:28,000 --> 01:18:34,000
There's a looping fly ball, left center and Maddox is going to be there.

927
01:18:34,000 --> 01:18:37,000
Gary Maddox breaking quickly to catch that one and it's two down.

928
01:18:37,000 --> 01:18:41,000
So Parker's out and it'll bring up Bill Robinson, who had a base hit on the first.

929
01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:43,000
Strikeout swinging in the third.

930
01:18:43,000 --> 01:18:46,000
Lurch is giving up five hits.

931
01:18:46,000 --> 01:18:57,000
Strikeout four has walked three.

932
01:18:57,000 --> 01:19:01,000
Bill Robinson, racing Lamby Lurch with nobody aboard in two away.

933
01:19:01,000 --> 01:19:03,000
Left half of the fifth and a ball low outside.

934
01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:06,000
One and over to Laby.

935
01:19:06,000 --> 01:19:08,000
Captain Willie moves on deck.

936
01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:13,000
He unloaded on Lurch with a slammer over the center field wagon gate in the first inning.

937
01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:18,000
There is a high drive that's going to go far away down the left side.

938
01:19:18,000 --> 01:19:22,000
Going to end up in our bullpen and it's one ball and one strike.

939
01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:27,000
Bill Robinson batting two forty-four.

940
01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:29,000
He's driven in seventy-nine runs.

941
01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:32,000
Fourteen homers.

942
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:36,000
Lurch with a side and into the motion, one one pitch.

943
01:19:36,000 --> 01:19:38,000
Outside high.

944
01:19:38,000 --> 01:19:44,000
I tell you the job that Jackson did in the top of the inning when he inherited a full-blown mess.

945
01:19:44,000 --> 01:19:47,000
Get thrown to pop up with the bases loaded.

946
01:19:47,000 --> 01:19:51,000
Strikeout pinch hitter Morrison with the bases loaded and into the filly fret.

947
01:19:51,000 --> 01:19:53,000
That's a ball outside.

948
01:19:53,000 --> 01:19:56,000
Three and one to Bill Robinson as he pops in the fifth inning.

949
01:19:56,000 --> 01:19:59,000
Pirates leading by a run in a four to three game.

950
01:19:59,000 --> 01:20:02,000
The three-one to Bill Robinson is hung on.

951
01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:03,000
Smash, granted third.

952
01:20:03,000 --> 01:20:05,000
Mike Schmidt with a long throw across.

953
01:20:05,000 --> 01:20:06,000
Got him.

954
01:20:06,000 --> 01:20:07,000
Three up, three down.

955
01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:08,000
Third to first.

956
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:10,000
Mike Schmidt to Hefner.

957
01:20:10,000 --> 01:20:12,000
We have played five complete innings.

958
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:15,000
And still anybody's game.

959
01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:17,000
The Bucs right now are leading.

960
01:20:17,000 --> 01:20:21,000
We'll go to the sixth with a Pirate's four and the filly's three.

961
01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:28,000
And as we get ready to go to the sixth inning, Buc Jackson is going to be looking

962
01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:33,000
at a pinch hitter, Jose Cardinal.

963
01:20:33,000 --> 01:20:38,000
The Randy Lertz, who after giving up the grand slam in the first inning did not will.

964
01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:41,000
He hung in there not only with his throwing arm but with his bat.

965
01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:44,000
He hit two home runs.

966
01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:46,000
He's going to be lifted now.

967
01:20:46,000 --> 01:20:51,000
Jose Cardinal will be the pinch hitter.

968
01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:58,000
Grant Jackson winding in here is the pinch to Cardinal's wings and fouls it up on the

969
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:00,000
top of the screen.

970
01:21:00,000 --> 01:21:03,000
The Warch has been lifted in favor of Cardinal.

971
01:21:03,000 --> 01:21:09,000
And McBride, two up next.

972
01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:13,000
Yankees leading Cleveland, seven to nothing after five.

973
01:21:13,000 --> 01:21:18,000
Bigarola pitching for the Pines Parmars at a ball high outside.

974
01:21:18,000 --> 01:21:25,000
Boston in front of Juano, five to one after five.

975
01:21:25,000 --> 01:21:26,000
That keeps up.

976
01:21:26,000 --> 01:21:31,000
They'll go to the final day of game apart with the Yankees in the driver's seat.

977
01:21:31,000 --> 01:21:32,000
One ball and one strike.

978
01:21:32,000 --> 01:21:34,000
Pinch hitter kind of out of waiting.

979
01:21:34,000 --> 01:21:35,000
Sign given by Eddott.

980
01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:37,000
And Jackson fits to it.

981
01:21:37,000 --> 01:21:39,000
That is a strike call.

982
01:21:39,000 --> 01:21:40,000
Breaking pitch.

983
01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:42,000
What's the plate up to with the knees?

984
01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:47,000
And it's one ball and two strikes.

985
01:21:47,000 --> 01:21:50,000
The Pirates and the Phillies battling right down to the wire.

986
01:21:50,000 --> 01:21:52,000
Baxons pitch to Cardinal.

987
01:21:52,000 --> 01:21:53,000
Please!

988
01:21:53,000 --> 01:21:57,000
And the message is striking out with a foul.

989
01:21:57,000 --> 01:21:58,000
Second strikeout for Jackson.

990
01:21:58,000 --> 01:22:00,000
Third strikeout of a filly in the game.

991
01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:02,000
Second straight pinch hitter that Jackson has.

992
01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:04,000
May their strikeout victim.

993
01:22:04,000 --> 01:22:09,000
And it brings up Big McBride.

994
01:22:09,000 --> 01:22:11,000
Big McBride has flyed to Spedder twice.

995
01:22:11,000 --> 01:22:16,000
Had a base hit that was a punch single in the fourth inning.

996
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:19,000
He'll be batting here with nobody on in front of him and one away.

997
01:22:19,000 --> 01:22:24,000
Top of the sixth inning.

998
01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:25,000
Jackson looking around.

999
01:22:25,000 --> 01:22:30,000
I think he wants Bill Robinson to shallow up a bit in left field.

1000
01:22:30,000 --> 01:22:36,000
Also move a little toward the line.

1001
01:22:36,000 --> 01:22:40,000
Drop down side of him and he's been the ball hit the bag and jumped down in the right field.

1002
01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:43,000
Down the line where Geiner will grab it quickly.

1003
01:22:43,000 --> 01:22:48,000
They're looking to throw the second but McBride realizing Geiner had made the excellent playout there.

1004
01:22:48,000 --> 01:22:51,000
Decided hey, as short as there will be enough.

1005
01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:54,000
He lined it right down the first base side.

1006
01:22:54,000 --> 01:22:58,000
It hit the bag and jumped about 30 feet in the air in the curse the minute it hit the bag.

1007
01:22:58,000 --> 01:23:05,000
It was a base hit and that is his second hit in this game and his fourth hit in the series.

1008
01:23:05,000 --> 01:23:07,000
That is the first hit off Jackson.

1009
01:23:07,000 --> 01:23:10,000
It's the tenth filly hit in the game.

1010
01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:12,000
And it'll bring up Larry Boer.

1011
01:23:12,000 --> 01:23:16,000
He's over a three today and Boer is over 11 in the series.

1012
01:23:16,000 --> 01:23:18,000
McBride at first one away.

1013
01:23:18,000 --> 01:23:20,000
The Phillies keep coming at you.

1014
01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:22,000
Pirates leading four to three.

1015
01:23:22,000 --> 01:23:24,000
There's a fly ball in the right field.

1016
01:23:24,000 --> 01:23:26,000
Parker will move back a couple of steps.

1017
01:23:26,000 --> 01:23:29,000
Come back in those two and grab it two away.

1018
01:23:29,000 --> 01:23:36,000
Boer is over 12 in this series.

1019
01:23:36,000 --> 01:23:39,000
That's going to bring up Gary Mannock.

1020
01:23:39,000 --> 01:23:42,000
He's been on base three straight times.

1021
01:23:42,000 --> 01:23:44,000
Single in the first and scored and a hipner double.

1022
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:45,000
There's a buck.

1023
01:23:45,000 --> 01:23:49,000
First base side Jackson would have had to throw in a hurry and it hit the runner in the back.

1024
01:23:49,000 --> 01:23:51,000
But Geiner again backing up.

1025
01:23:51,000 --> 01:24:03,000
Now to throw over Clark Bird and it'll be free for third base.

1026
01:24:03,000 --> 01:24:11,000
And it'll be an error on the throw.

1027
01:24:11,000 --> 01:24:14,000
Second pilot error.

1028
01:24:14,000 --> 01:24:16,000
Mannock is three for four today.

1029
01:24:16,000 --> 01:24:19,000
Running it up the first base side.

1030
01:24:19,000 --> 01:24:25,000
Chuck Tanner came to ask the umpire if he was sure that the runner was in that lane.

1031
01:24:25,000 --> 01:24:28,000
We've had a few of those calls this year.

1032
01:24:28,000 --> 01:24:32,000
Go against us and it was worth the ask.

1033
01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:34,000
So that's 11 hits for the Phillies.

1034
01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:36,000
And here comes Levincky.

1035
01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:38,000
He is single and double.

1036
01:24:38,000 --> 01:24:39,000
He's super clean today.

1037
01:24:39,000 --> 01:24:41,000
He's four for 10 in the series.

1038
01:24:41,000 --> 01:24:45,000
He's founding with one is on the corner and two down.

1039
01:24:45,000 --> 01:24:48,000
And Grant Jackson's going to look at the bull.

1040
01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:51,000
He's waiting for Jackson to stretch.

1041
01:24:51,000 --> 01:24:52,000
Here's the pitch.

1042
01:24:52,000 --> 01:24:54,000
Wing it as it drives.

1043
01:24:54,000 --> 01:24:56,000
And while Parker will never hold it.

1044
01:24:56,000 --> 01:25:01,000
It's a home run into left field for Marion and the Phillies are taking the lead.

1045
01:25:01,000 --> 01:25:02,000
It's a good start.

1046
01:25:02,000 --> 01:25:09,000
And the line drive for Michael Vensky into the left field for Marion and all of a sudden

1047
01:25:23,000 --> 01:25:24,000
is a different game.

1048
01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:25,000
Phillies leading six to four.

1049
01:25:25,000 --> 01:25:27,000
Their magic number, they only need a win.

1050
01:25:27,000 --> 01:25:32,000
And that's the first bit of emotion we've seen from the Phillies bench in this series.

1051
01:25:32,000 --> 01:25:35,000
They came out to greet the bull that time.

1052
01:25:35,000 --> 01:25:37,000
Runs four, five and six.

1053
01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:39,000
And now here is Hefner.

1054
01:25:42,000 --> 01:25:45,000
And the pitch backs him away at the shoulder.

1055
01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:48,000
Greg Levincky doing another number on the Pirates.

1056
01:25:48,000 --> 01:25:50,000
It's his 35th home of the year.

1057
01:25:50,000 --> 01:25:52,000
Gives him 101 RBIs.

1058
01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:55,000
It is his seventh home run against Pittsburgh.

1059
01:25:55,000 --> 01:25:58,000
And the bull low outside to Hefner makes it 2-0.

1060
01:26:00,000 --> 01:26:02,000
Phillies six, Pirates four.

1061
01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:04,000
Phillies about hit the Pirates 12-5.

1062
01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:06,000
Here's the 2-0 to Hefner.

1063
01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:10,000
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.

1064
01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:12,000
Two bulls, one strike.

1065
01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:16,000
Hefner has driven in the run with a double, been hit by a pitch and popped up the second.

1066
01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:18,000
A three run Philly inning.

1067
01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:19,000
We are in the sixth.

1068
01:26:19,000 --> 01:26:21,000
They have their second lead of the game.

1069
01:26:21,000 --> 01:26:23,000
It's their third home run.

1070
01:26:23,000 --> 01:26:25,000
And he learned to hit two before Levincky hit that one.

1071
01:26:25,000 --> 01:26:27,000
Bowled it back over here into the seat,

1072
01:26:27,000 --> 01:26:29,000
step above the third base dugout.

1073
01:26:29,000 --> 01:26:32,000
And it's two and two with two away.

1074
01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:40,000
Two bulls, two strikes and two outs.

1075
01:26:42,000 --> 01:26:44,000
Brad Jackson ready to work.

1076
01:26:44,000 --> 01:26:46,000
And a pitch on the way to Wichita.

1077
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:48,000
Off-speed curve ball, swung on high fly ball, right field.

1078
01:26:48,000 --> 01:26:51,000
Woke Terry, Parker waiting for it to come down.

1079
01:26:51,000 --> 01:26:53,000
Woke Levincky, left field.

1080
01:26:53,000 --> 01:26:55,000
And the side has been retired.

1081
01:26:57,000 --> 01:26:59,000
The Phillies get on the board with three.

1082
01:26:59,000 --> 01:27:01,000
The big ball of course was Zinske's three run homer.

1083
01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:03,000
There were three hits.

1084
01:27:03,000 --> 01:27:05,000
One error, throwing error on Jackson.

1085
01:27:05,000 --> 01:27:07,000
Nobody left the bull clean them off.

1086
01:27:07,000 --> 01:27:09,000
No, the buck's now.

