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

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On Friday, October 7th, 1977, the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the Philadelphia Phillies at

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Veterans Stadium for Game 3 of the 1977 NLCS. Los Angeles bounced back in Game 2 with a

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7-1 victory over the Phillies, tying the series at one game apiece. The series headed to

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Philadelphia for Game 3 at Veterans Stadium. This audio recording is from the radio broadcast

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featuring announcers Ralph Keiner and Jerry Coleman.

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Right hand batter and the next pitch is popped up into a shallow center field. Moving up

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in the ball is Gary Maddux, an outstanding center fielder, and he makes the play. And

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the interesting thing about that is that Maddux running to that ball was not limping. He missed

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the first games of the series because of an injury to his knee. So Maddux is not limping.

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Apparently he is all right and they can certainly use his speed. The Lopes flies out to center

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field. That'll bring up Bill Russell, who's had two hits and nine times up so far in the

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series. Russell a right hand batter. And Christensen with his first delivery. It's too low for a

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ball. Christensen won his first major league game against the New York Mets. At that time

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was a different pitcher than he is now. He took a lot of time on the net now and now he

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works very quickly. He comes back with a fastball. It's fouled back out of play. Lopes for the

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283. Bill Russell at 278. Russell with four home runs. 51 runs batted in. And now the

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next delivery and it's lying right at the second baseman. Haken by Ted Sizemore. Two

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men away. Well, Turner, have you noticed how so often with young pitchers who delay their

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pitching on the mound that one of the standard procedures is to try to get them to speed it

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up and it seems to help a lot of them. Really has helped Christensen. He had a record of

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19 and six and he certainly has speeded up his delivery. Now the batter coming up is

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Reggie Smith. He's two for eight in the series. Reggie with a fine here hitting 307 with 32

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home runs. 87 RBI. He takes a called strike. Christensen had a record of no wins and two

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losses against the Dodgers this year and the next delivery is grounded foul. Took something

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off the pitch. A good change up and Smith out in front grounding the ball off to the

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right side. And the first game of the season series with the Phillies and Dodgers, Christensen

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was really jumped on by the Dodgers and was a losing pitcher. Pitch high a fastball. They

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knocked him out of the box with seven runs on seven hits after one and two thirds in

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the Reggie Smith and Ron Say had back to back homers in the first inning to get things going

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against Christensen. That was back on May the sixth. Now a slow change up. It is just

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out of the strike zone and the count at two balls and two strikes. Smith has a reputation

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around the league of having trouble with off speed pitching but not much. So Christensen

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tall in the mound and his next delivery to Smith. It is hung on a net, a fastball and

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Reggie Smith has struck out a one, two, three inning for Larry Christensen and the score

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at the end of one half inning hits the Dodgers. Nothing in the Phillies coming up. Well this

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is a pivotal game for both teams of course. They are tied up one and if you lose this

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game you really have your back to the wall. There is no tomorrow. You have to win on the

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following day. So both these teams know this very well. I like Dodgers Stadium where the

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first two games were played. The ball carries very well at Veterans Stadium. The ground

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balls move quickly on the astroturf and a lot of the Phillies players hit the ball on

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the ground quite a bit so that should help them a little bit. It will also be sharply

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cooler and it is sharply cooler in front of all of you as was mentioned overcast. Every

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so often a little bit of sunshine will come through. The temperature will stay around

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60 throughout most of the ball game. A wicked cross body block by Kansas City's Hal McRae

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sparked the New York Yankees to rally behind the pitching of Ryan Didri on Thursday night

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and even the American League Championship series at a game apiece with a 6-2 win over

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the Royals. The American League series moving back to the artificial turf in Kansas City

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on Friday with a good chance of rain tonight.

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This broadcast presented by authority of Major League Baseball is intended solely for the

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private, non-commercial use of our audience. Any publication, reproduction, retransmission

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or other use of the description on account of this game without the express written consent

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of Major League Baseball is prohibited. Here at Veterans Stadium we might mention that

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there is a wet strip behind the shortstop and in front of the left fielder running about

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150 feet long and maybe 40 feet wide. If the ball is hit there it may be a factor. The

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ground gets very slippery in those wet areas. There are some wet sections in right field

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but the infield is completely dry and the action continues now with Bert Hooten on the

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mound and Ralph Keiner to call it for you. And the Philadelphia Philly partisan crowd

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starting to whoop it up. There's a difference in the crowd. Dodgers send in the crowd more

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to date. They do cheer when their home team comes through. The two Grand Slam home runs

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hit by the Dodgers were certainly received by the fans with as much enthusiasm and applause

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of any group of people gathered together. But here you'll find the Philadelphia Philly

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fans keep it up constantly. It's a noisy, noisy stadium. Veterans Stadium that seats

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over 58,000. Bert Hooten with a record of 12-7. 0-2 against the Dodgers. 2.62 ERA. Born

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in Greenville, Texas. Was in All-America at the University of Texas. As a pitcher he throws

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a knuckle curve and he developed that while trying to learn how to throw a knuckleball.

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He never could master the knuckleball and ended up with a knuckle curve which reacts

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a little bit like a knuckleball. It breaks down and sometimes it breaks down and in and

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sometimes down and out. Very tough pitch to hit and especially if it's kept low. Hooten

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had 153 strikeouts in the regular season and he starts his windup and the first pitch is

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chopped out to the mound. It is taken by Hooten right on top of the mound and McGride who

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had been 4-9 in the series has thrown out. Knuckle curve and bounce and Hooten now looking

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up and he had some trouble with the sun on that ground ball. Shades of Billy Low, Ralph

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Keiner. That sun is low in the sky and when that bounced at him you can see him fighting

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the sun. It was a one hopper. You go back to the old Brooklyn Dodger days of Billy Low

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who complained he lost the ground ball and the sun. Nobody would believe him but he can

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be done if the ball is chopped high enough and we're on artificial turf and now we're

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going to have time called as Ron Say goes to the sunglasses. We have sun here at Philadelphia

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breaking through the overcast. Field dimensions are 330 down each line. 371 in left center

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field and right center field. 408 in center field and the fence 12 feet high. Artificial

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turf and it's fast. Throw one man away and one pitch and Larry Bowe the batter. Larry

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is switch hitter batting from the left hand side. McGride hit 316 in the regular season.

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Bowe hits 280 and the first pitch is taking a called strike. The ball popping out of the

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glove of Bill Yeager. Steve Garvey at first base. David Lopes at second base. The short

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stop Bill Russell. Third baseman Ron Say. In the outfield and left field Dusty Baker.

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Rick Mundy in center field and Reggie Smith in right and oh a bunch of ball and is hit

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by the ball but he's hit while in the batter's box so he is not out and they're checking

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out to see whether or not it was in the box or not but no argument on the play so evidence

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Steve Yeager is satisfied that the call was right. Bowe has that exceptional speed. The

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infield has to shorten up on him. And now Hootin into the wind up and the pitch back

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is hit hard but right at Bill Russell the short stop as he moves to his left he comes

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up with the ball and the throw to first base for the out. Two men up and two men down.

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That will bring up the big favorite here in Philadelphia. It's Mike Smith. Smith hits

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38 home runs in the course of the season. 101 RBI has had an average of 274. So far in

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the series he's won for nine. Prior to this year Smith led the national league in home

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runs three consecutive years. The year before this year he led the major leagues with 38.

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George Foster the leading hitter in home runs in the major leagues with 52 this year. Also

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in runs batted him with 149. So Smith in the batter's box and here's Hootin's wind

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up and pitch. And he misses with a fastball all in inside. Lifetime Hootin has won nine

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and lost eleven to the Philadelphia Phillies. Last year he had a record of eleven and fifteen

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with a 3.25 ERA. And now the pitch back has popped up. A high pop up in the shallow center

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field backtracking as David Oakes is back into the shallow outfield area in center and

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he makes the catch and the Phillies go down in order. And the score at the end of one

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of the series is the Phillies nothing and the Dodgers nothing. More about that American

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League game that was played the second game of the series on Thursday. We mentioned before

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a wicked cross body block by KC's Hal McRae got the Yankees really up. They went on to

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win that ball game behind Ron Gidrey 62. Squib Johnson the D.H. obtained in a midseason

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waiver deal from the Houston Astros tied up the game at 1-1 with a mammoth home run in

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the fifth inning. It was Johnson again the sixth flashing a line drive into left field

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with a 2-2 tie and triggered a three way three run rally. Veteran Stadium at Philadelphia

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a place where baseball has taken over and part of the growing demand for tickets here

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at Veteran Stadium forced them to take a big part of the scoreboard down. They had two

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huge scoreboards in center field. One has been removed. They used to have the ball and strikes

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and other features on it and some of the color that they would perform during the game. And

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now they have the single scoreboard in right center field. But that opened up a few thousand

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seats in dead center for the fans who poured in here to the tune of 2,700,000 an all time

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Philadelphia record and that record only exceeded by the 2,955,000 by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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So to talk about baseball fever in Los Angeles and Philadelphia the folks here in town know

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all about it. We might mention too watching young Larry Christensen in that first inning

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only 23 years old looked like a total professional got his balls over in the right place and

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one of the things Ralph Hanna that struck me when I looked at Larry Christensen and

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blinked I thought it was Don Larson out there. A no wind up right hander about the same size

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with that good fastball and good breaking curve. Don Larson the only man to pitch a perfect

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game in World Series history and the only man to pitch a no hitter as a matter of fact.

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And he did it while pitching for the Yankees against the Dodgers. So Larry Christensen now

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taking his warm up pitches for the Phillies. Richie Ebner at first base the second baseman

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Jed Sizemore shortstop Larry Vos third baseman Mike Schmidt in left field Greg Luzinski in

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center field Gary Manix and Mike McBride at right. The catcher Bob Boone and Christensen

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now has completed his warm up pitches. First two games of this series drew 111,944 55,968

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in the first game and five more in the second. And we've got an outstanding crowd here again

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today. Shadow has extended now from home plate out to just about the front edge of the pitcher's

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mound still an advantage for the pitcher. And the first batter will be Ron Say and the

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first pitch to the Penguin is called a strike. Say is three for seven with a grand slam home

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run in this series the first man to do it in National League playoff history. They batted

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two forty one in the regular season with 30 home runs 110 RBI. He takes another called

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strike. So Christensen out in front and as Jerry pointed out he's in good command right

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now. And the right hander pitch a slider just outside and the count of one and two. Christensen

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is not what you would call a strikeout pitcher in the regular season he had 118 and 219 innings.

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And the right hander with that short windup the pitch back to the plate is a fastball

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just inside down around the knees. The count of two balls and two strikes he won 15 of his

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last 16 decisions and won his last seven straight. Finished with a close of 15 and a 16. And at

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two to the pitch to say hit hard to Mike Smith the human vacuum cleaner at third base and

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he picked it up and throws the first base for the out. So forward a roll for Larry Christensen

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and the batter coming up will be Steve Garvey Garvey three for seven so far in the series

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with one run battered in the regular season. Steve batted two ninety seven with 33 home

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runs at the new Dodger record for a team playing in Los Angeles. He also drove in 115. Garvey

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closed strongly hitting in 15 of his last 19 ballgames about four fifty one over that

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period. He looks at the call. Christensen at Veterans Stadium has a record of 10 and

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two for this year. Of course the Phillies are tough to beat no matter whether Jerry Kuhlman

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would be on the mound in this ballpark. They've got some record Ralph no question about that.

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They have a record of 16 wins and 21 losses and they lost their first five. Now a fifth

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grounded foul and they counted strike two. They batted two ninety five here in the stadium

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and it is a hitters ballpark at home run Haven. Philadelphia led the National League in team

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batting average at two seventy nine. So Garvey with a two strike count against Steven Christensen

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into the lineup. Here's the pitch a line drive to center a base hit the first one of the

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ballgame. So Garvey gets his fourth hit in eight times up and that'll bring up Dusty

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Baker who was the hero of the Dodger win two days ago in Dodger Stadium with a grand slam

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home run Baker two for seven in the series with four runs batted in. Baker batted two

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ninety one in the regular season with 30 home runs and eighty six runs batted in and some

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drama put on by Dusty Baker the last game of the season. There's a Pittsburgh all strike

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three other Dodgers have hit three 30 home runs or more in the regular season. No team

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had ever had four players to do so. Baker took until his last time up the last day of

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the season to hit his 30th to make it an all time record. Fastball foul back out of play.

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So it's a two strike count and Christensen out in front all the way through the early

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part of this ballgame. Made 35 starts in the regular season did not appear in relief and

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the right hander leans in looking for the signs from his catcher Bob Boone. Garvey bluffs

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the running and Christensen sees he make a move towards second and backs off the pitching

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rubber. Now he sets up again. Garvey might have been going stopped just at the last second

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when he saw Christensen was not going to move. Now the pitch and it's hit to left center

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field a long fly ball could be extra bases it will be extra bases it's off the wall.

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Garvey goes to third the ball bobbled by Maddox off of the wall. Garvey's team waved in the

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throw by the infielder to the plate it's not in time and Garvey scores although the plate

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was blocked by Boone and Boone disagrees with the call by umpire Harry Wendell staff. Ball

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bobbled off the wall and Steve Garvey a former football player crashing into Boone at home

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plate. There's no question Ralph that when Gary Maddox bobbled the ball and he might

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be just a little bit nervous you've got to remember this is his first game in championship

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play and when that ball got away from him Garvey who just made it in under the gun of

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the throw by Larry Bowe on the relay would have been an easy out had he tried it otherwise.

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He got in I guess under the tag it was a very close play Garvey was going to hold up at

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second he was not sure that ball was going to be off of the wall and he almost fell down

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as he stumbled around second. So the Dodgers have drawn first blood as Baker gets a run

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battered in his fifth in the series he is the leader so far in the series in RBI's and

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now the batter will be Rick Bundy. Bundy won for four in the series a left hand batter

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and here's the pitch is swung on a miss. Maddox is considered to be the best fielding center

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fielder in the national league but he bobbled that ball off of the wall just momentarily

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enough to allow Garvey to be called safe at home and it was a tough call at home and here's

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the pitch back a change up in the count one ball and one strike. Bundy batted 229 in the

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regular season with 15 home runs and he hits a high fly ball to center field Maddox backpedaling

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is under tagging up a second as Baker Maddox makes the catch Baker does not go as Maddox

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fires over the third the throw was off line but it carried all the way to in front of

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Mike Smith where it was cut out by Larry Ball Ballers sort of the plate to Boone was a good

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throw and Boone had the plate blocked and on the replay on television it looked like he

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actually did have it blocked but sometimes the angle is off. So now two men away a runner

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still at second base and the batter will be the catcher Steve Yeager. Yeager won for seven

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in this series batted 256 in the regular season with 16 home runs and 55 RBI's his best year.

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He is an outstanding defensive catcher Dodgers leading 1-0 and Christensen whirls around and

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moves the runner Baker back to second base no one covering Sizemore had made a move to

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the bag but then stopped. So Christensen looks in again goes to the set position this time

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Sizemore over by the bag no throw the pitch the plate line to right center fielder base

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hit going over to field of this McBride coming in the score as Baker and the Dodgers lead

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something as they jump to the early lead. Good base hit by Steve Yeager coming with two men

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out in front of the pitcher you don't often see batter get a good hit in that spot because

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the pitchers usually are extremely careful but a good two out base hit in front of the

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pitcher Bird Hooten and Hooten is a 164 hitter. Christensen had command of his pitches very

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well in the first inning and to the first batter on the second here but he's been getting

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up and they're starting to take their toll Garvey single a Baker double a long fly by

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Monday and then a single by Yeager on a curve ball and hung in his eyes. Hooten is a right

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hand batter and Christensen working to him with his first pitch and gets a strike with

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a slider over the outside corner. I think you're going to hear a lot of comment and see a lot

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of pictures on the call at home plate on Steve Garvey. It'll be discussed especially here

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in Philadelphia there's one down the left field line it's extra bases. Yeager going

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around second on the third. Luzinski waste board. Grafted with a bare hand a throw now

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into Smith and here comes Yeager trying to score and this time Yeager is out. Yeager

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did not like the call. Loeb after restraining he grabs him around the shoulder pushes him

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away from home plate on fire. Harry Wendelstad. Relay coming into Mike Smith the third baseman

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and his throw to the plate in time for the out. Now Steve Garvey is talking to Wendelstad

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takes his position moving out to first base. So two controversial calls at home plate for

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Harry Wendelstad in the inning two runs on four hits one man left and the score at the

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end of one and a half innings it's the Dodgers two and the Phillies nothing. Ray Floyd

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struggle off a death threat a mutual challenge of Serino Ballesteros Friday to reach the

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36 hole final of the $225,000 world match play golf championships at Virginia Water

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England. Floyd accompanied by two police officers in the final holes of the semifinal match

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and his opponent two and one now will compete for the $52,500 first prize Saturday with

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Australian Graham Marsh who slammed his U.S. manufacturer Hale Irwin seven and six. Organizers

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said they provided Floyd with protection following a telephone death threat to the 35 U.O. Pro

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from Fort Bragg North Carolina. Floyd refused to comment that showed no sign of stress as

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he blazed a blistering birdie trail over Wentworth tree lined 6,969 yard par 73 Burma Road course

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thus matching 11 birdies and an eagle in 35 holes. Ballesteros who ousted title favorite

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Tom Watson five and four on Thursday stretch Floyd all the way. Well we had things change

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here in a hurry Larry Christensen in the first inning sailed through the Dodgers one two

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three but in the second he started to get his pitches up. He gave up that single to

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Steve Garvey the double to Dusty Baker the ball bobbled by Maddox Garvey coming around

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to score. Mundy hit a deep fly to center field then Steve Yeager singled in a run and Burt

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Hooten doubled down the left field line. Yeager tried to score and this time the relay that

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went from the left fielder to Mike Schmidt at third to the catcher Bob Boone caught Yeager

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score again. Yeager did not like the call but as it turns out right now we've gone through

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an inning and a half and the Dodgers right now on top two to nothing. Moving to the bottom

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of the second Lazinski Hebner and Maddox as Burt Hooten gets ready and now let's move

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over to Ralph Keiner. All right Jerry Coleman and the sun a little bit behind the clouds

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now which will aid the defensive ball players it'll take the glare away. Most of the players

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still with their sunglasses on in case it becomes glary again Hooten taking his one

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lead pitches. Took some time to come out to the mound as he was the man that was on base

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as he hit the double down the left field corner. For the Philadelphia Phillies the lead off

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batter will be the Bull, Greg Lazinski two for seven in this series a two run home run

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for two runs batted in. Great favorite here in Philadelphia Lazinski batting three oh nine

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for the year with thirty nine home runs a hundred thirty runs batted in and the first

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pitch is a ball. Now ready and the pitch back of Lazinski hit by the third baseman Ron Chay

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in the left field for a base hit and the Phillies have their first man on all fielded by Baker

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in left field and brought back in the infield in Philadelphia with a runner first to no

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one out. That'll bring up Richie Hebner. Hebner is two for five in this series. In the regular

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season he batted two eighty five with eighteen home runs sixty two runs batted in. Played

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out as option while with the Pittsburgh Pots and was signed as a free agent by Philadelphia.

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Moved from third base to first and Hebner a left hand batter a dangerous left hand batter

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and Hooten's first pitch a curve ball hit right at the second baseman should be two.

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Loops over to Russell he dropped the ball and the act of throwing. Russell dropped the

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ball and the act of throwing so the out is affected at second base. He was trying to

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get it away in a hurry hoping for the double play and fortunately he did have possession

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of the ball as far as the Dodger fans are concerned. That was a case of the shortstop

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not bending his back to go after the ball. He stayed straight up and reached down and

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his arms were about at the extremity and the ball just drifted off as he tried to grab

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it. You got to get down in and after and go with it. Russell of course had two errors

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in the first game that allowed four and earned runs and the Phillies won that game by a margin

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of seven to two. Now the batter will be Gary Mannix batting for the first time in the series

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he takes the first pitch he calls strike and that's an oddity. Mannix is really a first

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ball hitter. Right hand batter batting two ninety three for the season and he leans back

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to the fastball is in under the chin one ball and one strike. Mannix had fourteen home runs

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seventy four runs batted in did not play in the first two games because of an injury to

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a knee. And Burt Hooten from the stretch and the pitch back is swung on a miss and the

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knuckle curve ball it's one and two. Hooten is throwing well he finished up the year well

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he won his last three decisions one of them a one nothing shut out. He's called happy

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by Tom Lasota because he doesn't look that way. And at one to the pitch the Manic swung

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on a miss. Good fastball his first strikeout and that'll bring up Bob Boone Boone one for

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four in the series. Boone had two eighty four in the regular year with eleven home runs

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and sixty seven RBI's a right hand batter. The son of Ray Boone a major league ball player

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and a good one. Ron Reid throwing in the bullpen for the Phillies earlier Brewster warm Brewster

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had been throwing. And here's the pitch that is outside a slider missing one ball no strikes.

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Boone batting seventh in the batting order so the bullpen is activated in case Danny

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Ozark the manager wants to go to a pinch hitter the Dodgers leading two nothing. And the pitch

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back at the knees a called strike. One ball one strike. Hooten working quickly shortly

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the first base by Richie Hebner and the pitch to Boone is lobbed in the left center of base

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hit. Coming over Monday a fielded out one hot. Hebner goes to second base and holds there.

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So now the Phillies have runners at first and second with two men out of Nevada coming

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up at 10. Well the first two games of the series a lot of hitting. And the first game

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both sides had nine hits in the second game both sides had nine hits. And out of the in

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numerology first three games including the Yankee Kansas City game both sides had nine

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hits. So the first three games of the World Championship series every team had nine hits.

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And every winning team scored seven runs. And here's the pitch to Ted Sizemore taking

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low and outside a ball. Sizemore one for seven in this series. About a two eighty one in the

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regular season with four home runs and forty seven runs batted in. Game time temperature

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was fifty nine degrees. It's not too bad a day. Hit back to Sizemore a ball and a count

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at two at all. Winners at first and second base two men out bottom half of the second.

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Bert Houdon on the mound and the right hander's next pitch is low and it's ball three. Three

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balls no strikes. Larry Christensen is in the on deck circle he's a good hitting pitcher

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and three home runs this year with a grand slammer. Be interesting to see if the bases

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are loaded whether or not they would let Christensen stay in the ball game and there's ball four

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and Houdon has lost his first batter and walked him on four pitches. Bases are loaded and

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Christensen is going to bat. He had a grand slam home run earlier. That wasn't counted

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as an intentional walk but Houdon had to be pitching around Sizemore to go after Christensen

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even with Christensen's home run. Now Christensen still is a pitcher and he's still got an average

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of one thirty nine but he has the ability to hit the ball out of the ballpark. He is

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a big hitter as far as the pitcher's concerned and now Houdon into the wind up. Here's the

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pitch and he comes in with a knuckle curve. It's a called strike. Big spot on the ball

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game for the Dodgers and Bert Houdon. Probably one of many as the excitement here is at its

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peak and now the pitch back a big swing and a miss it's strike two. Christensen is hit

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six home runs in his major league career. And a two strike. The pitch by Houdon. The knuckle

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curve ball it's two low. One ball and two strikes. Richie Hebner the runner at third

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base. Bob Boone at second base. Ed Sizemore at first. There's a Philly's threatened. First

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threat of the ball game for Philadelphia. Now the pitch and it's rounded foul. Billy

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Demar is the third base coach for the Phillies. Picks it up. Checks it out and keeps the ball

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in play as he talks at the bird. Tony Taylor the coach at first base. He's one of the most

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popular Philadelphia Phillies ever. One ball and two strikes. The signs are out. The wind

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up and here's the pitch and it's a ball and Bert Houdon was on his way to the dugout.

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He thought it was strike three. Oh the count now at two and two. It was close. Gary Wendell

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at the home plate umpire has really been in this ball game. Two calls at home. One going

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against the Dodgers and one going for the Dodgers. Or vice-versa. And now those he steps

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off the mound and he is taking some time as he tries to get his composure back. He thought

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that was strike three and it would have been a big strikeout. Base is loaded. Davey Lopes

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in the top and Bert Houdon. This is his first championship series. He started his career

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with a cut and then went to the Dodgers. Now the crowd here warming up and Houdon looks

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around. Goes into the wind up. Here's the two-two pitch and it's inside. It's ball three.

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Went to the breaking ball and now a full count of three and two and that's a tough pitch to miss on.

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Two and two the important pitch. Now the runners will be going with the wind up or possibly

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Houdon will not wind up. But the runners will be going. So listen to this crowd here. Houdon

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will work from the set position. They are really trying to get the Bert Houdon. Houdon

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is going to wind up. Here's the pitch. It is low and ball four and the walk forces it

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to run. Tommy Lasorda, the manager of the Dodgers, now going out the mound. He wants

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to calm his pitcher down if he is upset. Houdon certainly thought he had a strikeout. It was

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called a ball and then he went on to walk the pitcher to force it to run. So the Dodgers

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lead touch the two-to-one and the batter coming up will be Batesman-Bride. The base is still

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loaded. Ralph Keiner, I don't know when I have ever seen a crowd get involved in a game

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as this one has. I know you went through the early days of the amazing New York Mets where

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they reacted very raucously and loudly there. But I don't think I have ever seen this kind

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of a situation in a deliberate attempt to upset the pitcher. Well now the Philly fans

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are really old-time baseball fans. The Phillies go back before the 1900s. Mike Garman is now

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throwing in the bullpen for the Dodgers and Harry Wendelstad coming out the mound. He

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wants to get this game going. Phillies in 1950 won the National League Championship.

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They were beaten in the World Series 4-1. In 1950 they won the National League Championship,

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lost to the Yankees 4-0. Last year they won the National League Eastern Division Championship

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and lost to Cincinnati 3-0. And Tom Lacoda now back to the bench and Baker-Bride stepping

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in. McBride one, make that 4 for 10 in this series. Left hand batter, good speed. Houdon

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working for the lineup. Here's the pitch and at 2-0 curve ball. Knuckle curve ball just

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below the base. Rick Rodin is also throwing in the bullpen for the Dodgers. The Dodgers

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started during the regular season. Dodgers leading 2-1. The Phillies with the bases loaded.

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Two men after and it's about a half of the second inning. And now Houdon into the lineup.

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Here's the pitch and again he's long. Again the knuckle curve, two balls, no start. Once

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again the signs go down and Houdon into the lineup. The 2-0 pitch. It has swung on and

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fouled back. And that time Houdon coming back with a back wall. It was a pretty good pitch

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to hit but McBride did not make contact. Not enough to get it going the other way and he

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fouled it back. Other guy had two balls and one strike. And this crowd trying to intimidate

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the pitcher, Burt Houdon. And Houdon into the lineup. The next pitch is low and inside it's

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ball three. Three balls and one strike and now Houdon holds out both hands as to say

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where was it? Houdon certainly unhappy with Harry Wendell's pass. Don LaForta when he

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walked back to the bench made a detour near the mound and was talking with Wendell's pass.

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Now three balls and one strike. The crowd standing up, yelling, screaming, here's the

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pitch, it's swung on and fouled back again. And again that pitch was a good fastball.

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Letterhive might have been out of the strike zone. They might be getting to bake McBride

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now Ralph. Well one thing for sure you can hear it. You can hear it in North Philly, South

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Philly, maybe even in Camden. And again it's 3-2 this crowd trying to intimidate the pitcher.

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The runners go and the pitch is ball four and the ball game is tied. Three walks in

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a row and the ball game tied at 2-2 and Burt Houdon has walked two batters with a base

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is loaded. This has to be one of the most remarkable circumstances that I have ever

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seen from a crowd standpoint trying to intimidate the pitcher and it's working. Well you have

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about 58,000 people in this ball park. I don't know how many are Philadelphia Philly fans

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but it might be close to 50 and they are making themselves heard. Now the batter coming up

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is Larry Bore. Bore grounded out his first batter. Left hand batter. And Burt Houdon

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into the wind up here. It's a 50's high with this. Fastball too high for ball one. Bore

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now backing out of the batter's box. Now Bore back in. Tough man to pitch to. He has a small

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track going. And the one hole pitch to Bore is high and outside at ball two. Two balls

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and no track. Well a veteran under any circumstance has a tough time in the championship playoff

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but anybody under this circumstance has to be put under tremendous pressure. The next

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pitch is low. And at ball three. Three balls no track. And the crowd here enjoying the

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effect that they are having on this ball game. There is no doubt about it. And at three all.

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Here is the pitch. Houdon gets the ball. And Bore didn't like the call. That was a borderline

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pitch over the outside corner. It's an ace and Bore was unhappy with the call. That puts

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it at three balls and one track. And this might have been an easy day for Winnilshad.

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The next pitch back. Ball four. Bore wants the roll and again Houdon goes with outstretched

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hands. Where was it? And that is all for Burt Houdon as the Phillies take the lead by a score

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of three to two. And you have to say that Burt Houdon was certainly unhappy with Harry

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Winnilshad intimidated by the crowd. And he leaves the ball game giving up three runs

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so far on just two hits. He walked four and he holds his hands up to Winnilshad as he

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walks off in guts. Ralph Kiner this has to be one of the most unusual circumstances I've

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ever seen in a baseball game in my life. A pitch miss as far as Burt Houdon was concerned

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when Larry Christensen was up there as activated for a successive walk and as for the young

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right hander from Texas Burt Houdon out of the ball game. And while we're waiting for

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the relief pitcher Rick Roden to come in here's a brief update from CBS News. Just in from

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Lexington, Kentucky, Texas roared down the stretch to overtake favorite Cole Comfort

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today to win the first heat of the $100,000 Kentucky fraternity. That's the final leg

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of Trotting's Triple Crown with a career best 157.35. That was at the Red Mile. Texas driven

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by veteran Billy Herman was in eighth place in the 10 horse field down the back stretch

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before making his move going into the head of the stretch and overtaking Cole Comfort

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at the wire to win by a length. Cole Comfort, a nine to five Cole favorite in the 85th

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fraternity, finished second with very with long shot Sloman and Jergy Hanover third and

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fourth respectively. Now the second heat, the best of three race, is scheduled to go

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at any moment and we'll have something on that as soon as we get word over the wire.

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Texas' second choice of the batters at eight to five paid 520, 260, and 240 for his victory.

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Rick Roden, a tall right hander who at one time suffered from osteomyelitis and has a

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deformed right leg is coming on the pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Roden taking it

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up from Bird Hooten during the season. Roden was 16 and 10, a 3.75 earned run average and

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was a starting pitcher. Roden during the regular season started 31 games and did not come in

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in relief at any time. He completed fourth. So this in effect is Roden's first chance

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as a relief pitcher. Roden, a young man out of Florida, had to fight osteomyelitis as

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a youngster, fought his way back and became the Dodgers' number one draft choice back

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in June of 1971. So he'll be coming on and he's got himself a lot of trouble. The bases

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are loaded. Larry Christensen at third base, Blake McBride at second and Larry Boa at first.

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So let's pause five seconds right now for station identification. This is the CBS Radio

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Network. This is the American Forces Radio and Television Service.

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STN, the bell's on.

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Rick Roden warming up for Bird Hooten in an unprecedented show of a fan reaction, the

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likes of which I've never seen in baseball. I've seen it in basketball, I've seen it in

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football, but I have never seen the fans react as they did to Bird Hooten and actually force

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them out of the ball game. Let's go back to the draft time and it will not stop now. It

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will be up to Rick Roden to battle the fans and also take on Mike Smith. Smith pops up

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to second his first time up, batting for the second time, the ninth man to bat in this

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inning. As the Phillies have taken the lead by a score of three to two. All three runs

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going on, watch the force in the man from third.

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And the young Rick Roden with a record of 16-10, looks in for the sign, pass and goes

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for the windup. And the crowd starts up again, the first pitch is popped up. Playable for

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the catcher Steve Yeager, he is under it. And he makes the catch and the sign is retired.

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So one pitch by Roden and the sign retired, something that Bird Hooten could not do. In

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the inning, three runs score on just two hits. There were four walks, nowhere than three

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men left on. And the score at the end of two, the Phillies three and the Dodgers two.

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Here at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, we've got quite a ballgame going through two

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innings, five runs across the plate. If you just missed it, in the second, the Dodgers

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got on the board with one away Steve Garvey single, Dusty Baker doubled him home. After

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two down, Yeager hit a single to right field, bringing in Baker and there was quite a play

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at the plate when Yeager tried to score on Bird Hooten's double. And then on the second

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inning, a remarkable show by the Philadelphia fans, an unusual display after Lesinski's

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single, Richie Hebner fourth was in to get second, Maddox struck out. And then with two

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down, it all began, a single by Boone, Sizemore walked. And then Larry Christensen on what

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Bird Hooten thought was a strikeout was still alive. He drew a walk for one run, another

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walk to Bake McBride with a fan's delirious and a following walk to Larry Bowe forcing

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in the third run. And that was all for Bird Hooten. And I don't know whether to say it

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was the Dodgers two and the fans three here in Philadelphia, but that's the way it stands.

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I have to believe, Jerry, that fans have to get credit for something in that circumstance.

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The Dodgers, very good in their home park, but nothing like the Philadelphia Phillies.

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The Phillies have won 16, lost 21 here this year. And that's after losing their first

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five ball games. They had a streak of winning 16 in a row and you could probably hear why.

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For Al Favre, we're waiting for Christensen to warm up right now. How would you relate

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this to the Mets fans back in those early 60s when there was a lot of things going on

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at Shea Stadium? Close, but I don't believe anything quite as much as I've seen here today.

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And also I was going to ask you the same question, playing in World Series games in

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Ebbets Field, because the Ebbets Field fans were also very exuberant. Ebbets Field was

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like a morgue compared to this, believe me. They were a few of them you could hear across

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the field. But in general, the World Series at Ebbets Field, even though it was a hot

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set of baseball, was not like this. I've never seen this before. And we keep talking about

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it, but what it really did, it put the Phillies ahead and forced the starting pitcher, the

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Dodger starting pitcher out of the ball game. You know at Ebbets Field they had a character

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called Hilda Chester who had a bell, a cowbell that she used to ring. You wouldn't have

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heard that cowbell here ever with this kind of a noise.

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Well, Larry Christensen taking his time coming out to the mound, and he'll be taking on Davy

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Lopes, Phil Russell, and Reggie Smith as his first three batters, and the Dodgers behind

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for the first time. This is what you might call a home stadium advantage. There's no

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question about it. These Philadelphia Phillies fans are not to be denied. Last year the Cincinnati

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Reds took the Phillies down three straights. But the Philadelphia Phillies fans, we set

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a record this year coming out to watch ball games, some 2,700,070 strong and paid customers,

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out to see their Phillies in a World Championship World Series. Davy Lopes flying out to center

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field his first time up. He's had three hits and ten times up, batting 300 so far in this

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series. Dodgers have out hit the Phillies 4-2, and the Czechs swing ground ball hit out

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to Richie Hebner at first base, and Lopes is out on one fifth. That'll bring up Bill Russell.

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Russell lined out to the second baseman, Seismore, his first time up. He'll have had two hits

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and ten times up. This is the third game of the series. Christensen was reached for some

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strong bases in the second inning. He starts off with a slider that's in the dirt, back

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handed out of the dirt by Bob Boone. And the right hander back, and the next pitch is popped

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up in the air. The ball in foul territory, Mike Schmidt over by the coaches, box is under,

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then he makes the catch. So two quick outs. That'll bring up Reggie Schmidt. Reggie struck

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out his first time up. Christensen, after throwing a couple of changeups, got him with

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a fastball up around the letter. Smith batting two for nine in this series. Batting from

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the left hand side, an outstanding foot shitter. He was voted the most valuable player on the

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Dodgers squad this year, and the first pitch to Smith, a changeup that swung on a missed

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strike one. Dodgers jumped off to a seven and one half game lead in April. Biggest lead

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after one month of the season by a team. And they had a 14 game lead by July 31st. Next

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pitch is fouled away and the count strikes two. So once again Christensen settling down

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into a good groove as far as he's concerned.

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Ladies and gentlemen, temporarily we have lost the audio portion of the program coming

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from veteran stadium over CBS. And we'll give you a running account as we watch it on the

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TV monitor. A swinging strike and going down swinging is Reggie Smith. So they go out one,

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two, three in the top half of the third inning. So after two and a half, the Dodgers lead

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Dodgers by a score of three, two. So Christensen gets loped. Roslyn Smith in order, winding

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up, striking out Reggie Smith, a swinging strike, and the audio is back with us and

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we'll be going back to veteran stadium with it for the home third in just a few moments.

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Dave Parker, George Foster, and Greg Lazinski, three muscular outfielders, were overwhelming

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selections Friday on UPI's 1977 National League All-Star team. Parker led the league with a

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3.38 average at 21 homers, knocking eight runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was the

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only unanimous choice of 25 sports writers who participated in the UPI's annual survey.

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Foster had a 3.20, the 52 homers, 149 RBIs, for the Cincinnati Reds received 24 of a possible

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25 votes, while Lazinski, whose offensive performance was 309, batting average, 39 homers,

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130 RBIs for the third half, his Phillies received 23. The trio formed perhaps the hardest-hitting,

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most productive, mythical outfield in national league history. We'll check the other positions

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next time we have a break.

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We're going into the third inning and Rick Roden, who came on to put out the fire with

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the bases loaded by popping up Mike Schmidt, is on there now to start off the bottom of

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the third inning with Lazinski, Hebner, and Maddux coming on. Looking ahead to tomorrow's

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ballgame, which will start at 8.07 Eastern Daylight Time, it'll be Tommy John and Steve

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Crowden, the two left-handers, and a repeat performance of that first ballgame, neither

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of whom were the winning or losing pitchers. The loser in that first game was the reliever,

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Elisa Sosa, for the Dodgers, and Tug McGraw got the win. So you can look ahead at that

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one for tomorrow and we'll see how this one goes right now. Lazinski coming on and Ralph

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Hiner back to tell you all about it. Okay, Greg Lazinski, who is single in the second

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to get it going for the Philadelphia Phillies, batting for the second time. Rick Roden on

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the mound, batting, I guess, Roden for the first time, and Lazinski takes a high-pass

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ball of ball. Roden won two and lost none against the Phillies in the regular season

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as a starting pitcher. He did not relieve all year. Within 31 games as a starter, won 16

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and lost 10. And the right-hander back and he gets a strike over the outside corner.

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One ball and one strike. Lazinski second in the National League and runs about it in the

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postures 149. Lazinski had 130. And the big right-hander batter fouls off the next pitch

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in the count at one ball and two strikes.

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One ball and two strikes and the shadows again starting to extend out as the sun tries to

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break through and overcast sky. Temperature right around 60 degrees at game time. And

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here's the next pitch, a breaking ball, two balls, and the count at two balls and two

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strikes.

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Dodgers play Lazinski as a full hitter and they also playing fairly deep.

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Now the windup and two-two pitch and a high outside ball, three. Three balls, two strikes.

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With the bases loaded, Roden came into the ball game in the second under the most fine

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of circumstances and he got his first man out in one-fifth, Mike Smith. Right here,

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three and two to Lazinski and here's the fifth. And it's all four. And the base on balls

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have become the major factor in this ball game. That is the fifth base on balls,

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hit by a Dodgers fifth pitcher.

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So Lazinski is on and Richie Hebner is coming out.

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If you're down to Ozarks, the manager on a spot like this, you've got to be telling

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your players, look it, take one pitch, make them throw a strike. Make them go down the

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line. Here's a fellow at bat but doesn't take many. Richie Hebner, he ran it into a fourth

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play his first time out. Roden working from the set position for the first time and here's

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the pitch. And it's in the air to center field. Coming up on the ball is Mundy now accelerating

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as he moves in a little bit quicker as he slightly misjudged the ball but he got two

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up with the glasses down. Big guide against the sun and Hebner is out.

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That'll bring up Gary Maddux who also is a first ball hitter. Maddux was stuck out his

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first time out and that was his first appearance in the season. He missed the first two games

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because of an injured knee.

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Maddux the right hand batter.

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Garvey playing off the bag at first. Two or three steps as Lazinski does not figure the

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run except he has had one stolen base in the series in the regular season he had three.

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And the first pitch by Roden. It is rounded to the third baseman's say. He throws the

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second in time. The relay on the first base is not in time and Maddux who can really motor

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down that line beats the attempt at the double play. And when he hit that ball it broke the

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bat in half and the head of the bat went about 120 feet into foul territory down the left

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of your line.

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So Lazinski forced the second a fast man replacing him on at first and Gary Maddux no matter

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coming up will be Bob Boone.

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I've commented on that before Ralph Keiner. I don't believe they're putting the same

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wood in the bats they did a generation ago. I've seen that happen time and time again

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and only in the last three or four years.

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I think you're right. It's a different baseball and a different bat.

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But they're both round so it's still a tough game to play and here's the throw the first base

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Maddux back. Maddux had 22 out of 28 stolen bases this year.

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Give you a round bat and a round ball and they tell you to hit it square.

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Again a throw to first base and again Maddux is back.

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First base on fire Bruce Fromer.

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Ed Williams said hitting a baseball is the single hardest thing to do in any sport.

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Now the pitch and Boone pops in the shallow center field Rick Mundy coming up on the ball.

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He's there and he makes the catch and the side retards.

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No runs a walk and one man left on him to score.

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At the end of three it's the Philadelphia Phillies three and the Los Angeles Dodgers two.

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The rest of the All-Star team picked for the Irishman League.

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Also brought in the club besides the three hitters we mentioned a while ago were catcher Ted Simmons

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of the St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Steve Garvey of the LA Dodgers.

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Second baseman Joe Morgan of the Reds shortstop Gary Templeton the Cardinals

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and third baseman Mike Schmidt of the Phillies.

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Steve Carlton the late leading winner with 23 victories for the Phillies.

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And Tom Steve of the Reds who finished the year with a mark of 21-6

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were named the starting pitchers with Bruce Sudo the Cubs the Lopsided choice as the lead pitcher.

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Remember fans CBS radio sports will bring you the World Series over most of these stations

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starting October the 11th that's next Tuesday wherever you are wherever you go.

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Follow the World Series with radio over most of the CBS radio network stations.

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At Veterans Field here in Philadelphia the sun has just about reached second base.

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The outfielders in right left and center field will be the ones that will be under the gun

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as far as fly balls are concerned.

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The infielders are out of the action now as far as any sun problems are concerned

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and as far as hitting it pretty much is leveled off.

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The biggest and the most difficult time of the day for a batter is when that shadow is midway between home plate and the mound.

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You seem as though you're looking into a glaring sun, a ball is hard to pick up

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although here at Veterans Stadium they have a delightful background where there is no problem with fans.

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On the mound right now taking his warm up tosses is Larry Christensen who had one difficult inning

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that was the second.

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They gave up four base hits and two runs.

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He had a runner thrown out at the plate that helped him.

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He managed to get the first three batters one, two, three in the first and the third inning.

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So now he's coming back again to the men that gave him trouble.

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Say, Garvey, Baker, Mundy, Yeager and of course who's in the ball game

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and the pitcher in there will be Rick Roden who is not a bad hitting pitcher himself.

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Okay the action will be continuing shortly now as Ron Say gets ready

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followed by Steve Garvey and a spring in Ralph Keiner once again.

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Okay Jerry Coleman, Parky Anderson who participated as manager in the past two playoff games

583
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:03,000
championship playoff games and was the manager of the Cincinnati Reds over the past two years

584
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,000
as the world's campingship Cincinnati Reds.

585
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:12,000
But talking to Danny Ozark about playoff games and he said playoff games are like having a heart attack.

586
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,000
You know you're having it and you can't do anything about it.

587
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,000
Ozark said I found that out.

588
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:21,000
And last year's playoff now it's time for Tom Lasota to find it out

589
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:26,000
and right now with this crowd here I'm sure Tom Lasota is seeing and hearing something he has never seen before.

590
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:32,000
Ron Say coming up, Ron grunted out the third his first time up, right hand batter, strong right hand batter

591
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:35,000
and Christian some of his first pitch and he throws the curveball for a called strike.

592
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:38,000
They have three for eight so far in this series.

593
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:45,000
Dodgers have out hit the Phillies four to two with the Phillies that picked up five walks.

594
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:48,000
The next pitch is out of the strike zone. One ball and one strike.

595
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:52,000
The ball game is being watched by the governor of Pennsylvania, Milton Schaap

596
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:58,000
as well as about 58,000 people and a pitch in the dirt backhanded out of the dirt by Boone

597
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:01,000
and they count two balls and one strike.

598
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:06,000
They were that dramatic grand slam home run at the time of the first game

599
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:10,000
but it will not be remembered too long I don't believe because the Dodgers lost.

600
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:13,000
Next pitch is taken low and it's ball three.

601
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:17,000
Dusty Baker had a grand slam home run in the second game for the Dodgers.

602
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:20,000
That will be remembered because the Dodgers won that ball game.

603
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:23,000
One of our scores seven to one.

604
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:27,000
And the next pitch to say is swung on and fouled back out of play.

605
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:30,000
So a four count of three and two.

606
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:34,000
Right to the right reminds you that tomorrow's game will see Tommy John pitching for the Dodgers

607
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:39,000
against Steve Carlton will be on the air Eastern Daylight Time at eight oh seven.

608
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:44,000
American League has their game tonight at eight oh seven Eastern Daylight Time.