1087
01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:12,000
You've been listening, the excitement again continues to build.

1088
01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:14,000
A three river stadium in Pittsburgh.

1089
01:27:14,000 --> 01:27:20,000
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.

1090
01:27:20,000 --> 01:27:28,000
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.

1091
01:27:28,000 --> 01:27:36,000
Although we understand now that our Man at the Weather Bureau reports that a break in the showers is expected in approximately 15 minutes.

1092
01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:41,000
So that's good news and we still are planning on playing baseball here at Riverfront Stadium this afternoon.

1093
01:27:41,000 --> 01:27:46,000
Right now we go back to Pittsburgh to resume the broadcast of the Phillies and the Pirates.

1094
01:27:46,000 --> 01:27:50,000
New picture for the Phillies war in Brewster.

1095
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:05,000
Over 28,000 paid in here on a Saturday afternoon to see this all important battle.

1096
01:28:05,000 --> 01:28:10,000
Brewster with a record of 6-3 ERA of 236.

1097
01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:12,000
He's recorded no saves.

1098
01:28:12,000 --> 01:28:14,000
He's worked 88 innings.

1099
01:28:14,000 --> 01:28:18,000
He's on in relief of Landy Lurch.

1100
01:28:18,000 --> 01:28:21,000
He's a right hander and starts a 1-2, a big one.

1101
01:28:21,000 --> 01:28:23,000
A grand slam in the first.

1102
01:28:23,000 --> 01:28:26,000
The Pirates have not scored since that grand slam.

1103
01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:30,000
And as a result, are down in this game 6-4.

1104
01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:33,000
Now the crowd needs to get things going again.

1105
01:28:33,000 --> 01:28:45,000
The pitch goes by Blue and hits the plate on Pyrr Davidson.

1106
01:28:45,000 --> 01:28:46,000
I guess he's alright.

1107
01:28:46,000 --> 01:28:51,000
Barchel stepping out a moment to give him a chance to make sure.

1108
01:28:51,000 --> 01:28:55,000
Brewster last night walked in the winning one in the 2-1 victory in the second game.

1109
01:28:55,000 --> 01:28:59,000
He's facing us with a seventh time this year.

1110
01:28:59,000 --> 01:29:07,000
He's playing in a foul 1-1. He has one win, no losses, no saves.

1111
01:29:07,000 --> 01:29:11,000
In 4-2 third innings and 6 previous outings, 3 hits.

1112
01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:14,000
He is not allowed to fire at the run.

1113
01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:16,000
He's playing in a minute.

1114
01:29:16,000 --> 01:29:18,000
A hard slider right in on his hand.

1115
01:29:18,000 --> 01:29:22,000
He busted one off right in where it's tough to handle.

1116
01:29:22,000 --> 01:29:24,000
One ball and two strikes.

1117
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:27,000
Barchel batting 2-95.

1118
01:29:27,000 --> 01:29:29,000
Facing Warren Brewster.

1119
01:29:29,000 --> 01:29:31,000
Geiner on deck. Here's the pitch.

1120
01:29:31,000 --> 01:29:35,000
Two post of an A's. Two ball, two strikes.

1121
01:29:35,000 --> 01:29:37,000
Geiner on deck and then Vera.

1122
01:29:37,000 --> 01:29:40,000
We are in the 6-1ing.

1123
01:29:40,000 --> 01:29:43,000
Billy's leading 6-4. Here's the pitch.

1124
01:29:43,000 --> 01:29:45,000
Playing in a foul off of an instep.

1125
01:29:45,000 --> 01:29:49,000
Down the right side and the captain with a lick on his face that tells you,

1126
01:29:49,000 --> 01:29:58,000
I'm not young enough to take that kind of funny spin anymore.

1127
01:29:58,000 --> 01:30:03,000
Barchel, when he hit the home run today, gave him 28 and he has 97 runs back in.

1128
01:30:03,000 --> 01:30:08,000
For a guy that a lot of people thought wouldn't play this year, that is some plus.

1129
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:11,000
Still into the pitch.

1130
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:16,000
Into the dirt. Just over to the left side and a 3-2. Joe, that'll grab it.

1131
01:30:16,000 --> 01:30:19,000
So now we're due to playoff pitch.

1132
01:30:19,000 --> 01:30:23,000
The Phillies have 6 runs on 12-1. The Pirates 4 runs 5-1.

1133
01:30:30,000 --> 01:30:32,000
Playoff pitch on the way.

1134
01:30:32,000 --> 01:30:36,000
Swing and a mess of a sinker in the structure of the bat.

1135
01:30:36,000 --> 01:30:39,000
So Brewster opens up with a strikeout out of the bullpen.

1136
01:30:39,000 --> 01:30:42,000
Five strikeouts against the Pirates in the game.

1137
01:30:42,000 --> 01:30:48,000
Lurch at 4 in the first five innings.

1138
01:30:48,000 --> 01:30:51,000
Bill Giner walks in the first inning and stole second.

1139
01:30:51,000 --> 01:30:53,000
Fourth inning bounce-out to Schmitt.

1140
01:30:53,000 --> 01:30:57,000
Giner looking for his first hit in the series and he is 0-4-7.

1141
01:30:57,000 --> 01:30:59,000
Inning number 6.

1142
01:30:59,000 --> 01:31:02,000
Too close to the knees. Ball 1.

1143
01:31:02,000 --> 01:31:07,000
John Milner is on deck with bat 4-bara.

1144
01:31:07,000 --> 01:31:12,000
Badminton McClough throwing in the Philly bullpen. Here's the pitch.

1145
01:31:12,000 --> 01:31:14,000
A high chop. Not by second.

1146
01:31:14,000 --> 01:31:18,000
Bara all along Giner that's in the center for a base hit.

1147
01:31:18,000 --> 01:31:22,000
A leaping Lena that jumps over the mound and then jumps out over second.

1148
01:31:22,000 --> 01:31:26,000
Bowen tried to scratch and get it. It was 5 in the base hit.

1149
01:31:26,000 --> 01:31:30,000
Giner picks up his first hit today and in the series.

1150
01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:33,000
Crafts is the first. Would a 1-out single.

1151
01:31:33,000 --> 01:31:36,000
That is hit number 6 for the Pirates in the game.

1152
01:31:36,000 --> 01:31:41,000
John Milner will be batting for Bara.

1153
01:31:41,000 --> 01:31:43,000
This is a reverse.

1154
01:31:43,000 --> 01:31:46,000
Lately the pattern has been getting front.

1155
01:31:46,000 --> 01:31:48,000
Usually with Milner in the outfield.

1156
01:31:48,000 --> 01:31:53,000
But now Milner is going to be a pinch hitter.

1157
01:31:53,000 --> 01:31:55,000
Milner hitting 2-73.

1158
01:31:55,000 --> 01:31:56,000
Sixth over 38.

1159
01:31:56,000 --> 01:31:57,000
Lens batting in.

1160
01:31:57,000 --> 01:31:58,000
A batter towards second.

1161
01:31:58,000 --> 01:32:00,000
Harrelson has only the one play.

1162
01:32:00,000 --> 01:32:01,000
That's the fourth.

1163
01:32:01,000 --> 01:32:03,000
As Giner went in, hired on Bowen.

1164
01:32:03,000 --> 01:32:05,000
A mixed jury didn't get rid of it.

1165
01:32:05,000 --> 01:32:07,000
And it's a fourth play at second.

1166
01:32:07,000 --> 01:32:09,000
Harrelson to Bowen.

1167
01:32:09,000 --> 01:32:12,000
Donny races Giner and puts Milner in first base on a fielder's choice.

1168
01:32:12,000 --> 01:32:16,000
And brings up head-on.

1169
01:32:16,000 --> 01:32:19,000
Milner at first with 2 away.

1170
01:32:19,000 --> 01:32:24,000
Head-on has fly to center and he is lost.

1171
01:32:24,000 --> 01:32:31,000
Two base hits in 8 official trips in the series.

1172
01:32:31,000 --> 01:32:35,000
Oren Brewster right hander relieving.

1173
01:32:35,000 --> 01:32:37,000
Lined foul down the left side.

1174
01:32:37,000 --> 01:32:41,000
Kicks off the poxied railing and ends up in the shuttle left

1175
01:32:41,000 --> 01:32:42,000
where the pirate will go.

1176
01:32:42,000 --> 01:32:44,000
Giner at strike one.

1177
01:32:44,000 --> 01:32:46,000
Head-on batting.

1178
01:32:46,000 --> 01:32:47,000
He represents the tying run.

1179
01:32:47,000 --> 01:32:50,000
He needs to play some long ball here and give this pirate

1180
01:32:50,000 --> 01:32:52,000
attack a charge.

1181
01:32:52,000 --> 01:32:56,000
Drilling 6-4 in the 6th inning.

1182
01:32:56,000 --> 01:32:57,000
Brewster in relief of lurch.

1183
01:32:57,000 --> 01:32:58,000
Here's the pitch.

1184
01:32:58,000 --> 01:33:02,000
A high bounce and it's going to get into center for a base hit.

1185
01:33:02,000 --> 01:33:04,000
And Milner in the second.

1186
01:33:04,000 --> 01:33:07,000
He'll stop there as Harrecks charged the ball quickly.

1187
01:33:07,000 --> 01:33:09,000
A high bouncer out over the middle.

1188
01:33:09,000 --> 01:33:13,000
Out over the Marinus pass second again.

1189
01:33:13,000 --> 01:33:15,000
That is hit number two.

1190
01:33:15,000 --> 01:33:22,000
And Dave May, a left hand pinch hitter is coming out.

1191
01:33:22,000 --> 01:33:27,000
He will be batting for Jackson.

1192
01:33:27,000 --> 01:33:31,000
Dave May who came to us a couple of weeks ago from the Milwaukee Brewers.

1193
01:33:31,000 --> 01:33:35,000
Eddie Whitson is throwing in the bullpen so he would be the new pitcher

1194
01:33:35,000 --> 01:33:36,000
when we go to the 7th.

1195
01:33:36,000 --> 01:33:46,000
Dave May going to try to pay a dividend.

1196
01:33:46,000 --> 01:33:48,000
May is 0 for 3 as a pirate.

1197
01:33:48,000 --> 01:33:50,000
The pitch.

1198
01:33:50,000 --> 01:33:57,000
Outside fast ball of the letters.

1199
01:33:57,000 --> 01:33:58,000
One ball and no strikes.

1200
01:33:58,000 --> 01:34:00,000
John Milner is the second head on as it first.

1201
01:34:00,000 --> 01:34:01,000
Two away.

1202
01:34:01,000 --> 01:34:03,000
Take a big club ship now.

1203
01:34:03,000 --> 01:34:05,000
Look out to the fourth of this goal there.

1204
01:34:05,000 --> 01:34:16,000
Ball through.

1205
01:34:16,000 --> 01:34:19,000
We're getting down to judgment time.

1206
01:34:19,000 --> 01:34:21,000
And that's a strike.

1207
01:34:21,000 --> 01:34:23,000
A sinker and a ease on the inside corner.

1208
01:34:23,000 --> 01:34:26,000
Two balls and a strike.

1209
01:34:26,000 --> 01:34:29,000
The pirates cannot lose another game.

1210
01:34:29,000 --> 01:34:32,000
The Phillies are leading 6-4 in the bottom of the sixth inning.

1211
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:34,000
Lusinski's three run home and put him in front.

1212
01:34:34,000 --> 01:34:38,000
And that's a strike on the letters on the inside corner.

1213
01:34:38,000 --> 01:34:41,000
The Brewster falling behind comes back with two cold strikes.

1214
01:34:41,000 --> 01:34:42,000
Two and two.

1215
01:34:42,000 --> 01:34:45,000
Dave May the pinch hitter batting left handed.

1216
01:34:45,000 --> 01:34:47,000
Milner second out at first.

1217
01:34:47,000 --> 01:34:48,000
Here's the pitch.

1218
01:34:48,000 --> 01:34:50,000
Two close above the knees.

1219
01:34:50,000 --> 01:34:58,000
That makes it full.

1220
01:34:58,000 --> 01:34:59,000
Chuck Tanner comes out.

1221
01:34:59,000 --> 01:35:03,000
He wants those runners to get ready to go.

1222
01:35:03,000 --> 01:35:06,000
A payoff pitch is due with two away now.

1223
01:35:06,000 --> 01:35:15,000
As Dave May steps out trying to fall with a point on fire.

1224
01:35:15,000 --> 01:35:19,000
The crowd trying to put some adrenaline in Davey May's bat.

1225
01:35:19,000 --> 01:35:21,000
Runners going, swinging, batter for safe.

1226
01:35:21,000 --> 01:35:27,000
Hempner with it, runs to the back, side retired.

1227
01:35:27,000 --> 01:35:28,000
No runs.

1228
01:35:28,000 --> 01:35:32,000
A couple of hits no errors and two men are left.

1229
01:35:32,000 --> 01:35:35,000
We have played through six full innings.

1230
01:35:35,000 --> 01:35:38,000
We've got three more chances to do it.

1231
01:35:38,000 --> 01:35:42,000
And it's a must situation in every respect of that word.