609
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:50,000
They'll be playing in Kansas City the Yankees there and then on Saturday they'll play before the National League.

610
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:53,000
Sunday they'll be playing at one oh seven Eastern Daylight Time.

611
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:58,000
And the next pitch is lined the left center field off and running is Maddox.

612
00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,000
He can't get to it it bounces off his glove.

613
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:05,000
Faye will try for two the throw by Maddox is not in time and Faye goes in with a double.

614
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:11,000
Harry Maddox the center fielder tried to make that a brilliant catch but he couldn't quite get to it

615
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:14,000
and he knocked it down in a half off and the ball rolled away.

616
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:19,000
So say he is on a second base and the batter coming up will be Steve Garvey.

617
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:22,000
Warren Brewster is warming up on the bullpen.

618
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:25,000
Right hander for the Philadelphia Phillies.

619
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:28,000
Dodgers picking up their fifth hit.

620
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:32,000
And they have the potential time run the second base with no one out.

621
00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:36,000
Garvey singled and scored in the second.

622
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:41,000
Four for eight in this series.

623
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:47,000
Faye taking some extra time to get the dirt out of his belt buckle and inside of his pants.

624
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:53,000
As he made a belly slide into second base although the play was not close as the throw was off line.

625
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:59,000
Little reaction by the Potterson crowd here in Philadelphia.

626
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:04,000
And Christensen sets up here is the pitch and Garvey takes it high and inside.

627
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:09,000
He looked like he was trying to hit behind the runner going out toward right field but he did not swing.

628
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:12,000
Garvey an excellent team man.

629
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:19,000
Now Christensen with his next pitch and again Garvey looks as though he is trying to hit behind the runner

630
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:22,000
but Christensen with a good pitch on the inside corner.

631
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:25,000
A tough pitch to hit to right field and Garvey took it.

632
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:27,000
One ball one strike.

633
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:29,000
And the right hander ready.

634
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:32,000
Here is the pitch and Garvey takes it high and outside.

635
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:34,000
It's ball two.

636
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:36,000
Two balls one strike.

637
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:41,000
Larry Christensen from Everett Washington.

638
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:47,000
Twenty-three years of age and now his next pitch and Garvey fouls it back out of play.

639
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:50,000
Counted two balls and two strikes.

640
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:57,000
Garvey led the club and runs about it in during the regular season.

641
00:55:57,000 --> 00:56:01,000
At one fifteen.

642
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:08,000
And now the pitch is grounded slowly out to the shortstop ball who goes across the diving after feeling the ball for a play at first.

643
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:13,000
The ball hits two easily for any play at third and same moves over the third base.

644
00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:17,000
So the potential time run is at third with one man out in Dusty Baker the batter.

645
00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:28,000
Dusty doubled in the left center field his first time up to drive and a run.

646
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:37,000
Baker with five runs better than the series he's had three hits in eight times up.

647
00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:44,000
Kelly's bring their infield in for a play at the plate and Christensen working from the set position and a first pitch to sit down the right field line.

648
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:52,000
It might be trouble coming up the ball as McBride he had trouble seeing it and then after a spurt at the last minute he could not catch up to it and dropped in foul territory.

649
00:56:53,000 --> 00:57:00,000
You know Ralph the way Danny Ozark has been using his bullpen the minute that Christensen has been in trouble with a man on he's had that bullpen going.

650
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:06,000
Which makes me wonder if Christensen even though he had that great record at the end of the year may be as sharp as he wants to be.

651
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:11,000
It may be that Bob Boone the catcher has said something to his manager to have somebody ready just in case.

652
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:17,000
Well the Phillies have that good depth in the bullpen they've had great success with it so they use it a lot.

653
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:27,000
Oh and Brewster now throwing in the bullpen for the Philadelphia Phillies they have Brewster, Reed, Garver, McGraw.

654
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:33,000
One strike count as Christensen goes to the set here's the pitch and it is taken inside.

655
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:46,000
Baker's got in the swing and held up in time one ball and one strike.

656
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:53,000
I'm saying the runner at third base Christensen ready and the pitch to Baker's swung on and fouled back out of play.

657
00:57:53,000 --> 00:58:01,000
Good fastball foul off one and two.

658
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:08,000
One of the interesting highlights about young Larry Christensen is that when he first came up he dripped the ball too tightly and he threw darts.

659
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:13,000
His ball didn't move he's holding it much more loosely now and getting more effect from the fastball.

660
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:21,000
And in one two the pitch to Baker a breaking ball just ball on the count two balls and two strikes.

661
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:27,000
Christensen had only one shutout in the regular season with five complete games while winning 19 and losing six and what a finish.

662
00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:32,000
The second and third in the regular season and the second and third in the regular season.

663
00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:39,000
And the last 16 of his last 16 decisions went on the far side and he won his last seven straight.

664
00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:44,000
And a 2-2 the pitch to Dusty Baker lying but fouled on the left field line.

665
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:53,000
So the count remains at two balls and two strikes.

666
00:58:53,000 --> 00:59:01,000
He struck out 118 in the regular season he gave up 21 home runs.

667
00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:07,000
There was a lot of controversy about whether Christensen should have started the second game instead of this one.

668
00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:13,000
And again he sets up for 2-2 and here it comes and it's lost it into shallow right center field it'll be a base hit.

669
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:15,000
All bouncing around and a bride had to jump to catch it.

670
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:19,000
Holding up a third was say to be sure that it would be a base hit and then he comes in the store.

671
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:22,000
The throw of them by McBride is not in time.

672
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:29,000
So Baker gets his sixth run better than the series and he has tied up the ball game as he singles in the right center field.

673
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:33,000
A little lob in there and they score some third.

674
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:38,000
So it's now a tie game at three and the batter coming up will be Rick Mundy.

675
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:41,000
Rogers have their sixth base hit.

676
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:46,000
Phillies have only two but they have five walks to go with a two base hit.

677
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:51,000
Three of the walks came with a base as little as a four-sin three runs.

678
00:59:51,000 --> 01:00:03,000
Burt Houten on them out of the time and I would have to say that the crowd certainly had a lot to do with the walks as they really brought the roof down.

679
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:12,000
So Baker at first base Christensen checks in and here's the pitch and it's lined down the left field line but it's serving foul and it is out of play.

680
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:15,000
All deep in the left field corner foul by 10 or 15 feet.

681
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:21,000
And the crowd here unhappy with Annie Ozark. I think they would like to see a pitching change.

682
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:26,000
Philadelphia Philly fans are deep in the baseball and they manage.

683
01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:33,000
The base hit that Dusty Baker got I think is a classic difference between artificial surface and natural field because you have to lay back.

684
01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:40,000
That ball bounce is too far in front of you. It's over your head and it goes for an inside the park home run and that's kept Baker McBride just far enough back.

685
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:43,000
And it gave Baker a chance, I mean say a chance to score.

686
01:00:43,000 --> 01:00:48,000
Now the pitch back to Monday line by the first baseman almost this Baker he had to hold for a second.

687
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:52,000
He goes to second base and holds there McBride feels the ball and gets it back in.

688
01:00:52,000 --> 01:01:00,000
So Monday with a hard single the right field and the crowd now clamoring for the removal of the pitcher Larry Christensen.

689
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:09,000
And here comes the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies Danny Ozark.

690
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:14,000
The manager of the Philadelphia Phillies and he has made the sign and that is all for Larry Christensen.

691
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:22,000
Larry working through three and one third inning so far charged with three runs on a total of seven base hits.

692
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:31,000
He struck out two and walked none and Warren Brewster the new pitcher of the ballgame and Christensen a 19 game winner with six losses goes off the mound.

693
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:36,000
And you get the hand here from the partisan crowd.

694
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:44,000
Brewster coming in the ballgame had a record of seven wins and two losses with three saves.

695
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:49,000
And in the regular season Brewster appeared in 46 games all in relief.

696
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:57,000
Spells his name B-R-U-S-S T-A-R.

697
01:01:57,000 --> 01:02:10,000
So Brewster coming in the ballgame in place of Larry Christensen and he'll be working to see Jager the catcher.

698
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:19,000
The only pitcher to really master the other team as far in the first three games here in the National Championship Playoff Series was Don Sutton although he picked a nine hitter.

699
01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:24,000
The other night he allowed the Phillies only one run he went all the way for the complete game victory.

700
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:28,000
The first game Tommy John and Steve Carlin started but they all they go to the roof.

701
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:33,000
And in this game we have already had both starting pitchers out of the ballgame.

702
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:38,000
Bert Hooten lasted only an inning and two thirds giving up a couple of hits and three runs.

703
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:45,000
And the three runs were walked in on a base on balls as Hooten was forced into four successive walks.

704
01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:47,000
That could be a World Series record.

705
01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:51,000
Larry Christensen has gone three and a third giving up seven hits.

706
01:02:51,000 --> 01:02:56,000
Three runs so far he could be charged with two more, struck out a couple but he did not walk them in.

707
01:02:56,000 --> 01:03:02,000
And now we've got a new one in there Warren Brewster who is also a first repeat pitcher in this championship series.

708
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:06,000
No other pitcher has been in two ballgames and now Brewster becomes the first.

709
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:13,000
Brewster worked two innings in a ballgame won by the Dodgers seven to one the second game of the series.

710
01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:18,000
He gave up one run on two hits and struck out two.

711
01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:20,000
Brewster was born in Oakland, California.

712
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:22,000
He lives in Napa, California.

713
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:26,000
The home of all that great California wine.

714
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:28,000
Or not all of it but some of it anyway.

715
01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:33,000
He was the Phillies fourth selection in the secondary phase of the 1974 draft.

716
01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:37,000
He was signed by a former major leaguer, Eddie Bachman.

717
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:43,000
Started pitching minor league ball in 1974.

718
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:45,000
He was a graduate of Napa Junior College.

719
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:52,000
He attended Fresno State for many years and one of the members of Fresno State, Tom Siever.

720
01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:57,000
Along with many others as a matter of fact they have turned out quite a few outstanding ball players.

721
01:03:57,000 --> 01:04:03,000
First pitch is off of the glove of Bob Boone, a fastball and the runners move up on the fastball.

722
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:07,000
Pitch was an inside fastball and popping out of the glove of Boone and the runners move on over.

723
01:04:07,000 --> 01:04:14,000
So that could be a big play in the ballgame as Dusty Baker goes to third and Rick Mundy on down to second.

724
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:18,000
First base is now open. We'll see whether or not they'll be pitching.

725
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:21,000
To Steve Yeager, the pitcher Rick Roden is due up next.

726
01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:23,000
No action in the bullpen for the Dodgers.

727
01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:26,000
High ballgame at three and the infield is in and the next pitch is outside.

728
01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:29,000
They're going to walk in.

729
01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:33,000
Walk to set up a possible double play and the pitch outside for ball three.

730
01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:35,000
Roden's a pretty good hitter.

731
01:04:35,000 --> 01:04:39,000
It's 2-31 with three home runs in the regular season and 12 runs batted in.

732
01:04:39,000 --> 01:04:49,000
It's not going to be an easy task for Booster as the next pitch is outside for an intentional walk.

733
01:04:49,000 --> 01:05:00,000
That's the first walk for the Dodgers in the ballgame and the Phillies have had five.

734
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:10,000
Rick Roden, the right hand batter, the Dodger infield back for two and the first pitch is swung on to miss to strike one.

735
01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:14,000
Roden batted 300 for the Dodgers last year.

736
01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:19,000
Outstanding Dodger hitting pitches with Don Drysdale at a 300 year one.

737
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:25,000
Pitch is next outside and the count of one ball and one strike.

738
01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:30,000
Walter Johnson was one of the greatest hitting pitchers.

739
01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:34,000
The best home run hitter for a pitcher was Rick Farrell.

740
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:36,000
What's Farrell?

741
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:38,000
Pardon me, the brother of Rick who had 38 in a single year.

742
01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:40,000
There's a drive in the right center field at Mike's score run.

743
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:42,000
Baker comes over to catch it coming in to try and score.

744
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:46,000
Baker here comes a throw at 10-time and a tag is made by Boone.

745
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:52,000
Baker tries to bowl him over and that is the second man throwing out of the plate by the Philadelphia Phillies.

746
01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:55,000
And it retires to tie.

747
01:05:55,000 --> 01:06:01,000
A standing ovation for Bob Boone as Baker's throw from right center field was extremely accurate.

748
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:05,000
In the inning, one run on three hits and two men left on base.

749
01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:11,000
And the score at the end of three and a half innings is the Dodgers three and the Phillies three.

750
01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:17,000
Dale Earnhardt toured the Charlotte Motor Speedway at 154.630 miles per hour Friday

751
01:06:17,000 --> 01:06:27,000
to lead six Chevrolet drivers in the final qualifying for Sunday's $250,000 National 500 NASCAR race at Charlotte, North Carolina.

752
01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:31,000
Earnhardt will start his Chevrolet in the 36th spot in the 41-car field.

753
01:06:31,000 --> 01:06:40,000
Other qualifiers in order were Butch Hartman, Roland Walatka, Jimmy Means, Cecil Gordon, and Tick Scott.

754
01:06:40,000 --> 01:06:43,000
So far in the ball game here at Veterans Stadium.

755
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:49,000
It's all even at three as we go to the last half of the fourth inning, but the Dodgers have come a proper at-home plate.

756
01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:56,000
In the second inning, Steve Yeager was cut down trying to score on a play that went from Lozinski to Schmidt to the catcher Boone.

757
01:06:56,000 --> 01:07:02,000
And then here in this inning, a line drive out to the right fielder, Baik McBride, who one-hopped it into Boone again,

758
01:07:02,000 --> 01:07:08,000
who made, I thought, a spectacular grab, a one-handed tag with his catching glove.

759
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:11,000
And he nailed Baker trying to commit from third base.

760
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:18,000
So the Dodgers have had two men nailed at the plate, and one did just get in under the slide, and that was Steve Garvey.

761
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:25,000
So they've had a lot of action at home plate, and Harry Wendlestep, the home plate umpire, will be happy to get out of the hot seat after today's ball game.

762
01:07:25,000 --> 01:07:28,000
He's had some work before and we're only in the fourth inning.

763
01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:37,000
He has really been involved in this ball game, three decisions at home, and also he was in the middle of the walk by Bert Hooten,

764
01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:44,000
and Hooten thought for sure that he had struck out the pitcher and was out of the inning when the ball was called a ball,

765
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:49,000
and he had to continue to pitch, and he went on the walk Larry Christensen had forced in the run.

766
01:07:49,000 --> 01:07:51,000
He went on the walk Baik McBride had forced in the run.

767
01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:56,000
He went on the walk Larry Ball that forced into the uh, forced in the run.

768
01:07:56,000 --> 01:08:03,000
Ron Reed is now throwing in the bullpen for the Philadelphia Phillies as Rick Roden completes his warm-up pitch.

769
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:09,000
It's Thasmore to lead off. Tommy Hutton is in the on deck circle.

770
01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:13,000
So Brewster used for just a short period.

771
01:08:13,000 --> 01:08:19,000
Appears to be going out of the ball game and the Phillies will go to their strong hard-flying right-hander Ron Reed.

772
01:08:19,000 --> 01:08:23,000
Thasmore walked his first time up on four pitches.

773
01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:32,000
That got it going for the Philadelphia Phillies and Thasmore batting for the first time against Rick Roden and the pitch is two in the tie for ball one.

774
01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:39,000
Dodgers about hit the Phillies seven to two but walks count.

775
01:08:39,000 --> 01:08:45,000
Frankie Pritch the old manager used to say oh those bases are on balls.

776
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:48,000
And a pitch for a track it's one and one.

777
01:08:48,000 --> 01:08:51,000
And Thasmore tries to bun it at the Goodman-Lopes, talking bare hands.

778
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:55,000
It throws the first base in time to Garvey in a fine play by Davy Lopes.

779
01:08:55,000 --> 01:09:03,000
Thasmore did his job but the Dodgers anticipating the play and Lopes coming in from a shallow position with great speed to bare hand the ball.

780
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:05,000
He had to hurry and he did make the play.

781
01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:14,000
So Thasmore bunts out and that'll bring up Tommy Hutton.

782
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:20,000
Hutton the one-time member of the Dodger organization was traded away.

783
01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:23,000
The Dodgers had enough first basemen at that time.

784
01:09:23,000 --> 01:09:26,000
Hutton in the regular season hit at 3-0-9.

785
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:28,000
He had two home runs, 11 runs about an end.

786
01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:36,000
All for two in this series and he takes the first pitch to call a strike.

787
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:41,000
Hutton was a pinch hitter in the second game and lined out the left field.

788
01:09:41,000 --> 01:09:46,000
In the first game he went in defensively and batted once and did not have a base hit.

789
01:09:46,000 --> 01:09:56,000
The next pitch by Roden is in the dirt and it bounces away one ball and one strike.

790
01:09:56,000 --> 01:10:00,000
High ball game at three.

791
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:06,000
Bottom half of the fourth inning and Rick Roden's next pitch, fastball that's outside.

792
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:17,000
Two balls, one strike.

793
01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:21,000
Now the signs are out and the next delivery on the way and it's popped up on the third base side.

794
01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:25,000
Moving back as Ron Faye, he's being run off the play by the shortstop Bill Ruckel.

795
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:29,000
Ruckel puts it away for two men away.

796
01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:33,000
That'll bring up Jake McGride. McGride has walked the fourth in the run.

797
01:10:33,000 --> 01:10:36,000
McGride is in the second of the series.

798
01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:39,000
Then of course he gets the hand for the fine crow that cut down.

799
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:46,000
Leslie Baker trying to score the go-ahead run and the top of the fourth inning.

800
01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:50,000
McGride four for ten, batting 400 in this championship series.

801
01:10:50,000 --> 01:10:55,000
LCS they call it, League Championship Series.

802
01:10:55,000 --> 01:11:00,000
And Roden into the windup and here's the pitch to McGride, a hard ground ball right at Ruckel at shortstop.

803
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:06,000
He feels it on the artificial turf and lobs it over the first base where it's taken by Garvey in the side, retired and ordered.

804
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:12,000
And the score at the end of four, the Dodgers three and the Phillies three.

805
01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:15,000
More auto racing news, British Formula One driver,

806
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:21,000
Ian Ashley was flown to a hospital with his legs and wrists broken today after his racing car became airborne

807
01:11:21,000 --> 01:11:27,000
and qualifying for the Grand Prix of Canada colliding with a folding setup for an unmanned trackside television camera.

808
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:32,000
Ashley was struck or stuck in the car for 45 minutes before he was taken to the track hospital

809
01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:38,000
from where he was flown by helicopter to Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital.

810
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:44,000
He was conscious and in stable condition.

811
01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:48,000
The two pitching staff, Philadelphia and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

812
01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:50,000
When the Phillies started to get in trouble they went to their bullpen.

813
01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:55,000
Warren Brewster came in for only two-thirds of an inning and now another man from the bullpen, Ron Reed,

814
01:11:55,000 --> 01:11:58,000
moving in to pitch the fifth inning against Los Angeles.

815
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:03,000
When the Dodgers got into trouble early for long relief they went to one of their starters, Rick Rodin.

816
01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:13,000
The Dodger bullpen has not been as effective as Tommy Lasorda would like and therefore he has talked about using both Rodin and Doug Rowe,

817
01:12:13,000 --> 01:12:16,000
a left-hander in the bullpen and now Rodin is in that ballgame. We'll have to see how it develops.

818
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:19,000
We've gone through four, we're all even.

819
01:12:19,000 --> 01:12:24,000
Dodgers three runs, seven hits, no errors. Phillies three runs, two hits and no errors.

820
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:26,000
Now let's bring in Ralph Tanner.

821
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:31,000
Okay, Jerry Coleman. Reed had a record of seven wins and five losses in a regular season with 15 saves.

822
01:12:31,000 --> 01:12:35,000
He had an urban average of 2.76 and he was in 60 ballgames.

823
01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:43,000
In this series he has appeared once before, he went two innings, gave up no runs on two hits while striking out two and walking one.

824
01:12:43,000 --> 01:12:49,000
And Reed will be working to the second baseman, Davey Lopes.

825
01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:55,000
Lopes three through 11 in this series, 0 for 2 in this ballgame.

826
01:12:55,000 --> 01:13:02,000
And Reed, who throws a good change up along with a sidearm fastball and a slider and curve, starts off with an overhand fastball.

827
01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:07,000
It's time for ball one. Throws the ball from all around.

828
01:13:07,000 --> 01:13:21,000
A basketball player at Notre Dame also played with the Detroit Pistons. And the next pitch is swung on a miss, it's one and one.

829
01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:25,000
The crowd has quieted down since that rock at second inning.

830
01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:35,000
And the next pitch is hit hard to the shortstop Larry Boy. He gets in front of it, slingshots the ball to first base and Davey Lopes to quick out.

831
01:13:35,000 --> 01:13:40,000
It's Bill Russell coming up. Russell lined the second and fouled out his two times up.

832
01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:44,000
Bill with two hits and 11 times up.

833
01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:54,000
The wind is no factor in this ballgame and it seldom is in this stadium. It's an enclosed circular stadium.

834
01:13:54,000 --> 01:13:57,000
And the first pitch to Russell, a called strike.

835
01:13:57,000 --> 01:14:05,000
3.30 down each line, 3.71 in the power alleys and four away in the straightaway center field. The fence is 12 feet high.

836
01:14:05,000 --> 01:14:13,000
And it's artificial serve. Next pitch is lobbed out and back a third and coming hard as Luzinski lets it drop in front of him as he plays the safety hop.

837
01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:17,000
And going in the second base with a double is Bill Russell.

838
01:14:17,000 --> 01:14:29,000
Luzinski, and we've got artificial serve here, afraid to take the chance of trying to come in and shoot through it and if he misjudges it on a shoot through if it gets by it's got to be inside the park.

839
01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:33,000
It's a whole new ballgame when you play on artificial serve.

840
01:14:33,000 --> 01:14:38,000
Fences were lower here in the early days of Veterans Stadium. They raised the fences at 12 feet hoping to keep the ball in play.

841
01:14:38,000 --> 01:14:45,000
When the ball would go to the outfield they would bounce over the fence where grounds rules doubled and they would lose three base hits.

842
01:14:45,000 --> 01:14:56,000
Now the first pitch to Reggie Smith who is 0 for 2 is taken for her ball. Reggie 2 for 10 in the series.

843
01:14:56,000 --> 01:15:06,000
And the pitch back to the left hand batter, the change up but it's out of the strike zone. Two balls and no strikes.

844
01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:11,000
Dodgers with eight hits, the Phillies have had two and the game is tied at three.

845
01:15:11,000 --> 01:15:23,000
Reggie's next pitch is swung on a miss and a fastball miss that time, two balls and one strike.

846
01:15:23,000 --> 01:15:26,000
Reggie steps out of the batter's box.

847
01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:29,000
Now gets back in, holds the bat very high.

848
01:15:29,000 --> 01:15:32,000
Came to the Dodgers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

849
01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:40,000
And the next pitch is hit foul into the stands on the left field side so they counted two balls and two strikes.

850
01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:45,000
Reggie batted 3-0-7 in the regular season with 32 home runs and 87 RBI.

851
01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:52,000
A versatile person who flies his own airplane, gourmet cook, does about anything he wants to.

852
01:15:52,000 --> 01:16:03,000
Now at 2-2, reads next pitch. Fastball high and inside and they count full now. Three balls, two strikes. The on deck batter runs six.

853
01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:10,000
Smith started his career with a Boston Red Sox.

854
01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:13,000
Has one of the great arms in baseball history.

855
01:16:13,000 --> 01:16:17,000
Three and two they count, here's the pitch and it's a check swing one.

856
01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:21,000
Reggie Smith is called out by home plate umpire Harry Wendelstadt.

857
01:16:21,000 --> 01:16:27,000
Miss checks to see whether or not it was a swinging strike or a call strike.

858
01:16:27,000 --> 01:16:34,000
That's again an account of Earthly and that's the third time Reggie has gone back to the bench with a bat in his hand.

859
01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:43,000
First strike out for Reed and with two men out the batter will be Ron Say.

860
01:16:43,000 --> 01:16:47,000
They had a double as last time up. He's one for two.

861
01:16:47,000 --> 01:16:49,000
Right hand batter.

862
01:16:49,000 --> 01:16:57,000
And the first pitch at fastball high, ball one.

863
01:16:57,000 --> 01:17:05,000
They're giving credits on the message board for all the media coverage radio and TV wise and it'll take about 20 minutes to get all the names up there.

864
01:17:05,000 --> 01:17:18,000
This thing is really being covered. They swing at the next pitch at fastball, one ball, one strike.

865
01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:22,000
High ball game at three. The Dodgers with a runner at second base, Bill Russell there.

866
01:17:22,000 --> 01:17:26,000
Two men away were in the top of the fifth inning.

867
01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:31,000
And the pitch it is fouled back out of play.

868
01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:39,000
One ball, two strikes.

869
01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:44,000
The Dodgers led two nothing after one and a half innings. The Phillies led three to two after two.

870
01:17:44,000 --> 01:17:47,000
And the Dodgers tied it up with a run in the fourth.

871
01:17:47,000 --> 01:17:49,000
Next pitch to say is up five.

872
01:17:49,000 --> 01:18:03,000
And they count two balls and two strikes.

873
01:18:03,000 --> 01:18:07,000
Once again the signs are out and a two-two. The pitch by Reed.

874
01:18:07,000 --> 01:18:11,000
They check the swing and foul the ball off on the first base side.

875
01:18:11,000 --> 01:18:14,000
Grounded out to the right side.

876
01:18:14,000 --> 01:18:17,000
And it remains a two balls and two strikes.

877
01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:23,000
Ron Reed started his career as a starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves.

878
01:18:23,000 --> 01:18:32,000
In 1969 he won his high in the Major Leagues 18 as Atlanta became the Western Division champions and lost to the Mets.

879
01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:37,000
And a swing and a miss and say it's stuck out and that ends the inning.

880
01:18:37,000 --> 01:18:41,000
Reed getting his first two strike out to the ball game.

881
01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:45,000
Four times one hit. A man left his second in the score at the end of four and a half innings.

882
01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:51,000
The Dodgers three and the Phillies three.

883
01:18:51,000 --> 01:18:55,000
Well this is a ball game that belongs now to the relief pitchers.

884
01:18:55,000 --> 01:19:00,000
Larry Christensen, Warren Brewster and Ron Reed have been in there for Philadelphia and for the Dodgers.

885
01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:02,000
Bert Hooten and Rick Rodin.

886
01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:09,000
And for those of you who may have missed the histronics in that second inning with Bert Hooten on the mound for the Dodgers.

887
01:19:09,000 --> 01:19:14,000
He was sailing right along. Gave up a single to Greg Lazinski but he got Hevner forcing Lazinski a second.

888
01:19:14,000 --> 01:19:19,000
Then he struck out Gary Maddux and then a single to Bob Boone and then it all started.

889
01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:22,000
He walked Ted Sizemore loading the bases.

890
01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:27,000
Larry Christensen the pitcher came on and on a questionable call it seemed upset.

891
01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:34,000
He walked off the mound and started talking to himself and for some reason this seemed to activate the fans here at Bethlen Stadium in Philadelphia.

892
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:41,000
Because Christensen amid the roaring of the crowd drew a base on balls to drive in one run.

893
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:46,000
Then following walks to McBride and Boa and suddenly the Phillies had moved ahead three to two.

894
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:55,000
The Dodgers have since tied it and that's where we stand right now.

895
01:19:55,000 --> 01:20:02,000
So right here in Bethlen Stadium in Philadelphia as the evening starts to come into its own.

896
01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:08,000
The game started with the sun shining brightly but the lights are starting to take some effect and as we move into the twilight.

897
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:13,000
Not necessarily to take you to the twilight zone but to take you through the ball game here's Jerry Coleman.

898
01:20:13,000 --> 01:20:20,000
Okay Ralph Keiner, Larry Boa, Mike Schmidt and Greg Lazinski are coming on the Phillies although they have three runs.

899
01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:23,000
And the game is tied at three a piece have only a couple of base hits.

900
01:20:23,000 --> 01:20:27,000
Lazinski and Boone singles in the second inning have been hit.

901
01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:33,000
Rick Roden relief of Bird Hooten now on the mound for the Dodgers and the tall right handers ready with the first one.

902
01:20:33,000 --> 01:20:36,000
It's on the way to Boa fouled off strike one.

903
01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:42,000
Larry Boa bounced the short and drew a base on balls and it was his walk that forced Bird Hooten out of the ball game.

904
01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:47,000
And brought in Roden who retired the side on one pitch to Mike Schmidt.

905
01:20:47,000 --> 01:20:53,000
A dramatic ball game thus far a key ball game. Tomorrow it's Carle-Den and John.

906
01:20:53,000 --> 01:20:58,000
Boa started a bunt pulls his bat away and takes it low and outside one ball one strike.

907
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:02,000
Ron Say is very tight at third base looking for the possible bunt.

908
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:07,000
Bill Russell a shortstop. Dave Lopes at second. Steve Garvey at first all very shallow.

909
01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:13,000
Boa with good speed waiting and the pitch on the way by Roden is outside.

910
01:21:13,000 --> 01:21:15,000
Two balls and a strike.

911
01:21:15,000 --> 01:21:19,000
The outfield shading to the left side Dusty Baker left field.

912
01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:21,000
Rick Mundy in center. Reggie Smith in right.

913
01:21:21,000 --> 01:21:24,000
A huge gazing hole in right center.

914
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:28,000
Here's a 2-1 pitch to Boa. Pops it up and comes back into the stands out of play.

915
01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:31,000
Two balls two strikes.

916
01:21:31,000 --> 01:21:38,000
Boa had four home runs this year matching his entire major league output the first seven years.

917
01:21:38,000 --> 01:21:42,000
Has a total of eight now.

918
01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:45,000
Boa waiting. Roden checking him out.

919
01:21:45,000 --> 01:21:48,000
Boa is two for nine in the action.

920
01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:51,000
Waits for the next one and pops it foul again.

921
01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:54,000
That's over the Dodger dugout into the crowd.

922
01:21:54,000 --> 01:21:57,000
The count stays two balls and two strikes.

923
01:21:57,000 --> 01:22:07,000
Phillies after Boa will send up their big guns Mike Schmidt and Greg Lazinski.

924
01:22:07,000 --> 01:22:10,000
Yeager the Dodger catcher has the sign down.

925
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:12,000
Roden is reading him he's into the lineup.

926
01:22:12,000 --> 01:22:14,000
The right hander's 2-2 pitch to Boa.

927
01:22:14,000 --> 01:22:18,000
Great play on a backhanded grab by the shortstop Bill Russell.

928
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:20,000
That looked like it was headed for left field.

929
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:25,000
Russell dashing into the hole backhanded it and hauled it in for an outstanding play.

930
01:22:25,000 --> 01:22:29,000
Boa's out of there on a live drive to the shortstop.

931
01:22:29,000 --> 01:22:31,000
Bill Russell came up with a dandy.

932
01:22:31,000 --> 01:22:36,000
Boa's gone one away fifth and that'll bring on Mike Schmidt.

933
01:22:36,000 --> 01:22:40,000
Schmidt has not been the hitter in this playoff series that he was a year ago.

934
01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:45,000
He has won 4-11 overall.

935
01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:51,000
Mike from the right side waits and the fastball almost hit him as he backs away for ball one.

936
01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:55,000
Schmidt with a total of 38 home runs.

937
01:22:55,000 --> 01:23:03,000
Three years prior to this he led the National League in homers but this year George Foster with 52 took it away.

938
01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:06,000
The next pitch on the way to Schmidt is inside.

939
01:23:06,000 --> 01:23:08,000
Two balls and no strikes.

940
01:23:08,000 --> 01:23:13,000
Schmidt in the playoff last year against Cincinnati was the one shining light for Philadelphia.

941
01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:16,000
He batted 308.

942
01:23:16,000 --> 01:23:18,000
Right now he is struggling trying to come up with some hits.

943
01:23:18,000 --> 01:23:28,000
Three-three tie, bottom of the fifth as Schmidt takes low and inside and Roden has gone three balls and no strikes.

944
01:23:28,000 --> 01:23:31,000
Veteran Stadium Philadelphia.

945
01:23:31,000 --> 01:23:33,000
Cloudy overcast day now.

946
01:23:33,000 --> 01:23:36,000
It started that way then the sun came out and now the clouds are appearing again.

947
01:23:36,000 --> 01:23:38,000
A 3-0 delivery and it's good for a strike.

948
01:23:38,000 --> 01:23:40,000
Three and one.

949
01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:43,000
Three balls, one strike, one down.

950
01:23:43,000 --> 01:23:46,000
Ron Reid for Philadelphia.

951
01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:48,000
Rick Roden for the Dodgers are the pitchers of record.

952
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:50,000
Both starters out of the ball game.

953
01:23:50,000 --> 01:24:00,000
The 3-1 pitch on the way to Schmidt and it's inside ball four.

954
01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:02,000
That's the second walk given up by Roden.

955
01:24:02,000 --> 01:24:05,000
He is not allowed a base hit but he has walked two men.

956
01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:09,000
He walked Lazinski in the third and now opening up with one down here in the fifth inning.

957
01:24:09,000 --> 01:24:13,000
He walks Mike Schmidt.

958
01:24:13,000 --> 01:24:21,000
Lazinski who has one for one a single and a base on ball.

959
01:24:21,000 --> 01:24:27,000
The ball put the fills on the board of Dodgers Stadium with a booming home run in the first inning.

960
01:24:27,000 --> 01:24:30,000
He's in there right now and the throw is taken outside.

961
01:24:30,000 --> 01:24:33,000
A snap throw by Yeager to first and Schmidt gets back.

962
01:24:33,000 --> 01:24:35,000
Schmidt stole 15 bases this year.

963
01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:37,000
He's got good speed.

964
01:24:37,000 --> 01:24:41,000
Possibly one of the greatest big athletes going in baseball today.

965
01:24:41,000 --> 01:24:43,000
He can do it all.

966
01:24:43,000 --> 01:24:47,000
He can run, he can throw, he can field, he can hit and hit for power.

967
01:24:47,000 --> 01:24:48,000
Schmidt on a first base.

968
01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:49,000
Garvey holding against him.

969
01:24:49,000 --> 01:24:51,000
Infield swung way off to the left.

970
01:24:51,000 --> 01:24:54,000
Lopes swell toward second as Lazinski waits.

971
01:24:54,000 --> 01:24:57,000
Here's Roden's delivery and it's in there.

972
01:24:57,000 --> 01:24:58,000
One ball, one strike, a hard slide.

973
01:24:58,000 --> 01:25:03,000
I got the outside corner.

974
01:25:03,000 --> 01:25:07,000
Schmidt with 15 stolen bases this year is on a first base.

975
01:25:07,000 --> 01:25:12,000
He was cut down eight times.

976
01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:15,000
A one-one count as Roden steps back off the rubber.

977
01:25:15,000 --> 01:25:18,000
Check the run at first.

978
01:25:18,000 --> 01:25:20,000
Dodgers three runs, eight hits.

979
01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:22,000
The Phillies three runs and two hits.

980
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:24,000
Here's the pitch to Lazinski and it's nine inside.

981
01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:39,000
Two balls and a strike.

982
01:25:39,000 --> 01:25:40,000
Roden is ready again.

983
01:25:40,000 --> 01:25:42,000
He checks Schmidt at first.

984
01:25:42,000 --> 01:25:45,000
Lazinski waiting and a pitch on the way to Gregg is fouled back.

985
01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:46,000
Another slider.

986
01:25:46,000 --> 01:25:47,000
He got a piece of that one.

987
01:25:47,000 --> 01:25:51,000
Two balls and two strikes.

988
01:25:51,000 --> 01:25:55,000
It looks like Elias Sosa is throwing in the Dodger bullpen now with Roden

989
01:25:55,000 --> 01:25:57,000
having given up a walk to Mike Schmidt.

990
01:25:57,000 --> 01:26:01,000
Although Roden has not given up a base hit.

991
01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:05,000
In this ball game it is such a critical ball game to both teams at both managers.

992
01:26:05,000 --> 01:26:09,000
Tommy Lasorda of the Dodgers, Danny Ozark of the Phillies,

993
01:26:09,000 --> 01:26:11,000
are at hair trigger when it comes to their pitches.

994
01:26:11,000 --> 01:26:17,000
The first moment they get into trouble they try another man.

995
01:26:17,000 --> 01:26:20,000
Roden, a long look at Jaeger.

996
01:26:20,000 --> 01:26:24,000
Fans, you can hear them starting to come.

997
01:26:24,000 --> 01:26:29,000
And now Roden steps back off the rubber.

998
01:26:29,000 --> 01:26:34,000
It was a situation something like this in the second inning that forced Bird hooting out

999
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:38,000
and the fans are starting to come to life again.

1000
01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:41,000
The 2-2 pitch has popped up.

1001
01:26:41,000 --> 01:26:47,000
Third baseman Ron Say in foul territory is under it and grabs it for the second out.

1002
01:26:47,000 --> 01:26:50,000
Roden did not succumb to the fans here on that pitch.

1003
01:26:50,000 --> 01:26:55,000
He nails Greg Lozinski a big out.

1004
01:26:55,000 --> 01:26:58,000
Now Richie Hebner, left-hand batter, is going to hit.

1005
01:26:58,000 --> 01:27:00,000
Hebner bounced the second base.

1006
01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:01,000
He flied to center field.

1007
01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:07,000
He's going to 0-2 and he has scored a run.

1008
01:27:07,000 --> 01:27:12,000
Hebner overall in the series is 2-7.

1009
01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:17,000
When Dave Cash played out his option and went on his way to Montreal,

1010
01:27:17,000 --> 01:27:20,000
Hebner came over from Pittsburgh and ended up at first base

1011
01:27:20,000 --> 01:27:24,000
and then the Phillies managed a trade for Ted Sizemore from the Dodgers.

1012
01:27:24,000 --> 01:27:27,000
And of course Sizemore batting on the eighth spot in this lineup today

1013
01:27:27,000 --> 01:27:30,000
and going against his old teammates.

1014
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:34,000
3-3 tie, last of the fifth, 2 down, Hebner waiting.

1015
01:27:34,000 --> 01:27:37,000
Roden, a long set and the delivery to Hebner.

1016
01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:40,000
Ted high at a right field but not deep.

1017
01:27:40,000 --> 01:27:42,000
Reggie Smith drifting in.

1018
01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:46,000
He's under and he has it for the final out here in the fifth inning.

1019
01:27:46,000 --> 01:27:48,000
No run, no hits, no errors.

1020
01:27:48,000 --> 01:27:49,000
A man left.

1021
01:27:49,000 --> 01:27:50,000
We've gone through five.

1022
01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:52,000
It's the Dodgers, three runs, eight hits.

1023
01:27:52,000 --> 01:27:55,000
The Phillies, three runs, two hits.

1024
01:27:55,000 --> 01:28:00,000
With relations between the two clubs strained because of Thursday evening's hard slot incident,

1025
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:04,000
second base, New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals sent their top right-handers to the mound

1026
01:28:04,000 --> 01:28:06,000
Friday night in the third game of the American League playoffs,

1027
01:28:06,000 --> 01:28:10,000
Mike Torres, the choice of Billy Martin of the Yankees to start,

1028
01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:12,000
who even the series at one game apiece with that victory on Thursday,

1029
01:28:12,000 --> 01:28:17,000
while Dennis Leonard, the manager of Whitey Herzog, takes the start for the Royals.

1030
01:28:17,000 --> 01:28:21,000
They began in Kansas City with heavy rain falling for more than 12 hours,

1031
01:28:21,000 --> 01:28:24,000
but the rain stopped in the early afternoon.

1032
01:28:24,000 --> 01:28:29,000
The grounds crew had the artificial surface at Royal Stadium in perfect condition.

1033
01:28:29,000 --> 01:28:33,000
If the game will begin, we won't know that for a few hours yet.

1034
01:28:33,000 --> 01:28:42,000
Overcast skies right now, temperatures in the 50s, 80 percent chance of rain.

1035
01:28:42,000 --> 01:28:43,000
So that's the story of that one.

1036
01:28:43,000 --> 01:28:49,000
The story of our game is all tied up after 5-3-3, both starting pitchers and now the shower

1037
01:28:49,000 --> 01:28:55,000
or in the dugout or watching in the shower room on television.

1038
01:28:55,000 --> 01:28:59,000
What time of year are you often here, baseball fans, saying, wait till next year?

1039
01:28:59,000 --> 01:29:04,000
And while your favorite team is planning for 1978, you should too by ordering season tickets.

1040
01:29:04,000 --> 01:29:09,000
Now is the time when the best locations are available for your family or business.

1041
01:29:09,000 --> 01:29:17,000
So if you missed any of baseball's excitement this past season, act now and ensure choice seats for all of the fun of 1978.

1042
01:29:17,000 --> 01:29:21,000
You'll find yourself saying, I just can't wait till next year.

1043
01:29:21,000 --> 01:29:26,000
Proceeding has been brought to you on behalf of Major League Baseball.

1044
01:29:26,000 --> 01:29:29,000
Well, it's been a strange game.

1045
01:29:29,000 --> 01:29:32,000
It's the Dodgers three and the Phillies and their fans three.

1046
01:29:32,000 --> 01:29:39,000
The Phillies fans certainly into the act as they got in and teared their team onto a leading position.

1047
01:29:39,000 --> 01:29:43,000
Right now we're going back to the action and once again Jerry Coleman.

1048
01:29:43,000 --> 01:29:48,000
Steve Garvey, Dusty Baker, Rick Mundy coming on against the giant right-hander Ron Reid who goes in at 6-6

1049
01:29:48,000 --> 01:29:52,000
and Garvey's first swing at a fastball is missed for strike one.

1050
01:29:52,000 --> 01:29:59,000
Garvey, right-hand batter, one for two in this ball game and four for nine overall.

1051
01:29:59,000 --> 01:30:02,000
The next one by Reid, a breaking ball in the dirt.

1052
01:30:02,000 --> 01:30:08,000
Outfield, well over to the left side, Luzinski on left, Maddox in center, Tate McBride in right field.

1053
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:11,000
The infield is deep at all spots.

1054
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:15,000
Here's Reid again and the delivery foul back.

1055
01:30:15,000 --> 01:30:19,000
A ball and two strikes. Mike Schmidt, the third baseman.

1056
01:30:19,000 --> 01:30:25,000
Shortstop Larry Boat, Ted Sizemore at second, Rich Hebner at first and Bob Boone doing the catching.

1057
01:30:25,000 --> 01:30:31,000
Reid is the third Philly pitcher in relief of Warren Brewster who picked it up for Larry Christensen.

1058
01:30:31,000 --> 01:30:35,000
Garvey waits and the one-two delivery just off the corner.

1059
01:30:35,000 --> 01:30:38,000
Reid thought he had it, the plate on fire didn't give it to him.

1060
01:30:38,000 --> 01:30:43,000
Two balls, two strikes.

1061
01:30:43,000 --> 01:30:46,000
Steve Garvey, the only man to play at every Dodger ball game this year.

1062
01:30:46,000 --> 01:30:49,000
Waits for another, the two-two pitchers chopped to the shortstop.

1063
01:30:49,000 --> 01:30:51,000
Two big hops, Bowe gets a big bill out of it.

1064
01:30:51,000 --> 01:30:59,000
A quick throw to first and Garvey's gone, six to three.

1065
01:30:59,000 --> 01:31:03,000
Today's paid attendance, 63,719.

1066
01:31:03,000 --> 01:31:05,000
That may set a new record. We're going to check it up.

1067
01:31:05,000 --> 01:31:13,000
It's right up there. If it isn't a new record, it's the second highest all-time here at Veteran Stadium.

1068
01:31:13,000 --> 01:31:16,000
Dusty Baker is moving in. He has doubled and singled.

1069
01:31:16,000 --> 01:31:18,000
Score to run has driven in two.

1070
01:31:18,000 --> 01:31:21,000
Right-handed hitter against the right-handed Reid and the delivery.

1071
01:31:21,000 --> 01:31:25,000
Hit high to center field. That'll be a routine play for Gary Maddux.

1072
01:31:25,000 --> 01:31:28,000
Maddux is holding his ground and has it for the second out.

1073
01:31:28,000 --> 01:31:36,000
So Reid goes through the first two batters in the sixth inning, two up and two down.

1074
01:31:36,000 --> 01:31:38,000
All right, here's Rick Mundy stepping in.

1075
01:31:38,000 --> 01:31:42,000
Mundy flies to center field and single to right.

1076
01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:47,000
And on the board, a welcome to CBS Radio Network broadcasters Ralph Keiner and Jerry Coleman.

1077
01:31:47,000 --> 01:31:50,000
And we're certainly delighted to be here.

1078
01:31:50,000 --> 01:31:58,000
This 63,719 falls a couple hundred short of a new all-time record.

1079
01:31:58,000 --> 01:32:01,000
It's the second highest ever.

1080
01:32:01,000 --> 01:32:08,000
They pitch to Rick Mundy, the first one by Ron Reid, low, ball one.

1081
01:32:08,000 --> 01:32:13,000
One and oh, two outs, nobody on, top of the sixth inning, a 3-3 tie.

1082
01:32:13,000 --> 01:32:16,000
This is the game that both clubs figure they have to win.