1232
01:35:42,000 --> 01:35:47,000
After six innings, the Philadelphia Philly Six, the Pittsburgh Pirates four.

1233
01:35:47,000 --> 01:35:49,000
Eddie Whitson comes on to be the new pitcher.

1234
01:35:49,000 --> 01:35:50,000
There are other changes.

1235
01:35:50,000 --> 01:35:53,000
Bill Robinson moves from left field to third base.

1236
01:35:53,000 --> 01:35:57,000
John Milner who pinched for Barra stays in the game to play left field.

1237
01:35:57,000 --> 01:36:02,000
Eddie Whitson four and nine has come on now to be our third pitcher.

1238
01:36:02,000 --> 01:36:07,000
And to tell you about Whitson stats and take you through the seven when Schmidt steps in,

1239
01:36:07,000 --> 01:36:08,000
here is Lanny Britaire.

1240
01:36:08,000 --> 01:36:12,000
Okay, thank you very much Milo.

1241
01:36:12,000 --> 01:36:17,000
Eddie Whitson making his 43rd appearance of the year.

1242
01:36:17,000 --> 01:36:21,000
What is that sound, beautiful doesn't it?

1243
01:36:21,000 --> 01:36:23,000
Four wins and I lost it.

1244
01:36:23,000 --> 01:36:24,000
Four wins and I lost it.

1245
01:36:24,000 --> 01:36:25,000
Four saves.

1246
01:36:25,000 --> 01:36:35,000
And a Deale of 3.11.

1247
01:36:35,000 --> 01:36:38,000
Mike Schmidt will lead off with Philadelphia.

1248
01:36:38,000 --> 01:36:43,000
He is over two in the ball game and he's left field in the first inning by a side in the third.

1249
01:36:43,000 --> 01:36:45,000
It's not going to click in if you have to do it.

1250
01:36:45,000 --> 01:36:49,000
I'm afraid the frog is chirping harder than you are pal.

1251
01:36:49,000 --> 01:36:57,000
You need a big sniff with a lot of honey in it.

1252
01:36:57,000 --> 01:36:59,000
And there's nothing you can do about it.

1253
01:36:59,000 --> 01:37:01,000
I've been there.

1254
01:37:01,000 --> 01:37:09,000
Right now, umpires, there may have asked for the whether to look enough.

1255
01:37:09,000 --> 01:37:11,000
They want the lights to come on.

1256
01:37:11,000 --> 01:37:14,000
It isn't that bad, is it?

1257
01:37:14,000 --> 01:37:15,000
They've been looking up with the lights.

1258
01:37:15,000 --> 01:37:16,000
Maybe that's what they want.

1259
01:37:16,000 --> 01:37:17,000
They want them to come on slowly here.

1260
01:37:17,000 --> 01:37:19,000
But any rate here is Schmidt.

1261
01:37:19,000 --> 01:37:22,000
Schmidt is over two and walked intentionally in the fifth inning.

1262
01:37:22,000 --> 01:37:24,000
He is two for eight in the series.

1263
01:37:24,000 --> 01:37:27,000
Facing right hander Eddie Whitson and here's the pitch.

1264
01:37:27,000 --> 01:37:32,000
He's going to follow back over to the right side.

1265
01:37:32,000 --> 01:37:35,000
Whitson is facing the Phillies for the fifth time.

1266
01:37:35,000 --> 01:37:37,000
He has no record against them.

1267
01:37:37,000 --> 01:37:40,000
No wins, no losses and no saves.

1268
01:37:40,000 --> 01:37:45,000
Against the Phillies in four roundings, five and two third innings, ten hits, six wins all earned.

1269
01:37:45,000 --> 01:37:48,000
Walked only one, struck out nine.

1270
01:37:48,000 --> 01:37:56,000
And his pitch to Schmidt is swinging in the midst of a high pass for a low and two.

1271
01:37:56,000 --> 01:37:59,000
In the seventh inning, the Pirates on the short end right now.

1272
01:37:59,000 --> 01:38:01,000
Luzinsky's three run homer up. Jackson in the sixth.

1273
01:38:01,000 --> 01:38:04,000
Put the Phillies in front for the second time in the game.

1274
01:38:04,000 --> 01:38:06,000
No balls, two strikes.

1275
01:38:06,000 --> 01:38:08,000
Whitson takes off his sign.

1276
01:38:08,000 --> 01:38:09,000
Now has the one he wants.

1277
01:38:09,000 --> 01:38:13,000
Here's the oh two to third baseman Schmidt high on a fastball one and two.

1278
01:38:13,000 --> 01:38:15,000
Don Robinson started.

1279
01:38:15,000 --> 01:38:17,000
Struggled a bit today.

1280
01:38:17,000 --> 01:38:19,000
Through two home run balls to Lurch that earned him.

1281
01:38:19,000 --> 01:38:22,000
In the fifth inning after a double by Luzinsky they brought Jackson on.

1282
01:38:22,000 --> 01:38:24,000
And he really did his job in that fifth inning.

1283
01:38:24,000 --> 01:38:26,000
Then Jackson landed in the trouble of his own in the sixth.

1284
01:38:26,000 --> 01:38:29,000
Climax for the home run by Luzinsky with two of a board.

1285
01:38:29,000 --> 01:38:32,000
Swinging in the midst of the breaking pitch going down and away.

1286
01:38:32,000 --> 01:38:35,000
Schmidt strikes out to start the Phillies seventh.

1287
01:38:35,000 --> 01:38:43,000
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.

1288
01:38:43,000 --> 01:38:48,000
Boone is one for three to days, three for seven in the series.

1289
01:38:48,000 --> 01:38:54,000
They sing Eddie Whitson.

1290
01:38:54,000 --> 01:38:56,000
Whitson waiting a moment.

1291
01:38:56,000 --> 01:39:01,000
Now Whitson in to read the sign from it up.

1292
01:39:01,000 --> 01:39:04,000
And the first pitch inside of all.

1293
01:39:04,000 --> 01:39:09,000
Coming out Bill Robinson is playing at third base.

1294
01:39:09,000 --> 01:39:11,000
John Milner's in left.

1295
01:39:11,000 --> 01:39:13,000
Whitson the new pitcher.

1296
01:39:13,000 --> 01:39:16,000
One ball and no strikes and here's the pitch.

1297
01:39:16,000 --> 01:39:21,000
Swinging in a hit right back through the middle and almost took Eddie Whitson's shield as well as it.

1298
01:39:21,000 --> 01:39:23,000
One of that ball was hit higher.

1299
01:39:23,000 --> 01:39:26,000
Boone racks one right back through the middle.

1300
01:39:26,000 --> 01:39:29,000
I don't know Whitson got on the way to tell you the truth.

1301
01:39:29,000 --> 01:39:32,000
First hit off Whitson 13 Phillies hits.

1302
01:39:32,000 --> 01:39:36,000
The Phillies had not been hitting.

1303
01:39:36,000 --> 01:39:43,000
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.

1304
01:39:43,000 --> 01:39:48,000
They're bringing up Haroldson. He's batting for the first time today and in the series.

1305
01:39:48,000 --> 01:39:54,000
He's batting 224.

1306
01:39:54,000 --> 01:39:57,000
Batting left handed against right hander Whitson. Here's the pitch to him.

1307
01:39:57,000 --> 01:39:59,000
He puts it up the first base side.

1308
01:39:59,000 --> 01:40:01,000
Starchel will grab it. Flip behind him to Ganger.

1309
01:40:01,000 --> 01:40:04,000
They just did. Get him at the wire.

1310
01:40:04,000 --> 01:40:07,000
And the sack goes three four.

1311
01:40:07,000 --> 01:40:12,000
Makes it two and moves Boone into scoring position.

1312
01:40:12,000 --> 01:40:22,000
And it looks like Tim McIver is going to come on.

1313
01:40:22,000 --> 01:40:28,000
That's who it is.

1314
01:40:28,000 --> 01:40:32,000
Norman Stumps from the VA hospital.

1315
01:40:32,000 --> 01:40:39,000
Never misses one of our games and pulling for the puck to pull it out here today.

1316
01:40:39,000 --> 01:40:43,000
McIver has been announced.

1317
01:40:43,000 --> 01:40:48,000
Big Jim Libby throwing in the bullpen.

1318
01:40:48,000 --> 01:40:55,000
Jim McIver hitting 243. One homer and 14 runs batted in.

1319
01:40:55,000 --> 01:40:58,000
He conned last night when Carlton was the pitcher in the series.

1320
01:40:58,000 --> 01:41:02,000
McIver is over three. McIver against Hyret pitching this year.

1321
01:41:02,000 --> 01:41:08,000
Batting 067 with one for 15 and two runs batted in against him.

1322
01:41:08,000 --> 01:41:11,000
We have a pinch hitter with a runner with second.

1323
01:41:11,000 --> 01:41:16,000
Boone is the runner at second base and he's got a pretty good lead right now.

1324
01:41:16,000 --> 01:41:19,000
Whitson looking back to check him.

1325
01:41:19,000 --> 01:41:23,000
So here's McIver. The Phillies are leading six to four.

1326
01:41:23,000 --> 01:41:26,000
Sevens inning. Whitson's pitched to McIver.

1327
01:41:26,000 --> 01:41:31,000
And a basketball that misses. And it's one and 0.

1328
01:41:31,000 --> 01:41:34,000
Bibby continues to throw in the pirate bullpen.

1329
01:41:34,000 --> 01:41:38,000
The ball is heating up in the Philadelphia bullpen.

1330
01:41:38,000 --> 01:41:42,000
The Phillies need to win. The pirates cannot afford a loss.

1331
01:41:42,000 --> 01:41:46,000
The pitch. Swinging in a high fly ball shallow light center.

1332
01:41:46,000 --> 01:41:52,000
Omar Marlino is there and the side has been repaired.

1333
01:41:52,000 --> 01:41:55,000
No runs, one hit. No errors.

1334
01:41:55,000 --> 01:42:00,000
And now this car will stand as one over 28,000 on a Saturday afternoon.

1335
01:42:00,000 --> 01:42:04,000
And they'll try with their vocal chords to do what they did last night.

1336
01:42:04,000 --> 01:42:06,000
Where the fuck goes on?

1337
01:42:06,000 --> 01:42:09,000
We won last night in the ninth and fourth of those games.

1338
01:42:09,000 --> 01:42:11,000
Now we're calling to the bottom of the seventh.

1339
01:42:11,000 --> 01:42:13,000
And with the scoreboard telling this tale.

1340
01:42:13,000 --> 01:42:15,000
Phillies six, pirates four.

1341
01:42:15,000 --> 01:42:18,000
Go back now and join Milo Hamilton in Pittsburgh.

1342
01:42:18,000 --> 01:42:25,000
McIver is the third Phillie pitcher following Wirtz and Rooster.

1343
01:42:25,000 --> 01:42:30,000
Frank Tavares whole fourth lead today.

1344
01:42:30,000 --> 01:42:33,000
Bicks up a couple of hits in each of the games last night.

1345
01:42:33,000 --> 01:42:35,000
But has gone hit with so far today.

1346
01:42:35,000 --> 01:42:38,000
Batting 278 is a lead off to the seventh inning.

1347
01:42:38,000 --> 01:42:40,000
Marlino's on Decton Parker.

1348
01:42:40,000 --> 01:42:44,000
Doug McRall ready to throw his first pitch in the relief today.

1349
01:42:44,000 --> 01:42:47,000
And here it comes to Tavares and it is high inside ball one.

1350
01:42:47,000 --> 01:42:50,000
The Phillies six runs, 13 hits.

1351
01:42:50,000 --> 01:42:53,000
They've got two homers on a Randy Lurch insider

1352
01:42:53,000 --> 01:42:56,000
and a big one from Levincky that put him back in front.

1353
01:42:56,000 --> 01:42:59,000
The pirates are four seven and two with a grand plan by Starchel.

1354
01:42:59,000 --> 01:43:03,000
Walked up to Bunt, took it down low with two balls, no strikes.

1355
01:43:03,000 --> 01:43:11,000
McRall's pitch.

1356
01:43:11,000 --> 01:43:17,000
And it's a strike call in the outside corner.

1357
01:43:17,000 --> 01:43:19,000
Right hand batter, left hand pitcher.

1358
01:43:19,000 --> 01:43:22,000
McRall out of the motion.

1359
01:43:22,000 --> 01:43:24,000
As a high fly ball, shot a right.

1360
01:43:24,000 --> 01:43:30,000
McBride head in position, perfectly makes the catch one away in the seventh.

1361
01:43:30,000 --> 01:43:33,000
Tavares flying out to bake McBride.

1362
01:43:33,000 --> 01:43:34,000
Here's Omar Marlino.

1363
01:43:34,000 --> 01:43:38,000
He walked in the first inning was on base when Starchel hit the grand slam.

1364
01:43:38,000 --> 01:43:40,000
Since then Marlino has struck out twice.

1365
01:43:40,000 --> 01:43:44,000
Randy Lurch got him both times.

1366
01:43:44,000 --> 01:43:50,000
Pirates now have not scored since the Starchel grand slam in the opening inning.

1367
01:43:50,000 --> 01:43:53,000
And as a result of trailing six to four in the seventh.