1083
01:32:16,000 --> 01:32:21,000
The one-oh delivery to Mundy. Swung on a miss, one ball, one strike.

1084
01:32:21,000 --> 01:32:26,000
Rick Mundy has had some severe back problems, but talking to him before the game today, he said,

1085
01:32:26,000 --> 01:32:29,000
I am 100 percent.

1086
01:32:29,000 --> 01:32:33,000
And Mundy so far in the action has not done too badly.

1087
01:32:33,000 --> 01:32:37,000
Got two hits and six trips in the two games that he's played.

1088
01:32:37,000 --> 01:32:42,000
A man hitter, a veteran, started with the Kansas City Athletics and on to the Cubs and now here with the Dodgers.

1089
01:32:42,000 --> 01:32:46,000
The 1-1 pitch and Mundy takes it for strike two.

1090
01:32:46,000 --> 01:32:49,000
And the Dodger bullpen is going full bore right now.

1091
01:32:49,000 --> 01:32:56,000
Charlie Huff, a knuckle baller, and a curve balling Doug Rau from the left side starting to throw.

1092
01:32:56,000 --> 01:33:02,000
The 1-2 pitch to Mundy, fouled off and just off to the right of our booth.

1093
01:33:02,000 --> 01:33:07,000
And my microphone just went dead.

1094
01:33:07,000 --> 01:33:11,000
If my microphone didn't go dead, my earplugs certainly did. I can't hear a thing.

1095
01:33:11,000 --> 01:33:14,000
All right, Rick Mundy now is out there.

1096
01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:19,000
The count of all the two strikes, two down.

1097
01:33:19,000 --> 01:33:22,000
Here's Reeve's delivery and the 1-2 pitch is taken outside.

1098
01:33:22,000 --> 01:33:26,000
Two balls, two strikes. Jim Gilliam coaching at first base.

1099
01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:31,000
And Preston Gomez, a former manager for the San Diego Ponders and the Houston Ashos at third.

1100
01:33:31,000 --> 01:33:37,000
The 2-2 delivery on the move and it's outside making three balls and two strikes.

1101
01:33:37,000 --> 01:33:39,000
Three and two the count.

1102
01:33:39,000 --> 01:33:43,000
Two down, nobody on. Mundy trying to give the Dodgers a start here in the sixth inning.

1103
01:33:43,000 --> 01:33:46,000
Behind him the catcher Steve Yeager.

1104
01:33:46,000 --> 01:33:53,000
The next pitch to Mundy is high for ball four and down to first base goes Rick Mundy.

1105
01:33:53,000 --> 01:34:00,000
So Mundy on with two down here in the sixth inning and the catcher Steve Yeager getting ready to move in.

1106
01:34:00,000 --> 01:34:04,000
The next hitter is the following hitter behind Yeager.

1107
01:34:04,000 --> 01:34:10,000
Gene Garber, slow curveballing right-hander throwing in the Philadelphia bullpen.

1108
01:34:10,000 --> 01:34:18,000
Behind Garber they still have Tug McGraw if they need him so the filly is very rich in bullpen depth.

1109
01:34:18,000 --> 01:34:22,000
Yeager in the ball game is single and had an intentional walk.

1110
01:34:22,000 --> 01:34:28,000
Throw to first base, Mundy is back and the throw to first almost got by Hebner.

1111
01:34:28,000 --> 01:34:34,000
If you missed it today's pay-to-ten at 63,719.

1112
01:34:34,000 --> 01:34:41,000
Another throw to first and Mundy is back again.

1113
01:34:41,000 --> 01:34:46,000
All right Rick Mundy with the lead maybe about eight feet off edging up towards second base.

1114
01:34:46,000 --> 01:34:49,000
Yeager waiting at the plate, a dangerous batter.

1115
01:34:49,000 --> 01:34:51,000
He's not an average hitter but he can hit the long ball every now and then.

1116
01:34:51,000 --> 01:34:58,000
Another throw to first and Mundy gets back again.

1117
01:34:58,000 --> 01:35:01,000
It's a 3-3 tie. We are in the top of the sixth inning.

1118
01:35:01,000 --> 01:35:07,000
Dodgers are batting here at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

1119
01:35:07,000 --> 01:35:11,000
Ron Reed throws the first again fourth time he's gone over there.

1120
01:35:11,000 --> 01:35:16,000
Put pause five seconds for station identification. This is the CBS Radio Network.

1121
01:35:16,000 --> 01:35:20,000
This is the American Forces Radio and Television Service.

1122
01:35:20,000 --> 01:35:26,000
All right Reed with the set delivers ground ball to third deep in the corner.

1123
01:35:26,000 --> 01:35:29,000
The play by Smith to second, they got him.

1124
01:35:29,000 --> 01:35:33,000
An outstanding play by Mike Smith right on the line deep at third base.

1125
01:35:33,000 --> 01:35:35,000
Nails Mundy at second base.

1126
01:35:35,000 --> 01:35:38,000
That one's five to four if you're keeping book with us.

1127
01:35:38,000 --> 01:35:42,000
No runs, no hits and a man left after five and a half.

1128
01:35:42,000 --> 01:35:44,000
Dodgers three, Philadelphia three.

1129
01:35:44,000 --> 01:35:49,000
University of Colorado hopes its rare appearance among the top ten rankings can become a habit.

1130
01:35:49,000 --> 01:35:54,000
Looks to improve its record on Saturday by stopping Oklahoma State's Terry Miller.

1131
01:35:54,000 --> 01:35:58,000
Colorado coach Bill Mallory believes that Miller is the fondest running back in the nation.

1132
01:35:58,000 --> 01:36:03,000
Miller leads the nation's rushers right now with just over 160 yard average in four games.

1133
01:36:03,000 --> 01:36:08,000
He has carried 104 times for 637 yards and six touchdowns.

1134
01:36:08,000 --> 01:36:15,000
Miller's Oklahoma State's low offensive threat though, situation reflected in their two and two record this season.

1135
01:36:15,000 --> 01:36:20,000
Seventh ranked USC by the way will whisk its unbeaten record against once beaten number eight Alabama this weekend.

1136
01:36:20,000 --> 01:36:24,000
Second ranked Michigan will visit old rival Michigan State.

1137
01:36:24,000 --> 01:36:31,000
Number three Oklahoma faces number four Texas and sixth ranked Ohio State takes on Purdue in a big ten battle.

1138
01:36:31,000 --> 01:36:36,000
Other game, seventh ranked Nebraska tackles Kansas State, their big favorites there.

1139
01:36:36,000 --> 01:36:41,000
And number ten California tackles Washington State.

1140
01:36:41,000 --> 01:36:46,000
Pedro Barbon, the Cincinnati Reds eighth release pitcher, pleaded innocent Friday to two assault charges,

1141
01:36:46,000 --> 01:36:50,000
was ordered to appear in court again next Tuesday for a preliminary hearing.

1142
01:36:50,000 --> 01:36:57,000
Barbon's lawyer John J. Kelly Jr. entered innocent pleas on behalf of Barbon at Friday's arraignment in Cincinnati

1143
01:36:57,000 --> 01:37:00,000
before Hamilton County criminal court judge Robert Blackmore.

1144
01:37:00,000 --> 01:37:03,000
Barbon stood silently while the lawyer entered the pleas.

1145
01:37:03,000 --> 01:37:08,000
Barbon released on his own recoginance pending Tuesday's 9 a.m. preliminary hearing,

1146
01:37:08,000 --> 01:37:11,000
later refused to comment to news reporters.

1147
01:37:11,000 --> 01:37:17,000
Also Kelly noted Barbon was under contract to pitch winter ball and today hope further court session would be delayed

1148
01:37:17,000 --> 01:37:20,000
so Barbon could immediately return to his Dominican Republic home.

1149
01:37:20,000 --> 01:37:24,000
Barbon must remain for the preliminary hearing.

1150
01:37:24,000 --> 01:37:31,000
I'd like to remind you that the American League playoff game will be on tonight at 8.07 Eastern Daylight Time with Ed Martin

1151
01:37:31,000 --> 01:37:36,000
along with Ernie Harwell, Yankees against Kansas City in Kansas City.

1152
01:37:36,000 --> 01:37:41,000
And then tomorrow afternoon the American League game will be at 1.07 Eastern Daylight Time

1153
01:37:41,000 --> 01:37:44,000
and will be on the air Saturday night at 8.07.

1154
01:37:44,000 --> 01:37:49,000
It'll be Tommy John against Steve Carlton in that ball game tomorrow night.

1155
01:37:49,000 --> 01:37:51,000
We're all set to go. It's the bottom half of the sixth.

1156
01:37:51,000 --> 01:37:55,000
It's a tie ball game at three and coming back in for the play-by-play, Jerry Combs.

1157
01:37:55,000 --> 01:38:01,000
And Gary Maddux, Bob Boone, and Ted Sizemore going up against Rick Rhoade who has done a brilliant job for the Dodgers.

1158
01:38:01,000 --> 01:38:05,000
He has gone three in the third innings, has not given up a hit, and has walked two.

1159
01:38:05,000 --> 01:38:10,000
The first pitch to Maddux right at the Adam's apple misses inside ball one.

1160
01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:14,000
Gary Maddux in the ball game struck out and he bounced to third.

1161
01:38:14,000 --> 01:38:20,000
Maddux is one of the men that the Phillies like to get on. He's got that big speed. He can run.

1162
01:38:20,000 --> 01:38:25,000
Wide spread stance from the right side waiting, chokes up about an inch and hits one to center field straight away.

1163
01:38:25,000 --> 01:38:34,000
Rick Mundy will have no trouble with this. He's under it, grabs it, and we've got one going here in the bottom of the sixth.

1164
01:38:34,000 --> 01:38:40,000
Gary Maddux on a fairly routine fly ball. The center field is out of there for the first out on the bottom of the sixth.

1165
01:38:40,000 --> 01:38:46,000
And now Bob Boone steps in the catcher. Boone single and fly to center.

1166
01:38:46,000 --> 01:38:50,000
Gene Garber, the right-hander, continues in the Philly bullpen.

1167
01:38:50,000 --> 01:38:53,000
Behind Boone at Sizemore and then Reed.

1168
01:38:53,000 --> 01:38:58,000
Reed will fall in the event that he gets up to hit in this inning.

1169
01:38:58,000 --> 01:39:02,000
They first pitch to Boone, one on a miss, strike one.

1170
01:39:02,000 --> 01:39:08,000
He's three runs, eight hits. The Phillies three runs and only two hits.

1171
01:39:08,000 --> 01:39:12,000
Roden again checking out his catcher, Yeager, and the pitch on the way to Bob Boone.

1172
01:39:12,000 --> 01:39:16,000
It's right in there on the corner. No balls and two strikes.

1173
01:39:16,000 --> 01:39:23,000
Bob, a native of San Diego and the son of a great hitting shortstop third baseman for Cleveland and Detroit, Ray Boone,

1174
01:39:23,000 --> 01:39:26,000
and now scouts for the Boston Red Sox.

1175
01:39:26,000 --> 01:39:30,000
The two-strike pitch to Bob is low and inside. Ball one, strike two.

1176
01:39:30,000 --> 01:39:35,000
It's going to be the toughest thing in the world to follow your father, who was a great major league hitter.

1177
01:39:35,000 --> 01:39:39,000
Ray Boone could hit that ball, did it for many years in the American League, over a dozen.

1178
01:39:39,000 --> 01:39:45,000
And now Bob following in his footsteps. The one-two pitch to Bob, a hard drive center field base hit.

1179
01:39:45,000 --> 01:39:51,000
Bob Boone comes up with a first hit off of Roden and only the third for the Phillies in the ballgame.

1180
01:39:51,000 --> 01:40:06,000
Tim McCarver has moved into the on-deck circle, so he'll be batting for Ron Reid, provided Sizemore doesn't pop into a double play.

1181
01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:15,000
A 3-3 tie. We're in the last half of the sixth inning. Rick Roden blowing on his hand.

1182
01:40:15,000 --> 01:40:18,000
In this type of weather, they'll allow you to do that.

1183
01:40:18,000 --> 01:40:22,000
Normally, you cannot do it. You have to have permission from the umpires.

1184
01:40:22,000 --> 01:40:26,000
A first pitch on the way to Sizemore. It's one-on-a-miss, strike one.

1185
01:40:26,000 --> 01:40:30,000
Ted walked and scored a run in the second inning.

1186
01:40:30,000 --> 01:40:36,000
Then he tried to bunt for a base hit, pushing it out toward second, and Lopes made a fine play to get him.

1187
01:40:36,000 --> 01:40:42,000
Sizemore, a little guy, formally with the Dodgers, waiting.

1188
01:40:42,000 --> 01:40:47,000
Here's Roden's delivery to Ted. It's chopped away on the left side.

1189
01:40:47,000 --> 01:40:49,000
No balls and two strikes.

1190
01:40:49,000 --> 01:40:55,000
Lance Rotson, a left-hander, throwing down on the Dodger bullpen, along with another left-hander, Doug Rowe.

1191
01:40:55,000 --> 01:41:05,000
So Rowe, a more experienced pitcher, one of those cutie kind of guys who try to get you an off-speed stuff and set you up for a fast ball.

1192
01:41:05,000 --> 01:41:07,000
It isn't all that fast, but looks better than it is.

1193
01:41:07,000 --> 01:41:12,000
And Rotson, not a bad throwing left-hander, but a rookie.

1194
01:41:12,000 --> 01:41:17,000
Three-three tie, sixth inning. Phillies have a runner at first base.

1195
01:41:17,000 --> 01:41:27,000
Sizemore apparently broke his bat and is going to get another one, and he comes out to take his shot.

1196
01:41:27,000 --> 01:41:30,000
Roden now checks out his catcher, Steve Yeager.

1197
01:41:30,000 --> 01:41:36,000
Elias Dose now gets up in the Dodger bullpen. They got half the staff throwing down there.

1198
01:41:36,000 --> 01:41:44,000
Here's the two-strike, fix the size more, low and outside, and a good play by Yeager on a ball that was almost a wild pitch.

1199
01:41:44,000 --> 01:41:49,000
Yeager is one of the few catchers who loves his work. He loves exactly what he's doing.

1200
01:41:49,000 --> 01:41:53,000
He likes to catch. He likes the body contact. He likes the hard work.

1201
01:41:53,000 --> 01:41:57,000
He likes to put on the so-called tools of ignorance.

1202
01:41:57,000 --> 01:42:03,000
And believe me, if you can catch and you can throw a Yeager can, you've got a job in the big leagues for 15 years.

1203
01:42:03,000 --> 01:42:09,000
A ball and two strikes. Boone, who is not an overly fast man on a first base, waiting.

1204
01:42:09,000 --> 01:42:16,000
Here's Roden's pitch on the way to size more low this time. Two balls and two strikes.

1205
01:42:16,000 --> 01:42:21,000
Tony Taylor dancing around at first base. He's the coach for the Phillies, yelling out to Bob Boone.

1206
01:42:21,000 --> 01:42:24,000
Two balls, two strikes, one out.

1207
01:42:24,000 --> 01:42:30,000
In a spot like this, some managers will try the hit and run. Let's see what the Phillies do.

1208
01:42:30,000 --> 01:42:34,000
Sizemore waiting, and the throw goes to first base. Roden looking for something.

1209
01:42:34,000 --> 01:42:39,000
Garvey holding against Boone. The infield playing very shallow.

1210
01:42:39,000 --> 01:42:46,000
Sizemore is not a fast man, nor is Boone, but you've got to come in, especially if that man may be going.

1211
01:42:46,000 --> 01:42:49,000
Two balls, two strikes, one down. Roden ready again.

1212
01:42:49,000 --> 01:42:56,000
The pitch to Sizemore is top back on a play into the seat. We're going to go at it again. Two balls and two strikes.

1213
01:42:56,000 --> 01:43:04,000
Sizemore, a one-time rookie of the year, played only one year for the Dodgers before being traded off to the St. Louis Cardinals for Richie Allen.

1214
01:43:04,000 --> 01:43:08,000
Later, the Dodgers got him back and traded him to the Phillies.

1215
01:43:08,000 --> 01:43:18,000
So Sizemore has had a checkered career from a standpoint of continuity with one club, but he's a fine ball player, a heady ball player who knows what to do.

1216
01:43:18,000 --> 01:43:29,000
All right, Roden is again ready. Here's the pitch to Sizemore. Luke Fowl on the right side. That'll reach the seats. No chance for Smith to get to it.

1217
01:43:29,000 --> 01:43:36,000
Lance Rotson and Ilya Sosa throwing down on the Dodger bullpen.

1218
01:43:36,000 --> 01:43:44,000
And Barry Foote, a reserve catcher for the Phillies, is warming up on the bullpen.

1219
01:43:44,000 --> 01:43:50,000
Could be that if there's a move made here, it could be a flip flop by Danny Ozark. We'll have to see how the dust settles.

1220
01:43:50,000 --> 01:43:58,000
But right now, Sizemore, for the count of two balls, two strikes, he's got a runner at first base and one down, bottom of the sixth, a 3-3 tie.

1221
01:43:58,000 --> 01:44:08,000
Here's the pitch. Chopped away Fowl and Sizemore and Roden having some battle out there.

1222
01:44:08,000 --> 01:44:14,000
Well, Roden got the ball and bounced it on the astroturf like it was a basketball and said, hey, let me try another one.

1223
01:44:14,000 --> 01:44:23,000
Baseballs are built to specification, but they're not all the same. And more than likely, a pitcher will get a ball that just doesn't have that feel.

1224
01:44:23,000 --> 01:44:31,000
Maybe the seam doesn't feel right. Maybe it feels heavy in his hand and he'll say, hey, let's try another one until he gets one that he's satisfied with.

1225
01:44:31,000 --> 01:44:39,000
The pitcher can ask for a new ball. The hitter can ask for the umpire to look at the ball, but not for a new one unless the umpire throws it out.

1226
01:44:39,000 --> 01:44:48,000
All right, the Philly fans coming to life again. Sizemore awaits. Here's the pitch by Roden. Ground ball to third and great play by Sze.

1227
01:44:48,000 --> 01:44:59,000
The throw to first, not in time. Great hit.

1228
01:44:59,000 --> 01:45:09,000
Real good backhand play by Ron Sze as he went far to his right side to backhanded in foul territory. His momentum was taking him away from the field.

1229
01:45:09,000 --> 01:45:15,000
He threw over to first base. It was not a hard throw. One out throw to first and Sizemore beat it out.

1230
01:45:15,000 --> 01:45:25,000
So now the Phillies are going to the bench as they have runners at first and second and one man out. Here's a bat in the bottom of the sixth inning.

1231
01:45:25,000 --> 01:45:38,000
Left hand hitting Kim McCarver is coming on. McCarver this year batted three twenty and has a pinch hitter nine for thirty six, which is an even two fifty batting average with a home run of nine RBI.

1232
01:45:38,000 --> 01:45:43,000
A very valuable man.

1233
01:45:43,000 --> 01:45:50,000
And those Philly fans again, I'm sure you can hear them in the background starting to come to life.

1234
01:45:50,000 --> 01:46:02,000
McCarver waits. Here's a pitch filed away. Strike one. McCarver, who is Steve Carlin's special catcher, caught the first ball game and he went one for three with a walk.

1235
01:46:02,000 --> 01:46:18,000
A single and a run score. Left hand batter, the tie breaking run, a second base and the person of Bob Boone, Ted Sizemore at first base. A three three tie, last half of the sixth inning.

1236
01:46:18,000 --> 01:46:26,000
Here's a pitch to McCarver, a tie for a ball, one ball and one strike.

1237
01:46:26,000 --> 01:46:37,000
Kim McCarver, one time St. Louis Cardinals star catcher in their payday. The days of Bob Gibson and company.

1238
01:46:37,000 --> 01:46:45,000
Has that front foot to right but almost on top of the plate. He's waiting. Roden is ready. Here's the delivery as the runners move up and a tie.

1239
01:46:45,000 --> 01:46:49,000
Two balls, one strike.

1240
01:46:49,000 --> 01:46:59,000
Rick Roden now running into a little bit of a rival that fell here. He walked one man in the third inning, got out of it with no trouble. He walked a man in the fifth.

1241
01:46:59,000 --> 01:47:06,000
Got out of it with no trouble but he has fallen behind hitters here in the sixth inning and has given up back to back singles.

1242
01:47:06,000 --> 01:47:11,000
Two balls and one strike to Tim McCarver.

1243
01:47:11,000 --> 01:47:19,000
Bob Boone at second base, Ted Sizemore at first. And now time has fallen.

1244
01:47:19,000 --> 01:47:25,000
As the fans here at Vetsland Stadium start that crescendo, he just stepped off the rubber.

1245
01:47:25,000 --> 01:47:28,000
There they go again.

1246
01:47:28,000 --> 01:47:33,000
The 2-1 pitch is high.

1247
01:47:33,000 --> 01:47:42,000
Three balls, one strike.

1248
01:47:42,000 --> 01:48:01,000
There are 63,719 fans all apparently rooting for the Phillies.

1249
01:48:01,000 --> 01:48:04,000
Here's Roden.

1250
01:48:04,000 --> 01:48:09,000
And the 3-1 delivery. Foul back a full count.

1251
01:48:09,000 --> 01:48:16,000
If Roden can overcome this route, he may quiet these people. But until they do, they're going to keep going.

1252
01:48:16,000 --> 01:48:24,000
The Philadelphia Phillies fan is a very long-waiting fan. They are looking for their first championship ever in baseball.

1253
01:48:24,000 --> 01:48:30,000
They have never been able to win a championship in 1915. They were defeated in the World Series 4-1.

1254
01:48:30,000 --> 01:48:39,000
In 1950, they were defeated 4-0 by the Yankees. And last year in the championship series, they were defeated by the Cincinnati Reds 3-0.

1255
01:48:39,000 --> 01:48:45,000
We've got a 3-2 count. Runners at first and second in one away.

1256
01:48:45,000 --> 01:48:52,000
McCarver batting for Ron Reid is waiting. Here is Roden.

1257
01:48:52,000 --> 01:48:57,000
The pitch fouled away and we're going to do it one more time.

1258
01:48:57,000 --> 01:49:04,000
Danny Ozark with Bob Boone at second base and Sizemore at first did not have his men going.

1259
01:49:04,000 --> 01:49:15,000
Behind McCarver, the left-hand hitting, Bake McBride.

1260
01:49:15,000 --> 01:49:22,000
Absolutely remarkable display here by Philadelphia fans.

1261
01:49:22,000 --> 01:49:28,000
Three balls, two strikes. Roden again, touch. McCarver waits. There go the runners.

1262
01:49:28,000 --> 01:49:33,000
The ball is hit foul on the right side and that's out of reach to Reggie Smith.