1368
01:43:53,000 --> 01:43:58,000
Marlino the batter Parker do up next.

1369
01:43:58,000 --> 01:44:02,000
Doug McGrall takes some delivers.

1370
01:44:02,000 --> 01:44:06,000
There's a fly ball in the left field and Levincky had him play perfectly.

1371
01:44:06,000 --> 01:44:10,000
Makes the catch and it's two away.

1372
01:44:10,000 --> 01:44:12,000
Marlino trying to take the tug to the opposite field.

1373
01:44:12,000 --> 01:44:18,000
He did, but got it up in the air to Levincky who moved back about four steps and made the play.

1374
01:44:18,000 --> 01:44:22,000
Now the big guy is coming out.

1375
01:44:22,000 --> 01:44:26,000
Dave Parker who got a base hit in the first, struck out in the third,

1376
01:44:26,000 --> 01:44:28,000
wide out to center in the fifth.

1377
01:44:28,000 --> 01:44:30,000
So he's won for three to nine.

1378
01:44:30,000 --> 01:44:34,000
He's had five hits in the series, batting 334.

1379
01:44:34,000 --> 01:44:40,000
The batting title is his, but he wants to play on a winner.

1380
01:44:40,000 --> 01:44:43,000
And here is the fifth.

1381
01:44:43,000 --> 01:44:44,000
A high bouncer to second.

1382
01:44:44,000 --> 01:44:50,000
Haroldson backs up on the ball, draws in it's a three up three down inning for Doug McGrall.

1383
01:44:50,000 --> 01:44:52,000
He came on and made it look easy.

1384
01:44:52,000 --> 01:44:54,000
Now it's the end of seven.

1385
01:44:54,000 --> 01:44:57,000
Only two more shots left.

1386
01:44:57,000 --> 01:45:02,000
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.

1387
01:45:02,000 --> 01:45:05,000
We'll go to the eighth inning with the Phillies coming to bat leading.

1388
01:45:05,000 --> 01:45:08,000
Philadelphia six, Pittsburgh four.

1389
01:45:08,000 --> 01:45:13,000
Well you're being covered on two fronts this afternoon bringing you the bonus of Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies

1390
01:45:13,000 --> 01:45:16,000
in the third game of that crucial series in Pittsburgh.

1391
01:45:16,000 --> 01:45:22,000
Philadelphia needs only to win one to reign as a National League East Champion for the third consecutive season.

1392
01:45:22,000 --> 01:45:27,000
Pittsburgh coming off of a double-edder sweep last night with today trailing at the end of seven innings of play

1393
01:45:27,000 --> 01:45:30,000
six to four to the Philadelphia Phillies.

1394
01:45:30,000 --> 01:45:35,000
So the next to the last day of the regular season things are still very much up in the air.

1395
01:45:35,000 --> 01:45:39,000
In two divisions the American League East where the Yankees lead Boston by one game.

1396
01:45:39,000 --> 01:45:46,000
Both of those teams are winning today at New York at Sigaroah shooting for his 20th win working on a four-hit shutout

1397
01:45:46,000 --> 01:45:49,000
through seven innings as the Yankees hold a seven-to-nothing edge in that game.

1398
01:45:49,000 --> 01:45:52,000
Reggie Jackson has hit a home run for the New York club.

1399
01:45:52,000 --> 01:45:58,000
It is 26th of the year and in the bottom of the eighth at Boston the Red Sox lead to run 05-1

1400
01:45:58,000 --> 01:46:02,000
as Dennis Eckersley tries to notch his 20th win for the Boston Red Sox.

1401
01:46:02,000 --> 01:46:08,000
Time running out on Pittsburgh and we'll go back now to the Phillies batting in the top of the eighth inning.

1402
01:46:08,000 --> 01:46:15,000
Alright here we go to the eighth with FAKE MCBRIDE, Larry Bull and Gary Monick do up as the top of the Daniels' Accordor.

1403
01:46:15,000 --> 01:46:22,000
FAKE MCBRIDE is two for four today as that sixth is from the series.

1404
01:46:22,000 --> 01:46:25,000
Please say yes to the answer in the following minutes.

1405
01:46:25,000 --> 01:46:28,000
I'm going to take all the blame for the other team.

1406
01:46:28,000 --> 01:46:37,000
I've been telling the PA announcer requesting the fans now to show the courtesy that they should not throw anything on the field.

1407
01:46:37,000 --> 01:46:41,000
I mentioned McBride with his two hits today as four hits.

1408
01:46:41,000 --> 01:46:45,000
Hit two in the first game last time and drove in four runs with a couple of doubles.

1409
01:46:45,000 --> 01:46:50,000
And Eddie Whitson ready to work his second inning.

1410
01:46:50,000 --> 01:46:54,000
Philadelphia batting and leading by two.

1411
01:46:54,000 --> 01:46:58,000
And Whitson's pitched to McBride. He swings and he misses.

1412
01:46:58,000 --> 01:47:00,000
Oh and one.

1413
01:47:00,000 --> 01:47:03,000
McBride has two hits. Maddox three, Lozinski three.

1414
01:47:03,000 --> 01:47:07,000
Lozinski's last of course was a big one of three run armor that put them back in front.

1415
01:47:07,000 --> 01:47:10,000
Hevner and RBI double, boon two hits.

1416
01:47:10,000 --> 01:47:13,000
Randy Lerks of Snyder had two homers before he left.

1417
01:47:13,000 --> 01:47:17,000
This comes way inside almost takes McBride with it.

1418
01:47:17,000 --> 01:47:20,000
One ball and one strike.

1419
01:47:20,000 --> 01:47:25,000
Inning number eight at three rivers in Pittsburgh.

1420
01:47:25,000 --> 01:47:29,000
A cloud of over 28,000 here.

1421
01:47:29,000 --> 01:47:34,000
They've still got some pull left in him and they're going to do their best here.

1422
01:47:34,000 --> 01:47:37,000
They really wrinkled the Phillies a bit last night.

1423
01:47:37,000 --> 01:47:39,000
One ball and one strike.

1424
01:47:39,000 --> 01:47:41,000
And Whitson's pitched.

1425
01:47:41,000 --> 01:47:45,000
Swinging in a line drive single to fatter. His third straight hit.

1426
01:47:45,000 --> 01:47:51,000
Reno's throwback into Garner but the second base back.

1427
01:47:51,000 --> 01:47:56,000
And Larry Sherry has started his walk to the mound.

1428
01:47:56,000 --> 01:48:03,000
That is the second hit off Whitson and 14 hits for Philadelphia.

1429
01:48:03,000 --> 01:48:08,000
The batter is Larry Bowler, 0 for four today and 0 for 12 in this series.

1430
01:48:08,000 --> 01:48:13,000
Sherry, Hop, Whitson and Bill Robinson forming the courts out on the mound.

1431
01:48:13,000 --> 01:48:18,000
He got McBride at first to comply. Leads it off with a single in the eighth inning.

1432
01:48:18,000 --> 01:48:20,000
The Phillies are in front of this game.

1433
01:48:20,000 --> 01:48:25,000
Six to four. They've doubled the pirate hit count 14 to seven.

1434
01:48:25,000 --> 01:48:30,000
And the Bucks just can't out a forward to let the Phillies put any more pressure on here

1435
01:48:30,000 --> 01:48:32,000
as far as expanding the lead.

1436
01:48:32,000 --> 01:48:35,000
And Kent Zacobi has started to throw in the bullpen.

1437
01:48:35,000 --> 01:48:40,000
Look, it's been three round homer.

1438
01:48:40,000 --> 01:48:45,000
In the sixth inning off Jackson, got the Phillies back in front.

1439
01:48:45,000 --> 01:48:52,000
And that erased the Stardale Grand Slam first inning lead.

1440
01:48:52,000 --> 01:49:00,000
Here's the pitch. Out, runner was not going.

1441
01:49:00,000 --> 01:49:10,000
Larry Bowler looking down at his third base coach Billy DeMars.

1442
01:49:10,000 --> 01:49:14,000
One roll no strikes. He's back up in there, batting left handed against the right hander Whitson.

1443
01:49:14,000 --> 01:49:18,000
McBride has his lead at first. Stardale trying to hold him close. Here's the pitch.

1444
01:49:18,000 --> 01:49:24,000
He bumps it up the first base side. And Stardale throw behind and it's safe at first base.

1445
01:49:24,000 --> 01:49:27,000
Geiner got there for the throw, but Bowler beats it off.

1446
01:49:27,000 --> 01:49:30,000
Two men on and no one away.

1447
01:49:30,000 --> 01:49:32,000
It goes as a once single.

1448
01:49:32,000 --> 01:49:34,000
Dragging it up the first base side.

1449
01:49:34,000 --> 01:49:39,000
Stardale came in through quickly behind him to Geiner, but Bowler had beaten the rep.

1450
01:49:39,000 --> 01:49:46,000
Hit number three off Whitson. 15 hits for Philadelphia and it brings up Gary Maddox.

1451
01:49:46,000 --> 01:49:51,000
Two on and no one out. And Chuck Tanner's on his way.

1452
01:49:51,000 --> 01:49:57,000
Probably figuring here, we're in the last corral.

1453
01:49:57,000 --> 01:50:02,000
And if we're going to do it, I'm going to go with a guy who prung me.

1454
01:50:02,000 --> 01:50:06,000
Because Zacavi is out there and ready.

1455
01:50:06,000 --> 01:50:08,000
And Zacavi will be called upon.

1456
01:50:08,000 --> 01:50:17,000
Whitson after giving up two hits in the eighth will be relieved.

1457
01:50:17,000 --> 01:50:23,000
And Kent Zacavi will make the long walk from the bullpen for the 90th time this year.

1458
01:50:23,000 --> 01:50:28,000
Eight wins, seven losses. He both won both ends of the double header last night.

1459
01:50:28,000 --> 01:50:32,000
He has 30 saves.

1460
01:50:32,000 --> 01:50:38,000
And Zacavi now as the crowd responds to him making that walk.

1461
01:50:38,000 --> 01:50:45,000
He's got to come in and put out another major uprising here.

1462
01:50:45,000 --> 01:50:49,000
The New York Yankees in the bottom of the eighth are still leading Cleveland.

1463
01:50:49,000 --> 01:50:51,000
Seven to nothing.

1464
01:50:51,000 --> 01:50:57,000
Boston over Toronto. Five to one in the bottom of the eighth.

1465
01:50:57,000 --> 01:51:05,000
And Kent Zacavi, who's been the workhorse out of that bullpen this year,

1466
01:51:05,000 --> 01:51:09,000
has reached the mound and Chuck Tanner had agreed him to hand him the bull and say,

1467
01:51:09,000 --> 01:51:13,000
alright, this is it.

1468
01:51:13,000 --> 01:51:17,000
The Phillies are leading six to four. They've got two men on with nobody out.

1469
01:51:17,000 --> 01:51:20,000
The game is in the eighth inning.

1470
01:51:20,000 --> 01:51:30,000
Gary Maddox has had three for four today. He is due up.

1471
01:51:30,000 --> 01:51:33,000
So Zacavi will be announced.

1472
01:51:33,000 --> 01:51:40,000
And he is the fourth pitcher used for the Pirates today.

1473
01:51:40,000 --> 01:51:48,000
Robinson started. Jackson in the fifth, Whitson in the seventh and out Zacavi in the eighth.

1474
01:51:48,000 --> 01:51:52,000
Phillies have had two home runs out of Randy Lurch, the standing pitcher,

1475
01:51:52,000 --> 01:51:58,000
and Greg Lusinski hit one into the pavilion in left field.

1476
01:51:58,000 --> 01:52:10,000
And that gave them their second lead of the game and that's what they're working on right now, six to four.

1477
01:52:10,000 --> 01:52:12,000
It's come down to the next of the last day here.

1478
01:52:12,000 --> 01:52:19,000
And it looks like in the American leagues that the Yankees and Boston will start tomorrow a game apart on their final day.

1479
01:52:19,000 --> 01:52:23,000
Because the Yankees are leading seven and nothing and the Red Sox are leading five to one.

1480
01:52:23,000 --> 01:52:29,000
Both of those games in the bottom of the eighth inning.

1481
01:52:29,000 --> 01:52:32,000
Alright, Zacavi says he's ready and Gary Maddox will step in.

1482
01:52:32,000 --> 01:52:41,000
He's been on base every time up today. Three singles and Whitson in error. He has scored twice.

1483
01:52:41,000 --> 01:52:53,000
McBride and Boa, two speed merchants are on with nobody out.

1484
01:52:53,000 --> 01:52:57,000
And Zacavi with a big deep breath. He lets it all out.

1485
01:52:57,000 --> 01:53:01,000
Now, Whitson to read the sign from Mada.

1486
01:53:01,000 --> 01:53:07,000
Stretching, they're expecting the punt and before any pitches thrown the move was on

1487
01:53:07,000 --> 01:53:11,000
and Zacavi looking to see if Garner checked in behind the runner a second.

1488
01:53:11,000 --> 01:53:20,000
But McBride didn't go for that fate and so Zacavi wisely held on to the ball.

1489
01:53:20,000 --> 01:53:28,000
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.

1490
01:53:28,000 --> 01:53:31,000
So, always Garner's job to do that.

1491
01:53:31,000 --> 01:53:34,000
Early in the year of course it was spent at the second baseman does it.

1492
01:53:34,000 --> 01:53:37,000
Let's see the infield and how they move.

1493
01:53:37,000 --> 01:53:44,000
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.

1494
01:53:44,000 --> 01:53:49,000
Three four on the sack. It was the only play they had.

1495
01:53:49,000 --> 01:53:53,000
And now with Vince G, three for four, included in error three run homers.

1496
01:53:53,000 --> 01:54:01,000
We'll be batting with Garner to second and third with one away.

1497
01:54:01,000 --> 01:54:14,000
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.

1498
01:54:14,000 --> 01:54:26,000
So with runners at second and third and one away, Lovinsky is arrived at the batter's box. Richie Hebner is on deck.

1499
01:54:26,000 --> 01:54:31,000
So Ken Tzikovic with a monumental task in front of him.

1500
01:54:31,000 --> 01:54:38,000
And Tick Coupe got that batter, waving out there, trying to pull him through.

1501
01:54:38,000 --> 01:54:48,000
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.

1502
01:54:48,000 --> 01:54:56,000
Hit him on the forearm. Faces are loaded.

1503
01:55:06,000 --> 01:55:09,000
So it by a pitcher, it's loaded in there.

1504
01:55:09,000 --> 01:55:15,000
It's the first one by Tzikovic, the second to be hit today. Hebner was hit in the third inning by Don Robinson.

1505
01:55:15,000 --> 01:55:20,000
And here is Richie Hebner. He doubled in a run in the first, was hit by a pitcher in the third.

1506
01:55:20,000 --> 01:55:23,000
Simpson has popped a second and flyed to right.

1507
01:55:23,000 --> 01:55:31,000
And a former pirate will back with the faces loaded and Lovinsky may be lifted here.

1508
01:55:31,000 --> 01:55:34,000
And Jerry Martin is candy will run for it.

1509
01:55:34,000 --> 01:55:45,000
And then with Staten the game to play the outfield.

1510
01:55:45,000 --> 01:55:52,000
So Richie Hebner, a left hand batter. The last thing Tzikovic in the world wanted to do was hit Lovinsky.

1511
01:55:52,000 --> 01:56:02,000
So Martin running in first place. The faces are loaded.

1512
01:56:02,000 --> 01:56:08,000
The obematics making the only out of the inning so far on the sacrifice.

1513
01:56:08,000 --> 01:56:13,000
And there's a high bouncer just outside the plate line.

1514
01:56:13,000 --> 01:56:23,000
He thought it was fair, the umpire had called his foul. It was a high chop about eight feet up the first base side.

1515
01:56:23,000 --> 01:56:31,000
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.

1516
01:56:31,000 --> 01:56:36,000
I'm looking down at the ground in disbelief.

1517
01:56:36,000 --> 01:56:47,000
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.

1518
01:56:47,000 --> 01:56:53,000
No balls in one strike. McRide is a third, Bowler's a second.

1519
01:56:53,000 --> 01:56:57,000
Vince runner Martin at first, one out. Eighth inning. Tzikovic pitched to Hebner.

1520
01:56:57,000 --> 01:57:04,000
He winds it down the right side and it will be an extra base hit into the corner. McRide scores, Bowler scores.

1521
01:57:04,000 --> 01:57:18,000
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.

1522
01:57:18,000 --> 01:57:30,000
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.

1523
01:57:30,000 --> 01:57:48,000
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.

1524
01:57:48,000 --> 01:58:00,000
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.

1525
01:58:00,000 --> 01:58:09,000
Infield up all the way around with Hebner at third base getting credit for a double, took third on the throw to the plate.

1526
01:58:09,000 --> 01:58:16,000
It was not in time to get her sliding Martin and a side eye breaking pitches in for a strike on Smith.

1527
01:58:16,000 --> 01:58:30,000
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.

1528
01:58:30,000 --> 01:58:37,000
They had a four to one lead at one time. Here's the pitch. Shows front and took it for a strike.

1529
01:58:37,000 --> 01:58:47,000
No balls, two strikes on Smith. So Hebner is at third. He cleared them with a double into the right field corner.

1530
01:58:47,000 --> 01:58:59,000
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.

1531
01:58:59,000 --> 01:59:07,000
So Colby's pitch on the way and is just outside, one ball and two strikes.

1532
01:59:07,000 --> 01:59:15,000
And So Colby coming on in the eighth inning and relief bullets and fourth prior pitchers of the afternoon.

1533
01:59:15,000 --> 01:59:23,000
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.

1534
01:59:23,000 --> 01:59:30,000
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,

1535
01:59:30,000 --> 01:59:35,000
kept himself and his club in the game by hitting two home runs up down Robinson.

1536
01:59:35,000 --> 01:59:43,000
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.

1537
01:59:43,000 --> 01:59:49,000
Two more chances for the box. But to Colby needs to shut the door here.

1538
01:59:49,000 --> 01:59:56,000
A pouncer foul outside third and skips up off the boxy railing to the third base umpire and it's two and two.

1539
01:59:56,000 --> 02:00:04,000
Our boon will be next. The Phillies have out hit the Pirates 16 to seven. Leading the score nine to four.

1540
02:00:04,000 --> 02:00:15,000
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.

1541
02:00:15,000 --> 02:00:24,000
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.

1542
02:00:24,000 --> 02:00:29,000
Hebner will walk in with run number ten on the sacrifice fly by Smith.

1543
02:00:33,000 --> 02:00:36,000
Now it is 10 to four Philadelphia.

1544
02:00:36,000 --> 02:00:42,000
Boon to performer will step in.

1545
02:00:45,000 --> 02:00:48,000
Boon had a single in the second and a single in the seventh.

1546
02:00:56,000 --> 02:01:04,000
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.

1547
02:01:04,000 --> 02:01:14,000
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.

1548
02:01:14,000 --> 02:01:19,000
One ball and no strikes and here's the pitch. Sinker outside corner for the Nees and it's one and one.

1549
02:01:19,000 --> 02:01:24,000
To Colby working on Bob Boone. Harrelson would be next.

1550
02:01:26,000 --> 02:01:32,000
Two straight hits against Whitson and to Colby came on. And even he fouled it off to the left side.

1551
02:01:32,000 --> 02:01:35,000
One ball and two strikes on the catcher Boone.

1552
02:01:37,000 --> 02:01:42,000
In the bottom of the eighth we will have Robinson, Starchel and Geiner to try to get something going.

1553
02:01:42,000 --> 02:01:48,000
It's going to take some doing. One ball and two strikes. Here's the pitch.

1554
02:01:48,000 --> 02:01:52,000
There's a high pop right side. Starchel wants it and the captain will grab it.

1555
02:01:52,000 --> 02:01:58,000
Side is retired but the Phillies put a big force spot up there.

1556
02:01:58,000 --> 02:02:04,000
How does crowd going to try to give the puck bats a lift? Four runs on one, two, three hits.

1557
02:02:04,000 --> 02:02:07,000
The big four of course is Richie Hempner's three run double.

1558
02:02:07,000 --> 02:02:10,000
There weren't any errors. Nobody was left.

1559
02:02:10,000 --> 02:02:18,000
And we're getting down to cases now folks. After seven and a half it's Philadelphia 10 and Pittsburgh four.

1560
02:02:18,000 --> 02:02:24,000
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.

1561
02:02:24,000 --> 02:02:28,000
And we'll go back to join the Pirate Baseball Network.

1562
02:02:28,000 --> 02:02:33,000
Jerry Martin who ran for Lozinski stays in the game to play left field.

1563
02:02:33,000 --> 02:02:38,000
And as we go to the bottom of the eighth, Doug McGraw ready to work his second inning.

1564
02:02:38,000 --> 02:02:41,000
Bill Robinson is one for three today.

1565
02:02:41,000 --> 02:02:46,000
And Doug McGraw's first pitch in the eighth is swing on and foul to the screen and a strike one.

1566
02:02:46,000 --> 02:02:49,000
The Phillies leading 10 to four.

1567
02:02:49,000 --> 02:02:57,000
They came to town needing a win. They didn't get it last night.

1568
02:02:57,000 --> 02:03:01,000
They're leading by six with two innings to go. Here's the pitch.

1569
02:03:01,000 --> 02:03:09,000
Bounced it up there. And the count is even at a ball and a strike.

1570
02:03:09,000 --> 02:03:13,000
Left hand reliever McGraw, he's their third pitcher.

1571
02:03:13,000 --> 02:03:22,000
And delivers to Bill Robinson, swinging and fouling out of play back to the right side and it's one and two.

1572
02:03:22,000 --> 02:03:27,000
McGraw's still pulling here.

1573
02:03:27,000 --> 02:03:32,000
Trying to lift the buckles up by their bootstraps. They're down by six.

1574
02:03:32,000 --> 02:03:37,000
After leading four to one at the end of the first inning. Here's the one to fifth.

1575
02:03:37,000 --> 02:03:45,000
Low inside, two balls, two strikes. Willie Starchel who hits the grand slam in the first inning is due up next.

1576
02:03:45,000 --> 02:03:50,000
Two balls and two strikes. McGraw reached the sign from Bob Boone.

1577
02:03:50,000 --> 02:03:54,000
He's ready. And here's the fifth.

1578
02:03:54,000 --> 02:04:00,000
Check swing foul up on the screen again. He tried to duck away from the high inside pitch but it hit the bat.

1579
02:04:00,000 --> 02:04:10,000
And the count holds it two and two.

1580
02:04:10,000 --> 02:04:18,000
The fifth. Go ball swung on and delivered way back into left field. If it's going to stay there it is just foul.

1581
02:04:18,000 --> 02:04:22,000
About a foot and a half outside the foul ball.

1582
02:04:22,000 --> 02:04:32,000
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.

1583
02:04:32,000 --> 02:04:37,000
So it's a long noisy foul and the count is still two balls and two strikes.

1584
02:04:37,000 --> 02:04:44,000
Bill Robinson trying to strike something for the buck. Who made a major comeback since mid-August.

1585
02:04:44,000 --> 02:04:51,000
They brought it down to the next to the last day. And up he'll climb now. Trilling ten to four in the eighth.

1586
02:04:51,000 --> 02:04:58,000
Two balls, two strikes. McGraw's pitch. World inside. Full count.

1587
02:04:58,000 --> 02:05:04,000
The bucks need two big innings. They're trailing ten to four.

1588
02:05:04,000 --> 02:05:09,000
And a payoff pitch from McRodder Robinson swinging and funneling out of play up to the right side.

1589
02:05:09,000 --> 02:05:20,000
Robbie's still alive.

1590
02:05:20,000 --> 02:05:26,000
McGraw takes that big deep rep. Now he's ready. And a payoff pitch on the way.

1591
02:05:26,000 --> 02:05:30,000
Swinging and fouling. Robbie hanging tough and it's still three and two.

1592
02:05:30,000 --> 02:05:42,000
Pirates have been limited to seven hits. They got three of those in the very first inning.

1593
02:05:42,000 --> 02:05:50,000
And another three-two is due. And here it comes from the tug. Line drive. Left field. It is a pair of balls.

1594
02:05:50,000 --> 02:05:56,000
Rattles up into the corner. Mark plays the carom. Strong throw but it's off target in second.

1595
02:05:56,000 --> 02:06:00,000
Robinson leads off with a double in the bottom of the eighth inning.

1596
02:06:00,000 --> 02:06:06,000
What's the effect of being a start of something? The double for Bill Robinson is his thirty-sixth.

1597
02:06:06,000 --> 02:06:17,000
The first hit off McRodder. It's the eighth hit of the game for the Muck. And it brings up the captain, Willie Stajl.

1598
02:06:17,000 --> 02:06:22,000
The Phillies have ten runs on sixteen hits. The Pirates four runs eight hits.

1599
02:06:22,000 --> 02:06:26,000
The Muck's in for Willie Stajl.

1600
02:06:26,000 --> 02:06:32,000
If Robinson has excited something, the Muck's needs to keep it going.

1601
02:06:32,000 --> 02:06:37,000
Stajl one for three. It was a grand slam in the opening and he has threw ball high inside.

1602
02:06:37,000 --> 02:06:42,000
One ball and no strike-in with that. Bob Lone calls five.

1603
02:06:42,000 --> 02:06:46,000
Big ball, Lane Andrew, who's been very effective for the Phillies in seventy-eight.

1604
02:06:46,000 --> 02:06:52,000
Ron Reed is heating up in their bullpen. In the left field bullpen, Jim Bibby is cranking it up.

1605
02:06:52,000 --> 02:06:58,000
One ball, no strike-in. Stajl. The stretch. The pitch.

1606
02:06:58,000 --> 02:07:03,000
And a strike is called over the outside corner, let her high.

1607
02:07:03,000 --> 02:07:09,000
Philadelphia coming on strong in the sixth and the eighth, scoring seven runs in those two frames and leading by six.

1608
02:07:09,000 --> 02:07:19,000
Here's the one-one to Stajl. And another strike in off-speed breaking pitch and it's one and two.

1609
02:07:19,000 --> 02:07:24,000
McRodder going to the name of pitching. Off-speed pitches a couple of times here on Stajl.