1263
01:49:33,000 --> 01:49:39,000
The ball wasn't hit far enough to be of any danger and it's been fair. Smith with a clutter with ease.

1264
01:49:39,000 --> 01:49:44,000
But it was full foul, maybe 25 feet or so into the seats in right field.

1265
01:49:44,000 --> 01:49:51,000
So the count remains three balls and two strikes and Danny Ozark shifted gears that time and he started Boone and Sizemore.

1266
01:49:51,000 --> 01:49:56,000
And now Boone is going to have a chat with Billy Demars, the third base coach.

1267
01:49:56,000 --> 01:50:02,000
Well, you've got to wonder, do they miss the sign the first time or the second time?

1268
01:50:02,000 --> 01:50:07,000
Whatever, Boone wants to know exactly what's going on from Billy Demars, the third base coach.

1269
01:50:07,000 --> 01:50:17,000
We have a quick conversation. Dave Lopes is walking in to talk to Rick Roden.

1270
01:50:17,000 --> 01:50:24,000
Lance Rodson, the left-hander. Elias Sota, the right-hander, continue to throw in the Dodger bullpen.

1271
01:50:24,000 --> 01:50:35,000
A dramatic part of the ball game. Dodger three to Philly speed.

1272
01:50:35,000 --> 01:50:44,000
Roden checking out his catcher, Yeager. McCarver waits.

1273
01:50:44,000 --> 01:50:51,000
An attempt to pick off does not come to life. Roden turned around to throw the second.

1274
01:50:51,000 --> 01:50:57,000
Russell trying to creep in behind Boone, but Roden didn't throw the ball, just stepped off the rubber and held on to it.

1275
01:50:57,000 --> 01:51:02,000
Now Sizemore with a big lead at first. Boone off the second again. McCarver at the plate.

1276
01:51:02,000 --> 01:51:06,000
There they go. Here's the three-two pitch hit high in the air to right field.

1277
01:51:06,000 --> 01:51:12,000
An easy play for Smith. The runners retreat in a hurry as Reggie Smith grabs this for the second out.

1278
01:51:12,000 --> 01:51:18,000
Good job by Roden. Three and two and three pitches with a count of three balls and two strikes in the strike zone.

1279
01:51:18,000 --> 01:51:24,000
The first two found off and he got the third one over and a fly ball for an at the right field.

1280
01:51:24,000 --> 01:51:36,000
Rick Roden is still a very young pitcher. Roden, 24 years old on May the 16th, is only in his second full year as a bigleger.

1281
01:51:36,000 --> 01:51:41,000
He's had about two and a half years in the big leagues and believe me, he's got some ice water in him.

1282
01:51:41,000 --> 01:51:46,000
He came on on the second inning when Burt Houghton was forced out and got Mike Schmidt on one pitch.

1283
01:51:46,000 --> 01:51:53,000
And in trying circumstances has nailed pimp hitter Kim McCarver. Now here's Baked McBride.

1284
01:51:53,000 --> 01:52:01,000
Two down. Runners at first and second. Bottom of the sixth. Three-three tie. McBride from the left side has gone 0-2 in the game.

1285
01:52:01,000 --> 01:52:09,000
And here's the pitch. Inside ball of one. McBride who wears a full beard.

1286
01:52:09,000 --> 01:52:18,000
He was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals for Tommy Underwood. It's been a big trade for both ball clubs. The Phillies are delighted with it.

1287
01:52:18,000 --> 01:52:27,000
Roden now looking into this catcher. Sizemore at first. Blue in at second. Drifting off.

1288
01:52:27,000 --> 01:52:35,000
The 1-0 pitch to McBride. Hit on the ground at second. Grabbed by Lopes to play the short. At second base it's Russell. He's got it.

1289
01:52:35,000 --> 01:52:43,000
And that takes care of the Philadelphia Phillies in here in the sixth inning as Baked McBride forces Ted Sizemore at second base.

1290
01:52:43,000 --> 01:52:51,000
For the Phillies, no runs. A couple of base hits and two men left. We go to the seventh. It's all even. Dodgers three. Philadelphia three.

1291
01:52:51,000 --> 01:52:59,000
Al McGray, one of the key players in the Kansas City Royals, will be inducted into the Florida A&M University Sports Hall of Fame November 18th.

1292
01:52:59,000 --> 01:53:10,000
McGray played baseball for the Rattlers in 1964 and 65, hitting 364 and 353 with 16 homers his first year and 19 his second.

1293
01:53:10,000 --> 01:53:21,000
Other members of the FAMU Hall of Fame include tennis star Althea Gibson, former professional football players Bob Hayes and Willie Gallimore, and Jay Gaither.

1294
01:53:21,000 --> 01:53:31,000
Well in the regular season these two teams played 12 times and each team won six games and each team won in their home area, winning four and losing two.

1295
01:53:31,000 --> 01:53:37,000
And the first two games of the series split so this ballgame died at three so it couldn't be more even.

1296
01:53:37,000 --> 01:53:47,000
And it's been an exciting series so far in this ballgame, a wild ballgame, as far as the improvement of the fans in the stands have had a great influence on what has taken place.

1297
01:53:47,000 --> 01:53:55,000
In the second inning, after Greg Luzinski had singled the left field, Richie Hebner ground it into a foresprey, Hebner at first base and Luzinski out.

1298
01:53:55,000 --> 01:53:59,000
Then with two men out, Bob Boone singles the center fielder for the runners at first and second.

1299
01:53:59,000 --> 01:54:07,000
Ted Sizemore walked in four pitches to load the bases and then Larry Christensen came up and the crowd got into it and they just started to roar.

1300
01:54:07,000 --> 01:54:12,000
Bert Hootin on the mound at the time, walked Larry Christensen on a free-two pitch after he thought he had him struck out.

1301
01:54:12,000 --> 01:54:21,000
He did not like the call by Harry Lindelstad, the home plate umpire. Then he walked Bates McBride and followed with a walk to Larry Ball, a fourth in free run.

1302
01:54:21,000 --> 01:54:32,000
So he's leading by that time by a score of three to two after the Dodgers had scored in the second, scoring twice and singles by Garvey, a double by Dusty Baker and a single by Steve Baker and a double by Bert Hootin.

1303
01:54:32,000 --> 01:54:40,000
But then the Dodgers tied it up with a run on the top of the fourth inning to make it a three-three ballgame, a double by Ron Say and he was driven in by Dusty Baker.

1304
01:54:40,000 --> 01:54:47,000
So we're going down to the top of the seventh, a new pitch in the ballgame for the Philadelphia Phillies and here to tell you about it, Jerry Coleman.

1305
01:54:47,000 --> 01:54:55,000
Okay, the five-foot, ten-inch right-hander Gene Garber comes on and he was in that winning game, won by the Phillies seven to five over the Dodgers in the first one.

1306
01:54:55,000 --> 01:54:59,000
He went one and a third innings, did not give up a hit or a run.

1307
01:54:59,000 --> 01:55:07,000
Over the season, pitched in 64 ballgames and the first man that he's going to face, Ed Goodson.

1308
01:55:07,000 --> 01:55:12,000
He's pinch hitting for Rick Rodin, so Goodson is up there from the left side, he takes strike one.

1309
01:55:12,000 --> 01:55:22,000
Next one on the way to Goodson, swung on a miss, strike two, so Garber, who pulls that string nicely, has moved well ahead of Ed Goodson.

1310
01:55:22,000 --> 01:55:27,000
Goodson has been used sparingly by the Dodgers, primarily as a pinch hitter.

1311
01:55:27,000 --> 01:55:36,000
The two-strike pitch coming up, a chopper toward the second baseman, Sizemore, who is way back, comes in and makes the underhand toss to Hevner and Goodson is out of there.

1312
01:55:36,000 --> 01:55:38,000
That play goes four to three.

1313
01:55:38,000 --> 01:55:42,000
Goodson was acquired along with Dusty Baker from the Atlanta Braves.

1314
01:55:42,000 --> 01:55:45,000
So Goodson's out and that'll bring on the lead man, Davey Lopes.

1315
01:55:45,000 --> 01:55:49,000
And this is the guy in a game like this, you try to keep off the bases.

1316
01:55:49,000 --> 01:55:52,000
He led the National League and stolen bases the last couple of years.

1317
01:55:52,000 --> 01:55:57,000
This year, he had 47 of them.

1318
01:55:57,000 --> 01:56:00,000
His overall high, 77 two years ago.

1319
01:56:00,000 --> 01:56:03,000
Dave Lopes, right-hand batter, three-three tie, seventh inning.

1320
01:56:03,000 --> 01:56:12,000
Garber's pitch to Lopes, sinker low and inside ball one.

1321
01:56:12,000 --> 01:56:18,000
Lopes from the right side choking up and Garber delivers a curve that got the corner, one ball, one strike.

1322
01:56:18,000 --> 01:56:23,000
Doug Rowe, left-hander throwing for the Dodgers in the bullpen right now.

1323
01:56:23,000 --> 01:56:29,000
Here's Lopes and he takes it away outside for two balls and one strike.

1324
01:56:29,000 --> 01:56:35,000
They spread the infield on them, Bowe in the hole at shortstop, Sizemore moves over into the hole at second and deep.

1325
01:56:35,000 --> 01:56:37,000
Right on that line at third base is Schmidt.

1326
01:56:37,000 --> 01:56:40,000
The 2-1 pitch to Lopes, the chopper to the shortstop.

1327
01:56:40,000 --> 01:56:45,000
Bowe had him played perfectly and Lopes is out of there six to three.

1328
01:56:45,000 --> 01:56:50,000
Two up and two down, seventh inning.

1329
01:56:50,000 --> 01:56:51,000
Now Bill Russell the batter.

1330
01:56:51,000 --> 01:56:56,000
Russell lined the second base, topped up the third and doubled with one out of the fifth inning.

1331
01:56:56,000 --> 01:57:04,000
But right after that Ron Reed struck out Smith and Say to get out of that inning with no further problems.

1332
01:57:04,000 --> 01:57:07,000
Bill Russell waiting and the first pitch to Bill.

1333
01:57:07,000 --> 01:57:08,000
Right down there's strike one.

1334
01:57:08,000 --> 01:57:12,000
Russell's off the end of the bat, maybe two or three inches.

1335
01:57:12,000 --> 01:57:15,000
Bill was a dependable hitter and is very tough on the clutch.

1336
01:57:15,000 --> 01:57:21,000
The next one by Garber, in the dirt off the bat of Russell apparently.

1337
01:57:21,000 --> 01:57:31,000
Looks like a foul tip and it goes no ball, two strikes.

1338
01:57:31,000 --> 01:57:35,000
All right, Garber's ready and Russell takes outside.

1339
01:57:35,000 --> 01:57:36,000
The board has one and two.

1340
01:57:36,000 --> 01:57:43,000
The last pitch before this one hit the dirt, apparently hitting the tip of Russell's bat and bouncing away from the catcher.

1341
01:57:43,000 --> 01:57:47,000
Now the one-two pitch on the way, sidearm curveball, chopped to the third baseman.

1342
01:57:47,000 --> 01:57:50,000
Mike Schmidt over to first just in time and he's got him.

1343
01:57:50,000 --> 01:57:53,000
So Garber has been outstanding in relief.

1344
01:57:53,000 --> 01:57:56,000
One, two, three here in the seventh inning.

1345
01:57:56,000 --> 01:58:01,000
We go to the last of the seventh, Dodgers three, Philadelphia three.

1346
01:58:01,000 --> 01:58:06,000
Getting back to that Hal McRae story, we mentioned one of key players on the Royals team.

1347
01:58:06,000 --> 01:58:11,000
They're hoping to play tonight at Kansas City at the Reims holdup against the Yankees in game three all tied up 1-1.

1348
01:58:11,000 --> 01:58:15,000
He will be entering the Florida A&M University Sports Hall the same November the 18th.

1349
01:58:15,000 --> 01:58:18,000
We mentioned some of the people will also be going.

1350
01:58:18,000 --> 01:58:20,000
We briefly mentioned Jake Gaither.

1351
01:58:20,000 --> 01:58:26,000
He's a legendary football coach who compiled a 203-36 record while coaching the Rattlers.

1352
01:58:26,000 --> 01:58:32,000
Costa Kettles, McRae's baseball coach at FAMU, said he saw the Kansas City star in spring training about a year ago.

1353
01:58:32,000 --> 01:58:35,000
McRae's attitude toward baseball, he said, hasn't changed.

1354
01:58:35,000 --> 01:58:36,000
He still loves baseball.

1355
01:58:36,000 --> 01:58:39,000
It was number one to him then and still is now.

1356
01:58:39,000 --> 01:58:41,000
He always has been a fine young man.

1357
01:58:41,000 --> 01:58:43,000
Kettles also an assistant football coach.

1358
01:58:43,000 --> 01:58:46,000
Watched McRae on television Wednesday evening break up a double play.

1359
01:58:46,000 --> 01:58:50,000
Knocking the ball out of the hands of Yankee second baseman Willie Randolph.

1360
01:58:50,000 --> 01:58:56,000
The play grew the rage of New York manager Billy Martin who accused McRae of interference.

1361
01:59:01,000 --> 01:59:07,000
Well the attendance here today, 63,719, the second largest crowd ever at Veterans Stadium.

1362
01:59:07,000 --> 01:59:10,000
First two games drew 111,941.

1363
01:59:10,000 --> 01:59:15,000
So the total attendance for the first three games, 175,660.

1364
01:59:15,000 --> 01:59:21,000
So it has been a well observed pregame series so far.

1365
01:59:21,000 --> 01:59:26,000
And now the Philadelphia Phillies making a bid as they come to bat here in the bottom of the seventh inning.

1366
01:59:26,000 --> 01:59:32,000
And a new pitcher in for the Dodgers, Doug Rowe with a record of 14-8, a 3.44 earned run average.

1367
01:59:32,000 --> 01:59:34,000
He did not appear in relief all season long.

1368
01:59:34,000 --> 01:59:38,000
Rick Rode, going out of the ball game, did not relieve all season long.

1369
01:59:38,000 --> 01:59:39,000
Had a record of 16-10.

1370
01:59:39,000 --> 01:59:43,000
And in this ball game in his first relief appearance, he worked four and a third.

1371
01:59:43,000 --> 01:59:46,000
And he's giving up no runs on just two base hits.

1372
01:59:46,000 --> 01:59:52,000
So Doug Rowe, a left hander in the game and coming back to call the play-by-play, Jerry Coleman.

1373
01:59:52,000 --> 01:59:57,000
You know Ralph, when you think about a relief pitcher, you think of a guy who can throw the ball hard.

1374
01:59:57,000 --> 02:00:00,000
And Gene Garber and Doug Rowe are just the opposite of that.

1375
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:03,000
They're cuties. They move the ball around.

1376
02:00:03,000 --> 02:00:05,000
Doug Rowe coming on.

1377
02:00:05,000 --> 02:00:18,000
All right, the left hand pitcher going up against the switch hitting Lara Boa batting from the right side.

1378
02:00:18,000 --> 02:00:20,000
Boa is 0-2 in the ball game.

1379
02:00:20,000 --> 02:00:23,000
We're in the bottom of the seventh all even at three.

1380
02:00:27,000 --> 02:00:30,000
Doug Rowe is ready and a pitch on the way to Boa.

1381
02:00:30,000 --> 02:00:33,000
It's in the dirt. A curve ball low for ball one.

1382
02:00:33,000 --> 02:00:37,000
Dodgers three runs, eight hits. The Phillies three runs, four hits.

1383
02:00:37,000 --> 02:00:39,000
Dodgers got two in the first and one in the fourth.

1384
02:00:39,000 --> 02:00:46,000
The Phillies got all of theirs in the second inning on four consecutive walks by Burt Huston.

1385
02:00:46,000 --> 02:00:51,000
The 1-0 pitch now to Boa is popped up in the infield calling forward as Dave Lopes.

1386
02:00:51,000 --> 02:00:56,000
Second baseman drips under and puts it away for the first out of the seventh.

1387
02:00:56,000 --> 02:01:03,000
So we have one gone as Mike Schmidt comes in.

1388
02:01:03,000 --> 02:01:06,000
Schmidt a right hand batter with big power.

1389
02:01:06,000 --> 02:01:08,000
38 home runs this year.

1390
02:01:08,000 --> 02:01:11,000
In the series though is having a struggle.

1391
02:01:11,000 --> 02:01:19,000
He has won for 11 with a base on ball.

1392
02:01:19,000 --> 02:01:27,000
A 3-3 tie, the big gun. Schmidt at the plate in the on deck circle, Greg Lozinski.

1393
02:01:27,000 --> 02:01:31,000
A first pitch to Schmidt is a breaking ball low and inside, ball one.

1394
02:01:31,000 --> 02:01:43,000
Doug Rowe tries to set you up with that slow curve ball then he'll slip the fastball by it.

1395
02:01:43,000 --> 02:01:46,000
Now Rowe checks his catcher. Outfield swung out to the left

1396
02:01:46,000 --> 02:01:50,000
and Schmidt takes a change up on the outside corner for a strike.

1397
02:01:50,000 --> 02:01:54,000
A year ago Doug Rowe had an average of 2.57.

1398
02:01:54,000 --> 02:02:01,000
In fact he went into the final game of the year with a chance to win the ERA and fell to pieces and lost it.

1399
02:02:01,000 --> 02:02:04,000
Here's the 1-1 pitch. Schmidt chops it to third.

1400
02:02:04,000 --> 02:02:11,000
Stay right on the line. A throw across the diamond. Schmidt has gone 5-3.

1401
02:02:11,000 --> 02:02:22,000
And Greg Lozinski steps in two down, nobody on last half of the seventh.

1402
02:02:22,000 --> 02:02:32,000
Lozinski, right hand hitter up against the left handed Rowe who has handled Bowe and Schmidt with ease.

1403
02:02:32,000 --> 02:02:36,000
Here's the first pitch to the Bowe, swung on a missed strike one.

1404
02:02:36,000 --> 02:02:41,000
The Phillies have not really played much with that bat today, they've got four hits.

1405
02:02:41,000 --> 02:02:50,000
But all of their runs, as we mentioned earlier, came in the second on four consecutive walks by the starter Bert Hooten.

1406
02:02:50,000 --> 02:02:59,000
A one strike pitch to Greg is outside. One ball, one strike.

1407
02:02:59,000 --> 02:03:04,000
Outfield, infield swung way off and the infield way back at all three spots, second, short and third.

1408
02:03:04,000 --> 02:03:09,000
First baseman Garvey about straight away. The 1-1 pitch to Greg, he went after the change up and missed it.

1409
02:03:09,000 --> 02:03:17,000
A ball and two strikes. Elias Sosa, right hander throwing in the Dodger bullpen.

1410
02:03:17,000 --> 02:03:22,000
The Phillies have one more big bullpen star to come in if they need them.

1411
02:03:22,000 --> 02:03:29,000
Todd McGraw, left hander. Dodgers are using starting pitchers in their bullpen with the exception of Sosa.

1412
02:03:29,000 --> 02:03:34,000
They got four and a third brilliant innings from Rick Roden. Now they're getting one from Doug Rowe.

1413
02:03:34,000 --> 02:03:46,000
And there's a foul at the plate off the bat of Leszczynski. The count stays at a ball and two strikes.

1414
02:03:46,000 --> 02:03:56,000
Now Rowe walks around. He's out of Texas. Very trim athlete.

1415
02:03:56,000 --> 02:04:03,000
Schekz Jager. They pitch on the way, low and in the dirt. Two balls and two strikes.

1416
02:04:03,000 --> 02:04:09,000
Rowe this year won 14 ball games and lost eight.

1417
02:04:09,000 --> 02:04:15,000
The winningest pitcher for the Dodgers was an unlikely choice if you talked about it before the season started.

1418
02:04:15,000 --> 02:04:20,000
Tommy John who was coming off of arm surgery a couple years ago and won only 10 games a year ago.

1419
02:04:20,000 --> 02:04:26,000
He went on to win 20 this year and Steve Farrell will battle again tomorrow night.

1420
02:04:26,000 --> 02:04:32,000
Here's a 2-2 pitch to Leszczynski and he struck him out. He zipped the fastball right by and Leszczynski does down swinging.

1421
02:04:32,000 --> 02:04:41,000
The Phillies are out of there one, two, three. We've gone through seven innings. Dodgers three, Phillies three.

1422
02:04:41,000 --> 02:04:45,000
Well, Tom Lesot in his first year as manager of the Dodgers has done quite a job.

1423
02:04:45,000 --> 02:04:50,000
He was in the Dodger organization what it seemed like forever. He once had a team that lost seven in a row.

1424
02:04:50,000 --> 02:04:57,000
And then they had a turnaround and went on to be the champions. And he asked his wife, was asked by his wife how he did it.

1425
02:04:57,000 --> 02:05:01,000
And he said, well, I said we lost the seven straight games and our team came in with their heads down.

1426
02:05:01,000 --> 02:05:05,000
And I said, get your heads up. Don't ever let me see you with your heads down.

1427
02:05:05,000 --> 02:05:13,000
How do you know that the 1927 Yankees once lost nine in a row then went on to become the world's champions and maybe the greatest team ever?

1428
02:05:13,000 --> 02:05:16,000
And then with that in mind Lesota seemed on to win.

1429
02:05:16,000 --> 02:05:22,000
After listening to this, Mr. Lesota said, Tom, did the Yankees really lose nine in a row in 1927?

1430
02:05:22,000 --> 02:05:26,000
And Tom replied, how should I know? I was only one year old at the time.

1431
02:05:26,000 --> 02:05:30,000
Well, that's the kind of a manager that Tom Lesota is. He says, I'm just the luckiest man in the world.

1432
02:05:30,000 --> 02:05:38,000
I'm a first year manager, a beat up third string pitcher and the son of an Italian immigrant. And I got this kind of a team.

1433
02:05:38,000 --> 02:05:46,000
We're going out of the top of the eighth, the Phillies tied up with the Dodgers at 3-3.

1434
02:05:46,000 --> 02:05:51,000
A big crowd on hand. The Dodgers led 2-0 after one and a half. The Phillies led 3-2 after two.

1435
02:05:51,000 --> 02:05:55,000
The Dodgers tied it in the fourth and they have not put a run on the scoreboard since.

1436
02:05:55,000 --> 02:05:59,000
So here in the top of the eighth inning, the Dodgers coming up and once again, Jerry Coleman.

1437
02:05:59,000 --> 02:06:05,000
You know, Ralph, I enjoyed the story about Tommy Lesota and the 1927 Yankees losing nine in a row.

1438
02:06:05,000 --> 02:06:09,000
And there's one that you can really talk about even later than that.

1439
02:06:09,000 --> 02:06:15,000
In 1953, the Yankees won 18 straight and then turned around and lost nine in a row.

1440
02:06:15,000 --> 02:06:17,000
That's hard to do when you think about it.

1441
02:06:17,000 --> 02:06:21,000
Baseball is a game that you really don't know a lot about. It's a game of inches.

1442
02:06:21,000 --> 02:06:27,000
And it was a matter of a fraction of an inch as far as bird hooting the starting pitcher is concerned.

1443
02:06:27,000 --> 02:06:33,000
So here's a guy who has been shackled all afternoon for the Dodgers, but he's a man you've got to be careful with.

1444
02:06:33,000 --> 02:06:36,000
It's Reggie Smith. He has struck out three times in three trips.

1445
02:06:36,000 --> 02:06:41,000
And Garber's first pitch, hard ground ball to second. Sizemore has it and Smith is out of there.

1446
02:06:41,000 --> 02:06:50,000
So Garber once again gets his man, the play going 4-3.

1447
02:06:50,000 --> 02:06:54,000
Ron says the batter bounced a third, doubled and he struck out.

1448
02:06:54,000 --> 02:06:58,000
Gene Garber is one of those fellows who had to work hard to get where he got.

1449
02:06:58,000 --> 02:07:07,000
He started with the Pittsburgh Pirates, on to the Kansas City A's, then to the Phillies in 74 and make that the Kansas City Royals.

1450
02:07:07,000 --> 02:07:12,000
And he has really struggled to get where he got and he's become one of the best relief pitchers in baseball.

1451
02:07:12,000 --> 02:07:16,000
The first pitch to say is outside for ball one. Outfield swung way off to the left.

1452
02:07:16,000 --> 02:07:24,000
The say awaits the next one. Ground ball to third, Smith over there on the line, a long throw. He's got it.

1453
02:07:24,000 --> 02:07:30,000
Mike Smith once again shows that he can do it all.

1454
02:07:30,000 --> 02:07:36,000
So say is out. He hit a blistering ground ball. Smith actually caught the ball in foul territory.

1455
02:07:36,000 --> 02:07:41,000
And that long throw across the diamond had to carry about 130 feet. It was on the money.

1456
02:07:41,000 --> 02:07:49,000
Say is cut down for the second out. And in the eighth inning the Dodgers have two down, nobody on with Steve Garvey stepping in.

1457
02:07:49,000 --> 02:07:54,000
Garvey won for three in this ball game. He has four for ten in the series.

1458
02:07:54,000 --> 02:08:00,000
They asked Garvey to go for power this year. He did. 33 home runs, 115 RBIs.

1459
02:08:00,000 --> 02:08:07,000
He led the club, but he sacrificed his regular season of 200 base hits, something he's had the last three years before this one.

1460
02:08:07,000 --> 02:08:11,000
He didn't get to the 200 base hit department this year.

1461
02:08:11,000 --> 02:08:15,000
Garvey came up with 192 hits, so he fell eight shy.

1462
02:08:15,000 --> 02:08:19,000
The first pitch is fouled off by Steve for strike one.

1463
02:08:19,000 --> 02:08:25,000
Garber to Garvey outside, one ball, one strike. Two down, nobody on. Eighth inning, 3-3 tie.

1464
02:08:25,000 --> 02:08:29,000
And this is the kind of a ball game where any little thing can turn it around.

1465
02:08:29,000 --> 02:08:36,000
Here's the 1-1 pitch, and now Garvey steps out and asks for time and he gets it from the plate umpire Harry Wendelstadt.

1466
02:08:36,000 --> 02:08:43,000
Here's the 1-1 pitch to Steve, swung on a miss by Garvey for strike two, a ball and two strikes.

1467
02:08:43,000 --> 02:08:50,000
Garvey was the first Dodger ever to have three consecutive years of 200 base hits.

1468
02:08:50,000 --> 02:08:58,000
Now the one ball, two strikes pitch to Garvey. Ground ball, shortstop bow a little bit to his left, easy play and he's got him at first.

1469
02:08:58,000 --> 02:09:03,000
So once again, Gene Garber has been brilliant requiring the Dodgers in order in the eighth.

1470
02:09:03,000 --> 02:09:07,000
After seven and a half, Dodgers three, the Phillies three.

1471
02:09:07,000 --> 02:09:18,000
Boston Celtics convinced that veteran Dave Bing can help them this season, trimmed backcourt players Mike Dabney and Bill Langlo on Friday bringing their roster to 13 players.

1472
02:09:18,000 --> 02:09:23,000
Dabney, a former Rutgers star from East Orange, New Jersey, had been a free agent.

1473
02:09:23,000 --> 02:09:28,000
While Langlo, a fifth round draft choice, University of Virginia, was the Celtics' fifth round choice.

1474
02:09:28,000 --> 02:09:35,000
The fair had been battling to fill a fourth guard spot on the squad until Boston signed Bing last week.

1475
02:09:35,000 --> 02:09:47,000
The 24-year-old Bing, who left the Washington Bullets because he was not being played in key situations, scored 14 points against his former team Thursday in the Celtics' 118 to 115 loss.

1476
02:09:47,000 --> 02:09:53,000
The Celtics now two and two in exhibition play heading into a Saturday evening game against the Knicks in New York.

1477
02:09:53,000 --> 02:10:00,000
Must make two more roster cuts before they open the regular season, October 19th in San Antonio.

1478
02:10:00,000 --> 02:10:06,000
Again, we have nothing official yet on the Yankee at Royals game tonight.

1479
02:10:06,000 --> 02:10:09,000
A lot of rain, 80% chance of rain.

1480
02:10:09,000 --> 02:10:13,000
They are trying to square off in the third game with a best of five.

1481
02:10:13,000 --> 02:10:24,000
After Ron Guidry pitched the Yankees to a 6-2 win of the Royals last night, Mike Torres expected to go for the Yankees against the 20-game winner Dennis Leonard.

1482
02:10:24,000 --> 02:10:40,000
It started raining, as we said earlier, on Thursday night in Kansas City. Forecasters now say the rains will continue into the evening hours before dwindling late in the evening, but not in time for the start of the ballgame.

1483
02:10:40,000 --> 02:10:46,000
Eight teams so far in this game have had 10 men on base. The Dodgers had three runs on eight hits and two walks.

1484
02:10:46,000 --> 02:10:50,000
The Phillies have had three runs, four hits, and six walks in the ballgame.

1485
02:10:50,000 --> 02:11:05,000
Rawa has left the game after retiring three in a row. He pitched to Mike Schmidt and Greg Luzinski, and I'm wondering the reason why he was brought in was that he has that ball to turn over a screwball that is tough for a right-hand batter.

1486
02:11:05,000 --> 02:11:15,000
Rawa left-hand pitcher just affixed to Schmidt and Luzinski. He got them both out, and now it's Elias Sosa coming in the ballgame, a right-hander that worked the Richie Hebner, Gary Maddox, and Bob Boone.

1487
02:11:15,000 --> 02:11:30,000
And once again, here's Jerry Coleman. And Elias Sosa, the man who was the victim of the first game loss by the Dodgers in that game, he went two and gave up three hits, a couple of runs, and that final run came in when he balked it in.

1488
02:11:30,000 --> 02:11:39,000
So Elias Sosa is coming on against Richie Hebner, Gary Maddox, and Bob Boone. Sosa becomes the fourth Dodger pitcher and the eighth overall in the ballgame.

1489
02:11:39,000 --> 02:11:48,000
The Phillies have used four, the Dodgers now have four of them in there. Richie Hebner, bounce the second, fly the center, and fly the right field.

1490
02:11:48,000 --> 02:11:57,000
Sosa from the Dominican Republic, a right-hander, six-two, and he's ready with the first one. Here it is, Hebner, hooks it, foul.

1491
02:11:57,000 --> 02:12:02,000
He got out in front of a slider and pulled it about 30 feet foul on the line, strike one.

1492
02:12:02,000 --> 02:12:10,000
Dodgers three runs, eight hits, no errors. The Phillies three runs, four hits, and no errors.

1493
02:12:10,000 --> 02:12:20,000
Reggie Smith, well over toward the line and right field, as Hebner waits. Here's the pitch by Sosa, and it's outside. One ball, one strike.

1494
02:12:20,000 --> 02:12:28,000
Hebner will take almost a completely wide-open stance against the left-hander, against the right-hander, he'll close it a great deal more.

1495
02:12:28,000 --> 02:12:39,000
The one-one pitch. Hebner hits it hard to right field, way back there, it's up, off the wall. Hebner is racing for second, and he's got a double.

1496
02:12:59,000 --> 02:13:10,000
Well, there was no doubt about the ball being an extra base hit. The doubt was whether or not it would stay in the ballpark as far as the Dodgers are concerned, and it hit off of the wall.

1497
02:13:10,000 --> 02:13:19,000
Reggie Smith, Smith fielded the ball perfectly out there and threw it into second base, but over the head of the second baseman, and Hebner joined him with a double.

1498
02:13:19,000 --> 02:13:28,000
And that could be the break in the ballgame as far as the Phillies are concerned. They've got a man at second base, nobody out, and that represents the potential winning run.

1499
02:13:28,000 --> 02:13:37,000
Gary Maddux, who struck out and bounced the third and flied to center, is coming in, and now Red Adams, the pitching coach for the Dodgers, is on his way to the mound.

1500
02:13:37,000 --> 02:13:41,000
Lance Rotson is throwing in the bullpen.

1501
02:13:41,000 --> 02:13:50,000
Now Red Adams and Steve Yeager are having a chat out there.

1502
02:13:50,000 --> 02:13:58,000
Mike Garman is out there as well. Lance Rotson and Mike Garman. Mike Garman, the right-hander, Rotson, the left-hander.

1503
02:13:58,000 --> 02:14:06,000
And you have to believe that if they use Rotson, it'll be in a select situation against a left-hand hitter if one comes along.

1504
02:14:06,000 --> 02:14:15,000
All right, Gary Maddux now. His job is to get the runner to third base any way that he can. Let's see what happens.

1505
02:14:15,000 --> 02:14:33,000
Elias Doster at the set. Maddux waits and hits it to the right side of base hit. Here comes Webner. The throw to the plate. No good, and into the Dodger dugout.

1506
02:14:45,000 --> 02:15:05,000
The Phillies have taken the lead, and over at third base is Gary Maddux with nobody out, and Bob Boone is moving in.

1507
02:15:05,000 --> 02:15:17,000
It was the speed of Maddux that got him to third. He got the base that he was going to, which was second, and an extra base after it when the ball went in the dugout.

1508
02:15:17,000 --> 02:15:28,000
And you take it from the time the ball leaves the outfielder's hand. So Maddux has passed first base, went Smith through the ball wildly into the dugout.

1509
02:15:28,000 --> 02:15:39,000
It's four to three Philadelphia, bottom of the eighth. Both are kicked with the infield in, and there's a pitch out. It's outside, ball one.

1510
02:15:39,000 --> 02:15:49,000
That sometimes can be a very tough play for the umpire. It's when the outfielder releases the ball that the runner will be awarded bases.

1511
02:15:49,000 --> 02:16:03,000
And Maddux with good speed on a low hit ball, very slow hit ball on the right field, had passed first base when Smith released the ball. It went into the dugout, so Maddux got second, the base he was going to, and one additional base.

1512
02:16:03,000 --> 02:16:14,000
One away. Bob Boone the batter, nobody out. Four to three Philadelphia, eighth inning. A ground ball to say it's third. Maddux is frozen right there. The throw is wide!

1513
02:16:14,000 --> 02:16:34,000
An error by Longstay! Bob Boone down to second base on a throwing error by Longstay!

1514
02:16:34,000 --> 02:16:50,000
Two cross of the errors by the Dodgers defense, normally an outstanding defense, and the Philadelphia Phillies getting an extra run and now leading by a score of five to three, and the runners still in scoring position with no one out.

1515
02:16:50,000 --> 02:17:08,000
That was a routine play, and say simply Miss Garvey threw it over his head by five feet. So Bob Boone down to second, and now here's Ted Thiesmorer coming on. Still nobody out. Phillies lead by two.

1516
02:17:08,000 --> 02:17:22,000
They pitch to Thiesmorer, he squares the bunk, takes it for a strike. A breaking ball, he tried to duck under, thought it might have been high. So the Phillies have broken it wide open here in the eighth inning. They lead it five to three.

1517
02:17:22,000 --> 02:17:38,000
Elias Sosa gave up a double to Hebner. A single to Maddux, a throwing error by the right fielder got Maddux to third, and now an error by the third baseman. That ball inside, inside more takes than one and one.

1518
02:17:38,000 --> 02:17:56,000
In the first ball game won by the Phillies seven to five, the Phillies got four unearned runs and one came in on a box. And in this ball game here, errors have certainly helped the cause. Not only that, those four successive walks by Burt Houghton were disastrous.

1519
02:17:56,000 --> 02:18:02,000
The one-one pitch to Thiesmorer chopped away left side.

1520
02:18:02,000 --> 02:18:15,000
As the ball goes raw, left-hander continues to throw in the bullpen for Philadelphia. Gene Garber is the following hitter behind Thiesmorer.

1521
02:18:15,000 --> 02:18:23,000
Thiesmorer's walk, tried to bun a ball for a base hit, was thrown out by Lopes and then had an infield single.

1522
02:18:23,000 --> 02:18:32,000
Thiesmorer's bun, a second base with the lead. Thiesmorer's waiting. Here is Sosa's delivery. And it's fouled off his foot and he's got, oh that hurts. I can feel it from here.

1523
02:18:32,000 --> 02:18:36,000
Ralph, did you do that much? Some hitters do it all the time, some never do it. How about you?

1524
02:18:36,000 --> 02:18:46,000
No, I didn't. And I know one that did it an awful lot, Vic Wurzer, who was an outstanding home run hitter. He used to have to wear a little protective shin guard down there to protect his front foot.

1525
02:18:46,000 --> 02:19:02,000
Well in his latter years, Ted Williams had the same problem. He wore that little, sort of the bottom end of the catcher's shin guard to protect that right foot in his case.

1526
02:19:02,000 --> 02:19:08,000
Alright, Thiesmorer now is trying to get the effects of that foul off that left foot to go away.

1527
02:19:08,000 --> 02:19:19,000
I had a roommate, George Metkovich, Catfish Metkovich, and we were out at a swimming pool one time and someone said, George, you sure got fine looking feet. And he said, yours would look as bad as mine if you fouled as many balls off your feet as I did.

1528
02:19:19,000 --> 02:19:25,000
He wasn't a bad hitter. He came over to the White Sox later and had some pretty good years.

1529
02:19:25,000 --> 02:19:41,000
Alright, Thiesmorer's back in there. They count as a ball and two strikes. Nobody out. Two runs across. Bob Boone at second base. 5-3 Philadelphia last half of the eighth inning.

1530
02:19:41,000 --> 02:19:58,000
So, the right hander's ready. He's at the set. Here's the pitch and Thiesmorer drills one. One hop to third. Say has it. The throw this time is good and holding at second base is Bob Boone. Bob Boone has to hold at second as Thiesmorer hits a one hop for the third baseman, Ron Say.

1531
02:19:58,000 --> 02:20:10,000
The play goes 5-3. Now Gene Garber is going to come up and do his thing.

1532
02:20:10,000 --> 02:20:21,000
And Garber's getting a standing ovation by the fans here at the veteran's stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1533
02:20:21,000 --> 02:20:30,000
Garber is an excellent relief hitter, but not much of a hitter. He has gone 0-10 for the year. Looking for his first hit of 77.

1534
02:20:30,000 --> 02:20:45,000
Infield, shallow. The outfield the same. Say tight at third. Garber at first. Boone drifting off at second base. One down. And Garber squares the bun and he does, but it's foul on the third base side.

1535
02:20:45,000 --> 02:21:00,000
Well, if you just tuned in, we went into the bottom of the eighth inning tied at three. Sosa came in for the Dodgers. He served up a booming double off the wall to Richie Hebner. Gary Maddux hit a low single into right field. The ball was thrown away by the right fielder.

1536
02:21:00,000 --> 02:21:15,000
Maddux all the way to third. Hebner into score. And now Garber squares the bun. It's on the right side. Sosa has to make the play to first and the sacrifice is good. So the sacrifice, 1-3.

1537
02:21:15,000 --> 02:21:36,000
Garber gets Boone over to third base with two down and that'll bring on the top of the order, Bakes McBride. Right after Maddux went to third base on a throwing error by the right fielder, Reggie Smith, Bob Boone hit a routine ground ball to third and stay through it away for the second run.

1538
02:21:36,000 --> 02:21:46,000
And now Tommy LaStorda goes out there and that's all for Elias Sosa.

1539
02:21:46,000 --> 02:21:52,000
Left-hander Lance Roxton is coming on.

1540
02:21:52,000 --> 02:21:56,000
So Roxton making his first appearance in this series.

1541
02:21:56,000 --> 02:22:06,000
Coming in there and he'll be going up against the left-hander hitting Bakes McBride. Ralph, just want to take a minute now to remind you fans that there's lots more baseball excitement for you on most of these stations.

1542
02:22:06,000 --> 02:22:16,000
The World Series of course starting October 11th, CBS Radio Sports will bring you all the play-by-play action as the two-league winners fight it out for the World Championship.

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We need not miss this, not a single game, take along a portable wherever you go and follow the World Series over most of these CBS Radio Network stations.

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Left-hander Lance Roxton in possibly one of the most exciting games we've had in the series, although we certainly had a downy in that first game that's coming on.

1545
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He's a young man out of Potsville, Pennsylvania not too far from here. 6'1", 205 pounder. A rookie left-hander stepping in there and in his rookie year he went 4-1 with a 4.29 earned run average.

1546
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Roxton did not start a ball game, appeared in 25 games in relief and this is number 26 of 1977 for the Dodgers.

1547
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Now Lance Roxton going up against the left-hand hitting Baik McBride as manager Tommy Lasorda goes for the percentages. Let's see how it develops.

1548
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At third base you've got Baboon and if you're in that infield for the Dodgers and Baik McBride is up there, you've got to be ready for the possibility of a bunt.

1549
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McBride from the left side, Roxton is ready and the pitch is low, ball one.

1550
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Phillies 5, Dodgers 3, last of the eighth inning. McBride today is 0-3, 4-12 in the series.

1551
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They 1-0 pitch and he takes it outside, two balls no strikes. Roxton was 1-1 against the Phillies this year.

1552
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Rautezhan, Lance Roxton, they 2-0 pitch and McBride fouls back on the screen, two balls and a strike.

1553
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A double and a couple of key errors have activated the Phillies although the base hit by Gary Maddux got Hebner in clean but it was after that that the errors started to develop.

1554
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Here's a 2-1 pitch, a chopper, throw the shortstop, stay in front of, bare hands with a thrill, in time, an eyelash play at first base.

1555
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McBride is out of there 5-3, the Phillies pick up two runs on a couple of hits, two errors and a man left.

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We go to the ninth inning, Philadelphia 5, Los Angeles 3.

1557
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World Driving Champion, Nicky Lara, disregarded the Pleased Friday of Ferrari team manager, Roberto Nassetti, refused to reverse his decision to skip Sunday's Grand Prix of Canada Auto Race.

1558
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Nassetti said that I tried to talk him into racing, he just didn't want to race, there was absolutely no reason for him not to race.

1559
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The Austrian driver telephoned his decision to the Ferrari factory on Friday morning.

1560
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Lara who has been feuding with Ferrari since the Austrian announced he had switched to Brabham in 1978, squinched the World Championship last Sunday when he finished fourth in the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, New York.

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Lara said earlier this week he would withdraw if he was not satisfied with his car's preparation after qualifying sessions at Mossport, Ontario, Friday and Saturday.

1562
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But the Ferrari team's announcement Friday said Lara decided to quit after spending the night considering his position.

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Lara thought it was not at the track and could not be contacted for comment.

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Fans enjoy the drama of the World Series by getting your official copy of the 1977 World Series program, the same one that's sold at the ballpark.

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This 80-page program is a sheer collector's item with color features on the divisional winners plus stories on past World Series.

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Look for the program on selected newsstands or you can order your copy now by sending a check or money order for $2.50 to World Series program, Post Office Box 666, San Francisco, California.

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The zip is 9-4-1-0-1, 9-4-1-0-1.

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The proceeding has been brought to you on behalf of Major League Baseball.

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All the Dodgers are down to their last three outs as Dusty Baker's the lead off and here to take you along the way, Jerry Coleman.

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And the moment of truth for both the Phillies and the Dodgers.

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This is the key ball game and the best three of five.

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The winner of this will go into the final two needing only one of those two.

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Dusty Baker, Rick Mundy and Steve Gag are going up against Gene Garber who in two efforts has retired ten Dodgers in order.

1574
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Eight of them have been on ground balls and two strikeouts.

1575
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He has been letter perfect and now Dusty Baker who has two for three steps in.

1576
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Garber's first pitch curve ball, one on a miss, strike one.

1577
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Phillies five runs, six hits, no errors.

1578
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The Dodgers three runs, eight hits and two errors.

1579
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Garber winds again and the delivery and Baker files it away for strike two.

1580
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Dusty Baker trying to get the Dodgers back into this ball game tomorrow night at Steve Carlin and Tommy John in a repeat of the first game starting pitchers.

1581
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Now time is called as the ball loose in right field area and the right field umpire Bob Engel goes out and picks it up.

1582
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Tug McGraw throwing in the bullpen for Philadelphia.

1583
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Garber came on on the seventh, retired the side in order in the seventh and eighth.

1584
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There's a foul away. This one over toward the box that has Peter O'Malley, the Dodger president in it.

1585
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These cannot be happy moments for him.

1586
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No ball, two strikes, nobody out.

1587
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Baker, Mundy, Yeager, three hitters to go against Garber in the night.

1588
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A chop and a third, Schmidt on a half hop, gets the short hop, makes the play, he's got him.

1589
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An excellent reaction play by Mike Schmidt.

1590
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On a tough hop, he came in and short hopped it and man I'll tell you he made the big play to get that first out and that's the one they wanted.

1591
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Now here is Rick Mundy stepping in, a singled walk fly to center field.

1592
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Garber has had seven outs all to the infield.

1593
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Nobody's hit the ball in the air yet.

1594
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A brilliant job by the right hander.

1595
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There's a sinker low to Rick Mundy, ball one.

1596
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Now Bob Boone goes out to have a chat with his pitcher.

1597
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They kind of have a split defense on Mundy.

1598
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The outfield goes to the left side, the infield to the right side.

1599
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They figure if he hits the ball in the air it will go to left center.

1600
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On the ground it will be pulled to the right side and Sizemore, the second baseman, is about six to eight feet behind the imaginary line that would normally dictate the outfield grass.

1601
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Garber, a little guy out of Pennsylvania, pitching brilliantly.