1610
02:07:24,000 --> 02:07:29,000
One ball, two strikes. Look to second. Here's the pitch.

1611
02:07:29,000 --> 02:07:37,000
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.

1612
02:07:37,000 --> 02:07:41,000
Twenty-eight homers. Ninety-seven runs, badadans.

1613
02:07:41,000 --> 02:07:46,000
Fixed up his eleventh career grand slam in the first inning today.

1614
02:07:46,000 --> 02:07:52,000
Here's the one-two pitch. Swinging them in, striking off.

1615
02:07:52,000 --> 02:08:00,000
First strike out for McRod today. It is the sixth strike out of a pirate in the game and it brings up Bill Garner.

1616
02:08:00,000 --> 02:08:07,000
There was had a walk and a stolen base, a bounce to third and a base set. He's one for two.

1617
02:08:07,000 --> 02:08:17,000
Garner facing Cog McRod in the eighth inning.

1618
02:08:17,000 --> 02:08:25,000
Watching and looking back, long hesitation this time. The pitch to Garner and it is low inside ball one.

1619
02:08:25,000 --> 02:08:29,000
Philadelphia Phillies.

1620
02:08:29,000 --> 02:08:35,000
They look as though they had the pirates buried on the 12th of August. 11 and a half games back.

1621
02:08:35,000 --> 02:08:43,000
Here we are the next to the last day and there is a strike call in the outside corner of the knees.

1622
02:08:43,000 --> 02:08:50,000
The pirates who have won 24 in a row at home coming into the day.

1623
02:08:50,000 --> 02:08:56,000
One ball, one strike, one out. Renner at second, Robertson the pitch, swing on and popped him up behind the shortstop bowler.

1624
02:08:56,000 --> 02:09:04,000
He's waiting and he has it two away.

1625
02:09:04,000 --> 02:09:18,000
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.

1626
02:09:18,000 --> 02:09:27,000
Left hand pitcher, left hand manner, McRod Milner with teammates at one time with a New York Mets.

1627
02:09:27,000 --> 02:09:38,000
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.

1628
02:09:38,000 --> 02:09:43,000
The battling butts have been just back.

1629
02:09:43,000 --> 02:09:46,000
No balls, one strike. Here's the pitch.

1630
02:09:46,000 --> 02:09:53,000
Off-speed breaking pitch, strike call. Boy he's been effective with that pitch in his inning.

1631
02:09:53,000 --> 02:10:00,000
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.

1632
02:10:00,000 --> 02:10:10,000
Here's the O2 to Milner, swinging him in for the second, he's struck him out and the side has been retired.

1633
02:10:10,000 --> 02:10:19,000
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.

1634
02:10:19,000 --> 02:10:26,000
Off-speed breaking pitch, strike call. Boy he's been effective with that pitch in his inning.

1635
02:10:26,000 --> 02:10:33,000
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.

1636
02:10:33,000 --> 02:10:43,000
Here's the O2 to Milner, swinging him in for the second, he's struck him out and the side has been retired.

1637
02:10:43,000 --> 02:10:55,000
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.

1638
02:10:55,000 --> 02:11:04,000
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.

1639
02:11:04,000 --> 02:11:20,000
The first inning will be leading it off and Fibby's first pitch is high ball one.

1640
02:11:20,000 --> 02:11:33,000
Fibby working in the ninth and the pitch to Harrelson and a strike call on the outside corner. One ball, one strike.

1641
02:11:33,000 --> 02:11:39,000
The pitch on the way from the pick right hander and it is a swing and a miss and it's one and two.

1642
02:11:39,000 --> 02:11:48,000
Doug McGraw the pitcher is two up next.

1643
02:11:48,000 --> 02:11:53,000
Well outside two and two.

1644
02:11:53,000 --> 02:12:01,000
And as you look at this situation, 10 to four in the ninth, that's a bad reflecting.

1645
02:12:01,000 --> 02:12:08,000
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.

1646
02:12:08,000 --> 02:12:14,000
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.

1647
02:12:14,000 --> 02:12:23,000
This is a club that is battled back with everybody out of written off, all in size and that walks Harrelson.

1648
02:12:23,000 --> 02:12:32,000
Fibby walks the first man that he faces and there comes Doug McGraw.

1649
02:12:32,000 --> 02:12:38,000
Who doesn't get a chance to bat very often?

1650
02:12:38,000 --> 02:12:42,000
He's only been to bat four times all year.

1651
02:12:42,000 --> 02:12:45,000
He throws left bats right.

1652
02:12:45,000 --> 02:12:51,000
Harrelson is first base, Fibby stretches, looks back, McGraw putting it up to first base side.

1653
02:12:51,000 --> 02:12:55,000
Fibby would have almost collided with Sargell, that would have been like two max trucks.

1654
02:12:55,000 --> 02:13:01,000
Through the counter it is a one four sock.

1655
02:13:01,000 --> 02:13:11,000
And McGraw will be the batter. He has had three straight hits in the fourth, sixth and eighth and triggered some inning for them.

1656
02:13:11,000 --> 02:13:18,000
It started with the grand slam in the first place Sargell but Landy Lurk who threw that grand slam.

1657
02:13:18,000 --> 02:13:29,000
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.

1658
02:13:29,000 --> 02:13:34,000
Then when he was relieved, they got three on a home run by Lozinski.

1659
02:13:34,000 --> 02:13:38,000
Hebner got a bases loaded double in the eighth and the Phillies are leading ten to four.

1660
02:13:38,000 --> 02:13:43,000
Harrelson is second with one out, McGraw is the batter and a pass ball on the outside corner.

1661
02:13:43,000 --> 02:13:48,000
And Lozinski is the batter and a pass ball on the outside corner.

1662
02:13:48,000 --> 02:13:53,000
And Lozinski is the batter and a pass ball on the outside corner.

1663
02:13:53,000 --> 02:13:58,000
And the Phillies have been the hitting and they've done the scoring.

1664
02:13:58,000 --> 02:14:02,000
They've out hit the buck sixteen to eight lead in the score ten to four, ninth inning.

1665
02:14:02,000 --> 02:14:05,000
Fibby has the sign from it out.

1666
02:14:05,000 --> 02:14:08,000
Stretches and looks back. Here's the pitch.

1667
02:14:08,000 --> 02:14:18,000
It came out again on the screen.

1668
02:14:18,000 --> 02:14:27,000
I think McBride two strikes. Three hits today, five hits in the series.

1669
02:14:27,000 --> 02:14:45,000
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.

1670
02:14:45,000 --> 02:14:54,000
The light at the end of the tunnel. The pucks have one more chance to keep it lit.

1671
02:14:54,000 --> 02:14:57,000
One ball and two strikes. And here's Bibby's pitch.

1672
02:14:57,000 --> 02:15:05,000
Down to their first base side, Starchell grabs it behind the back, runs the first, gets McBride, Harrelson moves over to third.

1673
02:15:05,000 --> 02:15:12,000
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.

1674
02:15:12,000 --> 02:15:19,000
They talked about this weekend being a battle of Pohla and Parker for the MVP. No contest.

1675
02:15:19,000 --> 02:15:30,000
I had Bibby with a full line and a pitch to Pohla.

1676
02:15:30,000 --> 02:15:37,000
A strike call on the outside. You might have even just tipped the end of the batman to leave it to it.

1677
02:15:37,000 --> 02:15:50,000
Parker's had five hits in the series. Pohla's had one. Parker has scored 101 times this year as a baller left side.

1678
02:15:50,000 --> 02:16:00,000
Pohla has scored 77 times batting all year in the second spot with hitters like Manix, Wazinski-Hepner and Schmitt behind him.

1679
02:16:00,000 --> 02:16:08,000
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.

1680
02:16:08,000 --> 02:16:16,000
Pohla's out and so are the Phillies. We have come down to one inning for the 1978 season.

1681
02:16:16,000 --> 02:16:28,000
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.

1682
02:16:28,000 --> 02:16:34,000
The Phillies 10 the Pirate 4.

1683
02:16:34,000 --> 02:16:43,000
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.

1684
02:16:43,000 --> 02:16:53,000
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.

1685
02:16:53,000 --> 02:16:59,000
It would have been easy on the 12th of August to roll over and dive. They wouldn't do it.

1686
02:16:59,000 --> 02:17:07,000
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.

1687
02:17:07,000 --> 02:17:20,000
I've played McGraw who has picked two innings and given up only one hit.

1688
02:17:20,000 --> 02:17:30,000
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.

1689
02:17:30,000 --> 02:17:38,000
And there's a land drive single in the right field. Ed Ott hangs on a loop to start the bottom of the ninth.

1690
02:17:38,000 --> 02:17:50,000
Second hit off McGraw, ninth hit of the game for Pittsburgh and Ceddo Gaston will make his first appearance as a pirate.

1691
02:17:50,000 --> 02:17:58,000
He has been with Atlanta all year, running 229 with one homer and nine RBI's.

1692
02:17:58,000 --> 02:18:09,000
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.

1693
02:18:09,000 --> 02:18:16,000
The Phillies are leading 10-4 in the bottom of the ninth inning.

1694
02:18:16,000 --> 02:18:22,000
Ceddo Gaston, right-hand pinch hitter. McGraw stretching, looking to first, here's the pitch.

1695
02:18:22,000 --> 02:18:33,000
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.

1696
02:18:33,000 --> 02:18:41,000
That's it number 10 and the crowd now up and clamoring. They want that beginning. They want it to go to tomorrow.

1697
02:18:41,000 --> 02:18:46,000
And Frank Gerveroz who was hit with today and four troops will be stepping in.

1698
02:18:46,000 --> 02:18:52,000
Frankie is four for 12 in a series. That's two hits in each of the games last night.

1699
02:18:52,000 --> 02:18:59,000
Now the job is to get things moving and get Old Mo back on our side.

1700
02:18:59,000 --> 02:19:05,000
We came to this series with momentum. What a double header last night. Need to get him back.

1701
02:19:05,000 --> 02:19:11,000
Stretchy, looking and McGraw's pitch to Gerveroz. He punts it. The pitch are coming over to get it.

1702
02:19:11,000 --> 02:19:20,000
Now it's going to turn three. It's safe. The place is eluded. Nobody out.

1703
02:19:20,000 --> 02:19:27,000
A fun single by Gerveroz. The pirates are still alive. It's the third straight hit off McGraw.

1704
02:19:27,000 --> 02:19:32,000
An 11 pirate is for the off and on. And Omar Moreno will be the batter.

1705
02:19:32,000 --> 02:19:36,000
The Philadelphia Phillies are leading by six.

1706
02:19:36,000 --> 02:19:42,000
Two fifths of the beginning of one of the greatest comebacks in baseball history.

1707
02:19:42,000 --> 02:19:48,000
Omar Moreno was locked once today. He's over three officially. He has struck out twice.

1708
02:19:48,000 --> 02:19:55,000
Hit off the bird. Gaps in a second. Gerveroz is at first. Nobody out. The 28,000 are still here.

1709
02:19:55,000 --> 02:20:01,000
They're still yelling. They're trying to get it going. They're trying to turn up the pirate path.

1710
02:20:01,000 --> 02:20:07,000
But McGraw is still on the mound. It's the Moreno swinging a high pound for the second.

1711
02:20:07,000 --> 02:20:13,000
The only play will be a forced play. The second and off scores. It's ten to five.

1712
02:20:13,000 --> 02:20:17,000
Coming over to third was Gassman. Gerveroz was forced.

1713
02:20:17,000 --> 02:20:22,000
Carroll from the ball scored that four to six. Moreno's at first with a fielder's choice.

1714
02:20:22,000 --> 02:20:27,000
He gets credit for a run right at end. And here comes the Cobra.

1715
02:20:27,000 --> 02:20:32,000
Parker today is one for four. He's got five hits in the series.

1716
02:20:32,000 --> 02:20:39,000
This is one of those times when Parker would probably be trying to play long ball

1717
02:20:39,000 --> 02:20:45,000
because we need him at a cluster. It's ten to five Philadelphia.

1718
02:20:45,000 --> 02:20:54,000
Gassman third. Moreno first. The crowd's still wild about their pirates.

1719
02:20:54,000 --> 02:21:01,000
Here's the runner going at first. Delvino's throw at the stolen base and that tie is the pirate record.

1720
02:21:01,000 --> 02:21:14,000
Seventy stolen bases. That tie is the pirate record set last year by Saveras.

1721
02:21:14,000 --> 02:21:18,000
Moreno ties the all-time pirate season high of 70 with that fifth.

1722
02:21:18,000 --> 02:21:24,000
First bases empty. Two runners in scoring position with one out. The old one to Parker.

1723
02:21:24,000 --> 02:21:29,000
A foul ball down the left side. It'll end up in the seats. Not quite to the bullpen area.

1724
02:21:29,000 --> 02:21:38,000
And McGraw is in the out in front of Parker with two strikes. Will Robinson do up next?

1725
02:21:38,000 --> 02:21:43,000
Philadelphia with ten runs and sixteen hits. The pirate five runs, eleven hits.

1726
02:21:43,000 --> 02:21:50,000
They're trying to live up to them. Nickname in every way. No balls, two strikes.

1727
02:21:50,000 --> 02:21:55,000
McGraw winding. The pitch to Parker. Swinging in a loopy five ball.

1728
02:21:55,000 --> 02:21:59,000
Better drop. They've hit one run on score. They're going to wave Moreno.

1729
02:21:59,000 --> 02:22:04,000
Why is it the plate he's in there? Extended subject. The ball gets away from Moon.

1730
02:22:04,000 --> 02:22:14,000
That's Parker in the second base. Welcome to this loud now.

1731
02:22:34,000 --> 02:22:44,000
Garcy shortstop Poe was a throwing error on his relay. The ball that got away from him.

1732
02:22:44,000 --> 02:22:54,000
And Sammy Ozark has arrived at the mound. The Clark McGraw Magic has worn off.

1733
02:22:54,000 --> 02:22:59,000
One, two, three, four hits in the inning. Will hits in the game for the pirate.

1734
02:22:59,000 --> 02:23:05,000
Two more RBI's for Parker, who now has a hundred and seventeen.

1735
02:23:05,000 --> 02:23:13,000
He's got sixteen RBI's against Philadelphia. And Ron Reid is being summoned from the right field bullpen.

1736
02:23:13,000 --> 02:23:17,000
The score is ten to seven.

1737
02:23:17,000 --> 02:23:23,000
Oh, you just got a good box and a tire. The seventy-eight pirate things.

1738
02:23:23,000 --> 02:23:32,000
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.

1739
02:23:32,000 --> 02:23:37,000
But they didn't do it. They just simply wouldn't quit.

1740
02:23:37,000 --> 02:23:44,000
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.

1741
02:23:44,000 --> 02:23:52,000
It's the fully seven of Pirate Summit as Ron Reid arrives at the mound and Clark McGraw makes a walk to the shower.

1742
02:23:52,000 --> 02:23:57,000
That's how big it is that the Candy Man has gone to the bullpen.

1743
02:23:57,000 --> 02:24:00,000
Here is Bill Robinson running to face Ron Reid.

1744
02:24:00,000 --> 02:24:04,000
Robinson in this game has had a single and a double.

1745
02:24:04,000 --> 02:24:09,000
Parker is the second base. If Robbie could play long ball in a field one run game,

1746
02:24:09,000 --> 02:24:13,000
that way they're leading ten to seven with a run to a second and one out.

1747
02:24:13,000 --> 02:24:17,000
Swinging the foul up here to the right side and a strike one.

1748
02:24:17,000 --> 02:24:24,000
Ron Reid becomes there fourth pitcher of the afternoon. He's in relief with Clark McGraw.

1749
02:24:24,000 --> 02:24:31,000
Reid gets the side. Here's the pitch. Swinging a slice up off Reid.

1750
02:24:31,000 --> 02:24:38,000
Up off Smith's body the ball gets away into left field. Parker's going to score. It's ten to eight.

1751
02:24:38,000 --> 02:24:45,000
That ball was absolutely hit like a bullet.

1752
02:24:45,000 --> 02:24:51,000
It's a base hit and an RBI for Robinson. The ball faced into the Alps of Torps,

1753
02:24:51,000 --> 02:24:57,000
gets up off Smith, pulled into left field, starts to lob out her. He represents the tying run.

1754
02:24:57,000 --> 02:25:03,000
Holy Toledo. Hang on folks.

1755
02:25:03,000 --> 02:25:10,000
The Fucco's are trying to do it here in the ninth inning. Billy's ten, Fyrus eight, four runs of score.

1756
02:25:10,000 --> 02:25:15,000
Willie Stardew in a grand slam in the first inning. He's won for four in the game.

1757
02:25:15,000 --> 02:25:21,000
It's a ten to eight game right now. Here's the pitch. Swinging a foul ball coming up this way,

1758
02:25:21,000 --> 02:25:27,000
but lands on the screen and it's plate two to Stardew. Garner do a peck.

1759
02:25:27,000 --> 02:25:33,000
The Philadelphia Phillies ten runs, sixteen hits to Fyrus, eight runs, thirteen hits.

1760
02:25:33,000 --> 02:25:42,000
Five hits in this inning. Here's the pitch. Did he go after it? Yes he did and that is a sweet house.

1761
02:25:44,000 --> 02:25:47,000
Now it's up to Bill Garner.

1762
02:25:47,000 --> 02:26:00,000
Bill Garner today has walked, bounced the third single and popped up.

1763
02:26:00,000 --> 02:26:06,000
The Philadelphia Phillies know they've been in a dog fight.

1764
02:26:06,000 --> 02:26:13,000
And Bill Garner will be batting against Ron Reeves. He represents the tying run.

1765
02:26:13,000 --> 02:26:18,000
Robinson at first base. The pitch swinging and fouling into the backstop.

1766
02:26:18,000 --> 02:26:25,000
John Milner would be next. Garner trying to keep not only this inning alive and this game alive,

1767
02:26:25,000 --> 02:26:27,000
but this season alive.

1768
02:26:27,000 --> 02:26:36,000
The pitch.

1769
02:26:36,000 --> 02:26:41,000
Low inside. One ball, one strike to Garner.

1770
02:26:44,000 --> 02:26:51,000
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.

1771
02:26:51,000 --> 02:26:57,000
Now there are two away. The one-one to Garner. Blings, and he misses it. One ball and two strikes.

1772
02:27:02,000 --> 02:27:10,000
Philadelphia leading by two. Garner represents the tying run. The crowd trying to keep it going.

1773
02:27:10,000 --> 02:27:14,000
Garner's trying to do the same thing. The one-two pitch.

1774
02:27:14,000 --> 02:27:22,000
Outside of the maze. Two balls, two strikes.

1775
02:27:22,000 --> 02:27:27,000
Trapper trying to wear out Reid here.

1776
02:27:27,000 --> 02:27:35,000
Bill Robinson at first base. Two away. Four runs are in. Trying to keep the uprising going. The two-two pitch.

1777
02:27:35,000 --> 02:27:40,000
Low outside, ball free.

1778
02:27:40,000 --> 02:27:45,000
All right. Bill Robinson will be ready to move at first.

1779
02:27:45,000 --> 02:27:50,000
It's a full count. Two away. Bottom of the ninth inning. Philadelphia leading by two.

1780
02:27:50,000 --> 02:27:57,000
The Phillies trying to hang on and end it. The Pirates trying to hang on and keep it from ending.

1781
02:27:57,000 --> 02:28:03,000
All right. Robinson ready to run. Here's the pitch. A high bouncer. Foul. Third-eighth side.

1782
02:28:03,000 --> 02:28:06,000
They'll wind Robbie up and bring him back to first.

1783
02:28:06,000 --> 02:28:13,000
Three balls and two strikes.

1784
02:28:13,000 --> 02:28:21,000
Bill Garner is rest right on his back.

1785
02:28:21,000 --> 02:28:26,000
The 160 of Game of the Year.

1786
02:28:26,000 --> 02:28:33,000
That's for the Pirates. The Phillies 161. The runner ready. Here he goes. Here's the pitch.

1787
02:28:33,000 --> 02:28:43,000
A bouncer to short. Foul of flowers. And the Phillies have one seed.

1788
02:28:43,000 --> 02:28:48,000
One of the greatest comebacks. And the Phillies are clamoring all over each other.

1789
02:28:48,000 --> 02:28:54,000
They have won their division. But they won it by the skin of their collective feet.

1790
02:28:54,000 --> 02:29:00,000
In the ninth inning for the Pirates, four runs on one, two, three, four, five hits.

1791
02:29:00,000 --> 02:29:08,000
In the air as one man was left. And the Phillies have won their third straight division in a row.

1792
02:29:08,000 --> 02:29:13,000
The Pirates put it on them right down to the next to the last day.

1793
02:29:13,000 --> 02:29:22,000
But the Phillies have survived not only a great comeback, but they survived a great ninth inning comeback.

1794
02:29:22,000 --> 02:29:27,000
And the final score. The Philadelphia Phillies 10-the Pittsburgh Pirates 8.

1795
02:29:27,000 --> 02:29:31,000
All the good things wrapped up in one.

1796
02:29:31,000 --> 02:29:38,000
Hey, TK, see the world of fun. All the good things that come in the dark.

1797
02:29:38,000 --> 02:29:43,000
Hi everybody. We're back on the Tasty Cake Wrap-Up Show. I'm Andy Musler along with Chris Wheeler upstairs here.

1798
02:29:43,000 --> 02:29:48,000
We're going to switch to the locker room. Rich Ashburn is talking with Mike Schmidt and Schmidty walking a rain out.

1799
02:29:48,000 --> 02:29:52,000
And Warren Brewster is coming in to talk with Whitey. Let's join the locker room celebration.

1800
02:29:52,000 --> 02:29:57,000
We're going to play in 60 situations all year. None hairier than this week.

1801
02:29:57,000 --> 02:30:02,000
I feel super right now. It's great to have all this pressure off us now. We're ready.

1802
02:30:02,000 --> 02:30:07,000
We played under pressure all year. We're used to it now. We're ready.

1803
02:30:07,000 --> 02:30:12,000
You made the box last night. Today you came in. You only got in one inning, but it was a big inning.

1804
02:30:12,000 --> 02:30:15,000
You got them out of there. It's time we only had a two run lead.

1805
02:30:15,000 --> 02:30:18,000
And I guess you kind of wanted to get back in there.

1806
02:30:18,000 --> 02:30:22,000
I did. I wanted to redeem myself bad. I really feel bad about last night.

1807
02:30:22,000 --> 02:30:26,000
And I have to live with it. It happened. And it's over with today's a new day. Now we're celebrating.

1808
02:30:26,000 --> 02:30:33,000
Good luck to you, Bruce. Nice going. Randy Lutz. You stole our gun. Nice, everybody.

1809
02:30:33,000 --> 02:30:40,000
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.

1810
02:30:40,000 --> 02:30:43,000
But I didn't think you were going to do it twice, Randy.

1811
02:30:43,000 --> 02:30:48,000
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.

1812
02:30:48,000 --> 02:30:52,000
That's the first time I've ever gone over center field fence, even in batting practice.

1813
02:30:52,000 --> 02:30:54,000
So if I do it another time, I couldn't believe it.

1814
02:30:54,000 --> 02:30:57,000
I give you credit for hanging in there. Stardale got you for that grand slammer.

1815
02:30:57,000 --> 02:31:00,000
Looks like you made a bad pitch. And he nailed it, huh?

1816
02:31:00,000 --> 02:31:04,000
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.

1817
02:31:04,000 --> 02:31:09,000
It was very dumb on my part. We didn't get down. We battled right back.

1818
02:31:09,000 --> 02:31:13,000
You kept them in there with those home runs. You kept them close. Nice going.

1819
02:31:13,000 --> 02:31:16,000
Thank you very much, Rick. Randy, good luck to you.

1820
02:31:16,000 --> 02:31:19,000
I can't believe it.

1821
02:31:19,000 --> 02:31:21,000
I'm going to ask you about that jack.

1822
02:31:21,000 --> 02:31:25,000
I'm going to ask you about Randy's words.

1823
02:31:25,000 --> 02:31:30,000
Alright, good job.

1824
02:31:30,000 --> 02:31:37,000
Back in the club, I was at the three rivers stadium, Bob Boone standing right here.

1825
02:31:37,000 --> 02:31:41,000
Boone, nobody said it'd be easy that last inning.

1826
02:31:41,000 --> 02:31:44,000
How did you fix the well he started you? How did you strike him out?

1827
02:31:44,000 --> 02:31:46,000
What were you thinking at that time? What are you thinking now?

1828
02:31:46,000 --> 02:31:48,000
How am I supposed to know?

1829
02:31:48,000 --> 02:31:51,000
I say, Harry, with Ron Ratesman, it's such a great job for us all year.

1830
02:31:51,000 --> 02:31:54,000
You get into that inning. You can't try anything fast here.

1831
02:31:54,000 --> 02:31:56,000
I was just going to go at him hard, try to move the ball around.

1832
02:31:56,000 --> 02:31:59,000
I tried to give him one ball in, down and in.

1833
02:31:59,000 --> 02:32:02,000
He's been swinging it down to the real tough pitch for him.

1834
02:32:02,000 --> 02:32:07,000
Then I was going to go at him hard and Ron, he gets through a super hard fast ball.

1835
02:32:07,000 --> 02:32:11,000
Up and away and Willie's going to be standing there and trying to hit it out.

1836
02:32:11,000 --> 02:32:15,000
He's got to get a good pitch and it was a great pitch by Ratesman.

1837
02:32:15,000 --> 02:32:18,000
So how does this feel this year compared to the last two?

1838
02:32:18,000 --> 02:32:22,000
It's a fast ball. It was a struggle all the way for us.

1839
02:32:22,000 --> 02:32:28,000
I think it's over with. It's been a long year and we're just starting to thank for this over.

1840
02:32:28,000 --> 02:32:32,000
We're just starting to think about the playoffs.

1841
02:32:32,000 --> 02:32:34,000
You've got to get the pire to a great deal of credit.

1842
02:32:34,000 --> 02:32:38,000
They came a long way to get back at us and they were battling right to the end.