1602
02:29:07,000 --> 02:29:08,000
Into the wind up.

1603
02:29:08,000 --> 02:29:20,000
The 1-0 pitch to Mundy, ground ball to second, Sizemore, hits on it, two outs.

1604
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So Ralph Keiner, I don't know what more he could ask for than a pitching exhibition by Gene Garber.

1605
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It's been unbelievable as Vic D'Avalio comes in, the out of basket Steve Yeager.

1606
02:29:29,000 --> 02:29:34,000
No question about Garber having command right here and of course it's down to one.

1607
02:29:34,000 --> 02:29:43,000
Vic D'Avalio who was brought in from the Mexican league who finished up the season with the Dodgers has the only hope of keeping it going right now.

1608
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The Dodgers are down to their final outback, left hand hitting Vic D'Avalio, swings it to first round, misses, right one.

1609
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D'Avalio has been in the Mexican league the last three years, a veteran near 40 years of age.

1610
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He was a big star in the American league with Chicago and Cleveland for many years.

1611
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There's a dribbler hits to the second baseman and no chance for Sizemore to make a play and on it first base with a single is D'Avalio.

1612
02:30:11,000 --> 02:30:24,000
D'Avalio laying down a beautiful bunch single in front of Ted Sizemore comes up with a first hit off of Garber since coming on in this ball game.

1613
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And now Manny Moda, considered by many to be one of the finest pinch hitters ever with a lifetime batting average of over 300 is up there.

1614
02:30:32,000 --> 02:30:37,000
Moda coming on, he'll be batting for Lance Roxton.

1615
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So D'Avalio with a bunch single keeps it going for the Dodgers.

1616
02:30:46,000 --> 02:30:52,000
All right, Manny Moda, right hand batter.

1617
02:30:52,000 --> 02:30:57,000
Moda and his first appearance in the series, about at 395 this year.

1618
02:30:57,000 --> 02:31:03,000
Waits for the first one and this one is on the corner first strike.

1619
02:31:03,000 --> 02:31:09,000
Moda as a pinch hitter was 14 for 36.

1620
02:31:09,000 --> 02:31:14,000
D'Avalio at first, two down.

1621
02:31:14,000 --> 02:31:19,000
Had a pinch hit home run in the last game of the season for the Dodgers, his first is 1975.

1622
02:31:19,000 --> 02:31:33,000
Moda swings at Mitchell's strike two.

1623
02:31:33,000 --> 02:31:40,000
The drama continues here at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

1624
02:31:40,000 --> 02:31:43,000
No ball, two strikes.

1625
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Here's the pitch to Moda.

1626
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The left field, going back is Luzinski near the wall.

1627
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And he didn't catch it, it's off the wall.

1628
02:31:53,000 --> 02:31:55,000
Runners are second and third.

1629
02:31:55,000 --> 02:31:57,000
The ball gets away from Sizemore.

1630
02:31:57,000 --> 02:32:00,000
One runner's in and the time run is at third.

1631
02:32:00,000 --> 02:32:05,000
Oh man, oh man, can you believe it?

1632
02:32:05,000 --> 02:32:11,000
Luzinski trapped the ball against the wall and caught it when it came down.

1633
02:32:11,000 --> 02:32:17,000
The left field umpire Paul Pryor said no catch.

1634
02:32:17,000 --> 02:32:19,000
How do you like that Ralph Carter?

1635
02:32:19,000 --> 02:32:24,000
Ball was in his glove, bounced out of the glove, hit against the wall and then Luzinski caught it.

1636
02:32:24,000 --> 02:32:30,000
And Paul Pryor on the play said it was off of the wall and it will be an extra base hit.

1637
02:32:30,000 --> 02:32:34,000
The ball got away and a run scored and now the time run is at third base.

1638
02:32:34,000 --> 02:32:37,000
And the batter coming up is Davy Lopes.

1639
02:32:37,000 --> 02:32:39,000
The Dodgers are battling back.

1640
02:32:39,000 --> 02:32:41,000
There was a double for Moda.

1641
02:32:41,000 --> 02:32:46,000
I'm sure that the left fielder Luzinski will be hung with an error on the play.

1642
02:32:46,000 --> 02:32:50,000
The time run at third, two down.

1643
02:32:50,000 --> 02:32:53,000
A pitch coming out there and it's off the ground.

1644
02:32:53,000 --> 02:32:54,000
It's yet to ball up.

1645
02:32:54,000 --> 02:32:56,000
He makes the play.

1646
02:32:56,000 --> 02:32:57,000
He scores the first.

1647
02:32:57,000 --> 02:32:58,000
A tie ball game.

1648
02:32:58,000 --> 02:33:06,000
A tie ball game.

1649
02:33:06,000 --> 02:33:10,000
What a play.

1650
02:33:10,000 --> 02:33:17,000
Schmidt had been the human vacuum cleaner at third all through the ball game making spectacular plays.

1651
02:33:17,000 --> 02:33:19,000
The ball was off of his glove.

1652
02:33:19,000 --> 02:33:20,000
Ball quickly got to it.

1653
02:33:20,000 --> 02:33:23,000
The throw to first base by Ball was close.

1654
02:33:23,000 --> 02:33:27,000
The safe call was made by first base umpire Bruce Bromance.

1655
02:33:27,000 --> 02:33:31,000
And then the argument started because the time run crossed on the safe call.

1656
02:33:31,000 --> 02:33:34,000
It's now a five to five ball game.

1657
02:33:34,000 --> 02:33:39,000
Hevner, the first baseman, kicked his cap about 15 feet away.

1658
02:33:39,000 --> 02:33:40,000
He had to be restrained.

1659
02:33:40,000 --> 02:33:42,000
He is still in the ball game.

1660
02:33:42,000 --> 02:33:44,000
And out there arguing is Danny Ozark.

1661
02:33:44,000 --> 02:33:47,000
But the ball game has been tied up here at the top of the ninth inning.

1662
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It's five-five a comeback for the Dodgers.

1663
02:33:51,000 --> 02:33:56,000
And really a comeback on the air this time of the Philadelphia Phillies.

1664
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Let's pause five seconds for station identification.

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This is the CBS Radio Network.

1666
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This is the American Forces Radio and Television Turf.

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They gave a base hit to Davy Lopes when he tied it up.

1668
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And there's the throw to first.

1669
02:34:14,000 --> 02:34:16,000
It just by the first baseman.

1670
02:34:16,000 --> 02:34:19,000
And Lopes representing the go-ahead runners at second.

1671
02:34:19,000 --> 02:34:22,000
The Phillies are falling apart.

1672
02:34:22,000 --> 02:34:24,000
Charge and error to the pitcher.

1673
02:34:24,000 --> 02:34:27,000
Gene Garber on an attempt to kick off of Davy Lopes.

1674
02:34:27,000 --> 02:34:30,000
And if he can stay with it, don't go away.

1675
02:34:30,000 --> 02:34:32,000
We're just getting underway.

1676
02:34:32,000 --> 02:34:34,000
It's all even at five.

1677
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On the ball hit by Modup, it went as a base hit.

1678
02:34:42,000 --> 02:34:45,000
The ball hit by Lopes went as a base hit.

1679
02:34:45,000 --> 02:34:48,000
An error charged to the second baseman.

1680
02:34:48,000 --> 02:34:50,000
So the Dodgers have one error.

1681
02:34:50,000 --> 02:34:52,000
And now another error charged to the pitcher.

1682
02:34:52,000 --> 02:34:54,000
Second error for the Dodgers.

1683
02:34:54,000 --> 02:34:57,000
And the go-ahead runner at second base with Bill Russell stepping in.

1684
02:34:57,000 --> 02:35:00,000
Bill chops one foul for strike one.

1685
02:35:00,000 --> 02:35:04,000
A dramatic comeback by the Dodgers here at veteran stadium in a game

1686
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where they appear to be buried and dead.

1687
02:35:09,000 --> 02:35:11,000
Five-five tie.

1688
02:35:11,000 --> 02:35:16,000
And Gene Garber has been touched up for a couple of runs here on the top of the ninth.

1689
02:35:16,000 --> 02:35:18,000
Here's the pitch by Russell.

1690
02:35:18,000 --> 02:35:21,000
It's low and outside.

1691
02:35:21,000 --> 02:35:23,000
One ball, one strike, two outs.

1692
02:35:23,000 --> 02:35:28,000
Lopes with that tie-breaking run at second base.

1693
02:35:28,000 --> 02:35:34,000
Lopes will get credit for the hit and the RBI on that run that scored when Moda came in from third.

1694
02:35:34,000 --> 02:35:38,000
And the next one to Russell is low.

1695
02:35:38,000 --> 02:35:44,000
So Bill Russell now with a count of two balls and one strike.

1696
02:35:44,000 --> 02:35:46,000
Two balls, one strike, two outs.

1697
02:35:46,000 --> 02:35:50,000
Dodgers trying to pull it out here in the ninth inning.

1698
02:35:50,000 --> 02:35:52,000
Here's Garber's 2-1 delivery.

1699
02:35:52,000 --> 02:35:57,000
And Russell throws the bat and Garber has to jump it on a ball that's fouled on the left side.

1700
02:35:57,000 --> 02:36:01,000
Russell, in an effort to stay alive in one of those slow-hanging curve balls,

1701
02:36:01,000 --> 02:36:03,000
lets the bat go and almost got Garber.

1702
02:36:03,000 --> 02:36:06,000
Just got all the officials going in this inning.

1703
02:36:06,000 --> 02:36:09,000
With two men out, D'Avalito beat out a bunt for a base hit.

1704
02:36:09,000 --> 02:36:13,000
And then Moda hit one off the top of the glove and the wall and never scored as a two-base hit.

1705
02:36:13,000 --> 02:36:17,000
The throw got away from the second baseman there, charged there, and on the play,

1706
02:36:17,000 --> 02:36:21,000
D'Avalito came in to score so no run batted in.

1707
02:36:21,000 --> 02:36:25,000
And then a base hit by Lopes to drive in the second run to giant,

1708
02:36:25,000 --> 02:36:29,000
and Lopes going to second on the air by the pickoff on the pitcher.

1709
02:36:29,000 --> 02:36:30,000
Okay, Russell waits.

1710
02:36:30,000 --> 02:36:31,000
Here's the pitch.

1711
02:36:31,000 --> 02:36:33,000
A chopper, third base side foul again.

1712
02:36:33,000 --> 02:36:42,000
So take away that RBI from Manny Moda on the double off the glove and the wall of Greg Lozinski.

1713
02:36:42,000 --> 02:36:45,000
All of this with two outs, a 5-5 tie.

1714
02:36:45,000 --> 02:36:48,000
And Garber now checks his catcher once again, Jaeger.

1715
02:36:48,000 --> 02:36:50,000
There goes Lopes for third.

1716
02:36:50,000 --> 02:36:54,000
He puts it up the middle and the Dodgers are going ahead.

1717
02:36:54,000 --> 02:37:01,000
The Dodgers take the lead 6-5 as Lopes was moving and Russell flaps it up the middle

1718
02:37:01,000 --> 02:37:11,000
for a go-ahead single, a fourth consecutive hit off of Gene Garber.

1719
02:37:11,000 --> 02:37:15,000
The Dodgers now lead at 6-5 in the ninth inning.

1720
02:37:15,000 --> 02:37:22,000
Reggie Smith is stepping in.

1721
02:37:22,000 --> 02:37:27,000
Garber now going after Smith who has struck out three times and bounced a second.

1722
02:37:27,000 --> 02:37:30,000
There's a foul away by Smith for strike one.

1723
02:37:30,000 --> 02:37:35,000
Just like that, the Dodgers with three runs in the top of the ninth inning have taken it away

1724
02:37:35,000 --> 02:37:37,000
and they lead at 6-5.

1725
02:37:37,000 --> 02:37:39,000
LA, six runs, 12-bit.

1726
02:37:39,000 --> 02:37:41,000
Philly, five runs, sixes.

1727
02:37:41,000 --> 02:37:43,000
But the Phils have one more at bat.

1728
02:37:43,000 --> 02:37:46,000
Here's Garber's delivery and Smith fouls it away.

1729
02:37:46,000 --> 02:37:48,000
Strike two, no ball, two strikes.

1730
02:37:48,000 --> 02:37:54,000
Two right-handers, knuckle baller Charlie Huff and the curve baller Mike Garman throwing

1731
02:37:54,000 --> 02:37:56,000
in the bullpen for Los Angeles.

1732
02:37:56,000 --> 02:37:58,000
One of them will be on to pitch against the Phillies in the ninth.

1733
02:37:58,000 --> 02:38:07,000
And looking ahead to the Phillies, it'll be Boa, Schmidt, and Lozinski.

1734
02:38:07,000 --> 02:38:11,000
Here's the two-strike pitch and it's fouled away and there goes the bats

1735
02:38:11,000 --> 02:38:13,000
flying down the first base side.

1736
02:38:13,000 --> 02:38:15,000
Wow, that's about the fourth bat.

1737
02:38:15,000 --> 02:38:17,000
The bats are going farther than the base hits.

1738
02:38:17,000 --> 02:38:21,000
I don't know about you, Jerry Coleman, but with this kind of baseball, even my palms are sweaty.

1739
02:38:21,000 --> 02:38:26,000
You can understand that this was a dramatic ninth inning for the Dodgers.

1740
02:38:26,000 --> 02:38:32,000
They came in trailing five to three and the first two men, Baker and Mundy, went down meekly.

1741
02:38:32,000 --> 02:38:37,000
Then a bunch single by D'Avileo, a double by Manimoda, an error by the second baseman.

1742
02:38:37,000 --> 02:38:42,000
D'Avileo come in, Amoda went to third, an infield hit by Dave Lopes, tied it up.

1743
02:38:42,000 --> 02:38:47,000
A single by Russell as Lopes went to second on the error on an attempt to pick off.

1744
02:38:47,000 --> 02:38:50,000
And the Dodgers are leading it six to five.

1745
02:38:50,000 --> 02:38:55,000
There's a foul back again by Reggie Smith and the Cows stays at nothing and two.

1746
02:38:55,000 --> 02:39:00,000
So Bill Russell with a clutch single up the middle when Lopes was heading for third,

1747
02:39:00,000 --> 02:39:01,000
got him in with ease.

1748
02:39:01,000 --> 02:39:04,000
The Dodgers lead it six to five.

1749
02:39:04,000 --> 02:39:08,000
A dramatic ball game, sensational ball game.

1750
02:39:08,000 --> 02:39:12,000
Here's Smith waiting, Garver delivers a chopper right back to Garver.

1751
02:39:12,000 --> 02:39:17,000
He makes the underhand cross to first and the Dodgers are out of there.

1752
02:39:17,000 --> 02:39:19,000
The play goes one to three.

1753
02:39:19,000 --> 02:39:29,000
But Los Angeles three runs on four base hits, two devastating Dodger filliers and a man left.

1754
02:39:29,000 --> 02:39:31,000
We go to the bottom of the ninth inning.

1755
02:39:31,000 --> 02:39:33,000
It'll be the Dodgers six and the Phillies five.

1756
02:39:33,000 --> 02:39:36,000
If the American League playoffs go to a decisive fifth game,

1757
02:39:36,000 --> 02:39:41,000
the New York Yankees may have to use one of their baseball top money pitchers, Jim Catfish Hunter.

1758
02:39:41,000 --> 02:39:47,000
Hunter eight and four in postseason competition during his illustrious career has been bothered by a hernia

1759
02:39:47,000 --> 02:39:50,000
and has not pitched in the game since September 10th.

1760
02:39:50,000 --> 02:39:55,000
However, he threw in the bullpen before Thursday night's game in New York and was satisfied with the results.

1761
02:39:55,000 --> 02:39:58,000
Said, Hunter, I threw about 15 minutes and felt pretty good.

1762
02:39:58,000 --> 02:40:02,000
I'm sure I could pitch, but I don't know if Billy Martin has any plans for me.

1763
02:40:02,000 --> 02:40:06,000
I heard you did give me some discomfort, but nothing like it did before.

1764
02:40:06,000 --> 02:40:13,000
Martin has remained noncommittal about a possible fifth game starter, but would not rule out the Catfish.

1765
02:40:13,000 --> 02:40:15,000
Says Martin, I'm just playing it day to day.

1766
02:40:15,000 --> 02:40:18,000
He threw well yesterday. That's a good sign.

1767
02:40:18,000 --> 02:40:20,000
But I'll have to wait and see what develops.

1768
02:40:20,000 --> 02:40:27,000
Hunter was only 99 this year for the 4.71 earned run average, but he's always performed well in the playoffs.

1769
02:40:27,000 --> 02:40:34,000
In the World Series, he is four and three in the playoffs, including a 1-1 record against the Royals last year, 4-1 in the World Series.

1770
02:40:34,000 --> 02:40:39,000
Going now to the Phillies time at bat, and they're down to their last three outs.

1771
02:40:39,000 --> 02:40:46,000
It was the Dodgers in the top of the ninth inning, trailing by a score of three to five and coming up with three to go in front, six to five.

1772
02:40:46,000 --> 02:40:48,000
And now it's Philadelphia coming up.

1773
02:40:48,000 --> 02:40:55,000
A new pitcher in the ballgame for the Dodgers and coming back in for the play-by-play, Jerry Coleman.

1774
02:40:55,000 --> 02:41:01,000
Mike Garman is coming on here, pitcher number six for Los Angeles.

1775
02:41:01,000 --> 02:41:12,000
Bert Hooten started, Rick Roden, Doug Rau, Elias Sosa, Lance Roxton, and now Mike Garman will try to come in and hold the Phillies.

1776
02:41:12,000 --> 02:41:15,000
Dodgers six runs, 12 hits. Philadelphia five runs, and six hits.

1777
02:41:15,000 --> 02:41:17,000
And Larry Bola stepping in.

1778
02:41:17,000 --> 02:41:23,000
Bola is 0-3 in the ballgame today, 2-12 in the series.

1779
02:41:23,000 --> 02:41:28,000
A first pitch to the switch hitting shortstop is right in there, strike one.

1780
02:41:28,000 --> 02:41:33,000
Mike Garman, right-hander making a second appearance.

1781
02:41:33,000 --> 02:41:36,000
He pitched a third of an inning in the first game.

1782
02:41:36,000 --> 02:41:40,000
Fires high and Bola takes it high. One ball, one strike.

1783
02:41:40,000 --> 02:41:48,000
Garman started with a ball and red socks, on with the St. Louis Cardinals, the Chicago White Sox, and now with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1784
02:41:48,000 --> 02:41:54,000
Wines and here's the delivery. The 1-1 pitch is popped up to the shortstop. Bill Russell camping under this, waiting for it.

1785
02:41:54,000 --> 02:41:56,000
He's got it, one away.

1786
02:41:56,000 --> 02:42:00,000
So Larry Bola, one out, bottom of the ninth inning.

1787
02:42:00,000 --> 02:42:05,000
Dodgers six, Phillies five, and now the power starts to head up there.

1788
02:42:05,000 --> 02:42:08,000
Mike Schmidt and behind him, Greg Lazinski.

1789
02:42:08,000 --> 02:42:14,000
Schmidt with 38 home runs, Lazinski 39, and Garman has got to be thinking about that.

1790
02:42:14,000 --> 02:42:25,000
A dramatic comeback by the Dodgers with two outs and trailing by two.

1791
02:42:25,000 --> 02:42:29,000
They got three runs, they lead by a single marker right now, last of the night.

1792
02:42:29,000 --> 02:42:33,000
The first pitch to Schmidt is inside ball one.

1793
02:42:33,000 --> 02:42:40,000
Schmidt has gone 0-3 in the ball game. He had a base on balls. He has won for 12.

1794
02:42:40,000 --> 02:42:50,000
Garman, the right-hander, ready again, and the 1-0 pitch has hit the center field, high and in the air, routine play.

1795
02:42:50,000 --> 02:42:55,000
Out there is Glenn Burke, who's taken over for Rick Munday, and we have two down.

1796
02:42:55,000 --> 02:42:58,000
So now the Phillies are down to their final out.

1797
02:42:58,000 --> 02:43:02,000
Glenn Burke has taken over in center field for Rick Munday.

1798
02:43:02,000 --> 02:43:07,000
And behind the plate, I believe we have Jerry Grote in there for Steve Yeager.

1799
02:43:07,000 --> 02:43:10,000
So a couple of defensive changes.

1800
02:43:10,000 --> 02:43:17,000
If you're keeping book with us, to keep your record straight, Grote behind the plate, Burke in center field.

1801
02:43:17,000 --> 02:43:23,000
Greg Lazinski, the only thing standing between Philadelphia and a defeat.

1802
02:43:23,000 --> 02:43:27,000
Dodgers leading 6-5. Here's the pitch to Lazinski, and it hit him.

1803
02:43:27,000 --> 02:43:33,000
High and on the shoulder, and I'm not sure just how badly, but apparently he's shaking it off.

1804
02:43:33,000 --> 02:43:38,000
Well, I can tell you, it's fun like that, Ralph Tiner, but the pitcher does not want to hit the batter.

1805
02:43:38,000 --> 02:43:44,000
That's tying run at first base.

1806
02:43:44,000 --> 02:43:49,000
So now the potential tying run is first, and has that first base, and Richie Hebner coming up.

1807
02:43:49,000 --> 02:43:54,000
It was Hebner that got a rally started in the eighth inning with a double off the wall in right center field.

1808
02:43:54,000 --> 02:43:57,000
It saw the Phillies take the lead by a score of 5-3.

1809
02:43:57,000 --> 02:44:02,000
And it looks like the Phillies have the ball game ramped up, but the Dodgers came back with two men out.

1810
02:44:02,000 --> 02:44:09,000
And started the rally to go in front 6-5 on a bunt base hit by Vic D'Avilio.

1811
02:44:09,000 --> 02:44:14,000
Now we have a pinch runner coming in for Greg Lazinski, and now again, Jerry Coleman.

1812
02:44:14,000 --> 02:44:22,000
Jerry Martin has gone in to run for Lazinski. Martin, a faster man, as Danny Ozark has got to have some offense here.

1813
02:44:22,000 --> 02:44:27,000
And he must have a faster man at first base than Lazinski. So Jerry Martin is out there.

1814
02:44:27,000 --> 02:44:33,000
Richie Hebner stepping in.

1815
02:44:33,000 --> 02:44:39,000
The Phillies with two down have the tying run at first. It's Hebner from the left side is waiting.

1816
02:44:39,000 --> 02:44:44,000
Garmin first hit to Hebner. It's the first and the ball game is over.

1817
02:44:44,000 --> 02:44:52,000
Grabbed by Steve Garvey. He caught the ball and jumped on first with an emphatic pounding of the bag.

1818
02:44:52,000 --> 02:44:58,000
And that's it. This ball game is history. The final score, Dodgers 6-5.