1843
02:32:38,000 --> 02:32:42,000
It was something where we never really pressed.

1844
02:32:42,000 --> 02:32:45,000
But it's something where you knew we had to win one.

1845
02:32:45,000 --> 02:32:47,000
We knew it was tough here. They're playing great ball.

1846
02:32:47,000 --> 02:32:50,000
They're all swinging hot bats and we just had to go out and do it.

1847
02:32:50,000 --> 02:32:54,000
Especially the win where Randy gives up the grand slam in the first inning.

1848
02:32:54,000 --> 02:32:58,000
And now we've got a battle back and I've got a great deal of character in our club.

1849
02:32:58,000 --> 02:33:02,000
Randy Lurch getting into two big full runs and Bull coming through.

1850
02:33:02,000 --> 02:33:05,000
It was a tremendous win for us. It's what I'll remember forever.

1851
02:33:05,000 --> 02:33:08,000
It's very nice to have you here.

1852
02:33:08,000 --> 02:33:10,000
The post following.

1853
02:33:10,000 --> 02:33:13,000
Vice President and General Manager.

1854
02:33:13,000 --> 02:33:15,000
Nobody's going to be easy.

1855
02:33:15,000 --> 02:33:19,000
What were you thinking of the night setting?

1856
02:33:19,000 --> 02:33:21,000
I don't know. I died a thousand times.

1857
02:33:21,000 --> 02:33:24,000
I lost ten pounds the last two days.

1858
02:33:24,000 --> 02:33:27,000
Well, you've got to give the Pirates credit. What a job they did.

1859
02:33:27,000 --> 02:33:31,000
Do you think the Pirates, by coming out, have made the Phillies a better ball club?

1860
02:33:31,000 --> 02:33:34,000
I think this has been a good lesson for us.

1861
02:33:34,000 --> 02:33:38,000
I can't say enough about the Pirates. We played good ball last month.

1862
02:33:38,000 --> 02:33:42,000
They just played super ball and they put on a great show.

1863
02:33:42,000 --> 02:33:45,000
I think it was great for baseball. I hope it's great for the Phillies.

1864
02:33:45,000 --> 02:33:49,000
There was a point in time in the fifth inning where the Phillies got second and third.

1865
02:33:49,000 --> 02:33:52,000
They did not score. They came back in the next inning with Bulls home run

1866
02:33:52,000 --> 02:33:54,000
and they had to beat them.

1867
02:33:54,000 --> 02:33:57,000
I've never seen a big guy that emotional.

1868
02:33:57,000 --> 02:33:59,000
Even he passes that.

1869
02:33:59,000 --> 02:34:04,000
Oh, my ball! No for it!

1870
02:34:04,000 --> 02:34:07,000
I'm showing bonesies.

1871
02:34:07,000 --> 02:34:10,000
Very ball. Really, Captain Earth?

1872
02:34:10,000 --> 02:34:12,000
The Phillies president and the owner is here.

1873
02:34:12,000 --> 02:34:14,000
Really had them all the way.

1874
02:34:14,000 --> 02:34:18,000
I think my heart stopped beating about ten times in that night setting.

1875
02:34:18,000 --> 02:34:20,000
It's unbelievable.

1876
02:34:20,000 --> 02:34:22,000
It really shows you the character of this ball club.

1877
02:34:22,000 --> 02:34:26,000
I think maybe it's a blessing that the Pirates gave us a little ease.

1878
02:34:26,000 --> 02:34:31,000
It's a real tribute to the Pirate organization, the job they have done

1879
02:34:31,000 --> 02:34:36,000
because I think the last time we played them in August, they were 13 or 14 games.

1880
02:34:36,000 --> 02:34:40,000
It's dying! I see ya! The Pirates, I see ya!

1881
02:34:40,000 --> 02:34:42,000
Get out of the way!

1882
02:34:42,000 --> 02:34:44,000
Bad Hawkeman being shot.

1883
02:34:44,000 --> 02:34:49,000
The Pirates were 13 or 14 games out of first place and here they are today

1884
02:34:49,000 --> 02:34:53,000
just knocking on the door and they really kept the heat on us

1885
02:34:53,000 --> 02:34:57,000
and it is a tribute because I know it was a terrible disappointment

1886
02:34:57,000 --> 02:35:02,000
last night when we lost the double header and these guys came back today

1887
02:35:02,000 --> 02:35:04,000
and did a really fun job.

1888
02:35:04,000 --> 02:35:07,000
It's ironic because the bats woke up.

1889
02:35:07,000 --> 02:35:11,000
Our relief pitching has been so strong all year and then in the ninth inning

1890
02:35:11,000 --> 02:35:15,000
the relief pitching really wasn't that effective other than Ron Reeves.

1891
02:35:15,000 --> 02:35:17,000
They all did a hell of a job.

1892
02:35:17,000 --> 02:35:20,000
Really, as far as your concerns, is this the sweetest of the great?

1893
02:35:20,000 --> 02:35:22,000
Well, in some ways, yes.

1894
02:35:22,000 --> 02:35:27,000
In spite of all the external difficulties surrounding the first one in 1976,

1895
02:35:27,000 --> 02:35:32,000
I think that was the sweetest because that was the first time since 1950

1896
02:35:32,000 --> 02:35:34,000
the fellas didn't ever really want anything.

1897
02:35:34,000 --> 02:35:36,000
How do you feel going into the playoffs?

1898
02:35:36,000 --> 02:35:39,000
Well, the Dodgers have played very well.

1899
02:35:39,000 --> 02:35:42,000
We're going to have to get more hitting and we're going to beat the Dodgers.

1900
02:35:42,000 --> 02:35:44,000
I think the pitching is going to be solid.

1901
02:35:44,000 --> 02:35:47,000
It's been solid all year and the defense has been good too

1902
02:35:47,000 --> 02:35:49,000
but we're going to have to get the hitting when it counts.

1903
02:35:49,000 --> 02:35:55,000
Certainly today the whole free run homer and Ricky Hadner's free triple

1904
02:35:55,000 --> 02:35:57,000
with a base throw today were the big hits.

1905
02:35:57,000 --> 02:36:01,000
Really, you think you could have won it without the losing feeling.

1906
02:36:01,000 --> 02:36:03,000
That was a key trait.

1907
02:36:03,000 --> 02:36:04,000
I certainly do.

1908
02:36:04,000 --> 02:36:07,000
I know we gave up, in my opinion, maybe one of the top three or four

1909
02:36:07,000 --> 02:36:09,000
to leave pitchers as baseball and team Garber,

1910
02:36:09,000 --> 02:36:14,000
but Dick Ruefman came back and we would have really been in trouble without him.

1911
02:36:14,000 --> 02:36:15,000
Great win.

1912
02:36:15,000 --> 02:36:16,000
Thank you, Harry.

1913
02:36:16,000 --> 02:36:18,000
Really, Carpenter, President and Otis.

1914
02:36:18,000 --> 02:36:20,000
We're back upstairs here on the broadcast booth

1915
02:36:20,000 --> 02:36:24,000
and we're going to run down the scoreboard and then wrap up our tasty cake wrap-up show.

1916
02:36:24,000 --> 02:36:28,000
As you can tell, the boys in the locker room are really happy about this one

1917
02:36:28,000 --> 02:36:31,000
and Chris, I think, really in many ways the celebration down there

1918
02:36:31,000 --> 02:36:34,000
is more genuine and spirited than the last two.

1919
02:36:34,000 --> 02:36:37,000
I mean, the bills really came a lot closer to the end of the season

1920
02:36:37,000 --> 02:36:40,000
before winning at this time than they did either 76 or 77.

1921
02:36:40,000 --> 02:36:44,000
There's no doubt in my mind that the Phillies realized

1922
02:36:44,000 --> 02:36:48,000
that they were looking to bullet right in the eye last night after that double header.

1923
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And that this was a very, very hot baseball team they were playing here in Pittsburgh

1924
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and they knew they had to try and somehow win a game

1925
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because of the Pirates swept the Phillies this weekend.

1926
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They weren't going to lose to the Reds on Monday.

1927
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And they just showed you why the way they came at the Phillies in the ninth inning.

1928
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So, yeah, I think it is.

1929
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It looks like it.

1930
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And I know when we get down there we'll probably get drowned again,

1931
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but it sure is a lot of fun to get down and be in one of those babies.

1932
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And I think it is more genuine.

1933
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I think if it would have happened a week ago,

1934
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it wouldn't have the feeling that it does today.

1935
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But because of the problems and all the things that led up to it,

1936
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you know, it has to be very, very satisfying.

1937
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And they doused Whitey Asperin.

1938
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Just walked in our broadcast booth.

1939
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That stuff smells terrible.

1940
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I hope it tastes better than it smells.

1941
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Whitey says it does.

1942
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Quick look at the scoreboard in the American League.

1943
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New York beat Cleveland 7-0.

1944
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Their magic number is 1 now.

1945
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As the Reds talk speed Toronto 5-1.

1946
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Both Ed Stigie-Roa and Dennis Eckersley became 20 game winners today.

1947
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Baltimore and Detroit 2-2 at the end of 3 1 1 half.

1948
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Milwaukee and Oakland just getting underway.

1949
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And the National League, St. Louis over Montreal 6-1.

1950
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And at the end of 7 innings, it was New York 4.

1951
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And the Chicago Cubs 2.

1952
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I believe a final has been posted in that ball game,

1953
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but our ticker here in the booth has begun to garble.

1954
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And we never got any report at all on Atlanta Cincinnati

1955
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with Phil Negro pitching for his 20th in that

1956
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when it could possibly be that that is a night game.

1957
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All right, that's it for the Tasty Cake Wrap-Up Show.

1958
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Speaking for Chris Wheeler, Harry Callis and Rick Cashburn.

1959
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Andy Munster saying so long from Pittsburgh

1960
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where the Phillies have indeed wrapped up.

1961
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The National League Eastern Division title, the magic number is 0.

1962
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We'll see you tomorrow on the Phillies baseball network.

1963
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Hope you've enjoyed today's Tasty Cake Wrap-Up Show.

1964
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Tune in after the next fill-up game

1965
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when Tasty Cake once again wraps up facts and figures of the game.

1966
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Interviews will start the game.

1967
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And give you the inside scoop in the Phillies

1968
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as the 1978 baseball season rolls along.

1969
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Tasty Cake and the Phillies are all a good thing wrapped up in line.

1970
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Tasty Cake in the world of fun.

1971
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You probably won't see the back of any of these cars.

1972
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Tasty Cake in the world of fun.

1973
02:38:52,000 --> 02:38:56,000
Tasty Cake in the world of fun.

1974
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Well, the 1978 season has come through a dramatic end

1975
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and abruptly here, although there's another game to go tomorrow.

1976
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The Phillies have wrapped up the East for the third straight year.

1977
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They can believe easier knowing that they beat

1978
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a rough, tough, tumble, rough-house pirate crew

1979
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that put it on him from the middle of August right down to the day.

1980
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And even in the ninth inning, the Phillies couldn't breathe easily.

1981
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They thought they were going to waltz in.

1982
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They were leading 10-4.

1983
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Then a four-run pirate inning made it 10-8.

1984
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And here are the totals.

1985
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Four of the Phillies, 10-16 hits whenever they strand 10,

1986
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lurched the winner, and although he gave up a grand slam in the first inning,

1987
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he kept his own club in it by hitting two home runs.

1988
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His record is 11-8.

1989
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The winning RBI went to Hebner when he got the bases loaded double in the eighth inning.

1990
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The pirates, 8-13 and 2-7, left Jackson the loser, 7-5.

1991
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Home runs by lurcher player, Lozinski won that put him in front this day.

1992
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Sargele had a grand slam in the first inning.

1993
02:40:05,000 --> 02:40:09,000
And so, the Pittsburgh Pirates, who made one of the most scallant runs

1994
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in the division title that's come since the divisions were put into existence,

1995
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fell short on the next to the last day.

1996
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But nobody that's done this pirate team,

1997
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nobody that's connected with the pirates in any capacity,

1998
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has to walk around with their head down today.

1999
02:40:27,000 --> 02:40:31,000
This team just battled for all they were worth.

2000
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They had won 24 in a row at home,

2001
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but they lost this one and with it, a chance to win the division.

2002
02:40:38,000 --> 02:40:40,000
So that's the story of it here.

2003
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This crowd is limp, I want to tell you.

2004
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They stayed on and they pulled and they pulled for the bucks to do it.

2005
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They almost did it in the night.

2006
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They had to tie a line at the plate, but couldn't pull it off,

2007
02:40:54,000 --> 02:40:58,000
but oh how close they came, and oh how close it was.

2008
02:40:58,000 --> 02:41:02,000
So the Phillies have won at 10-8, now tomorrow,

2009
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as far as we know, Candleria will still pitch.

2010
02:41:06,000 --> 02:41:08,000
Christensen has played it for them,

2011
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but they might pitch somebody else because they know they've got to be in a playoff with the Dodgers.

2012
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And now that the season has wound down to one remaining game,

2013
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when we come back on the scoreboard,

2014
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we're going to recap some of the interesting memories of this year.

2015
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But I want to remind you that the broadcast tomorrow will be at 1.20, it's Friday,

2016
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2017
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